04 Mar 2011|Noida | Amity University Campus, Sector-125 Noida
Amity Institute of Telecom Technology & Management’s 7th Annual National Telecom Seminar ‘Telefocus’ concludes
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The Final day of the 7th annual national telecom seminar ‘Telefocus’ organized by Amity Institute of Telecom Technology & Management (AITTM), saw the hosting of three consecutive enriching sessions on the topic “Telelecom for Inclusive Growth” chaired by veterans of the Telecom Industry.
The first session of the day on ‘Broadband as a Vehicle for Social and Economic Development’ was chaired by Mr. R. N Prabhakar, Former Member TRAI, wherein he informed about Government’s steps towards providing a spectrum to 3G services. Mr. Prabhakar said “The advent of Broadband ought to come with the objective of socio – economic development. The ulterior advantage of the same will be that of creating greater scope for jobs in the rural belts. In order to solemnly cater to the concerns of socio economic development, effective efforts need to be put in to check the mounting migration rate in the rural population. He further added “there is hope to control migration rate amongst the rural population with the seeping of Broadband in the rural landscape, in a way, that the rural people can remain in their parent lands and access information and data regarding education, career etc with the help of Broadband.”
Presenting his study on “Role of Broadband Socio Economic development – Building next generation Broadband Architecture” Mr. Sethumadhavan Srinivasan, Dy. Director – Marketing, Huawei, said “Broadband is the strongest growth driver in the Indian market, however it ought to grow with sustainability. Indian IT must grow through the global opportunities and in order to build up the next generation telecom architects, the two major factors that are to be taken into account happen to be the user’s experience and the business model. He informed “There are already 700 million wireless subscribers in India and it can be safely predicted that in the near future, the communication needs of the marginalized will also be met with the convergence of IT and Telecom Business.” Sharing his views on the growing popularity of 3G services, Mr. Srinivasan said “The 3G will remain voice dominated and is expected to fairly penetrate the rural markets by 2015.”
Making his presentation on “Expanding the Telecom Eco System through Broadband” Mr. Tarvinder Singh, Director Marketing & Product Management, Motorola said “Voice success has laid the foundation for the next big wave to come in terms of ‘Data’ and ‘Video’ broadly known as ‘Broadband’. The mobile Broadband usage has exploded in all age groups. In 2010, global mobile data traffic grew 2.6 fold, which is thrice the size of the global internet in 2000. The year of 2010 witnessed the doubling of mobile network connections speeds and smart phone usage. The global mobile traffic is to increase 26 times more by 2015.” Elaborating on the kinship between Broadband and Telecom Eco System, he stated “An Eco system is a value charm of interdependent stakeholders working together to serve a common purpose or market opportunity.”
Addressing to the rift between the urban and rural Tele density during his presentation on “Broadband wireless access for rural and remote India” Mr. Aveek Roy, Director Sales, South Asia, Audio Codes, informed “The urban Tele density of India is crossing cent percent whereas that of the rural India is hovering around 15 %. The absence of sufficient monetizing models for content provided over Broadband pose major challenges to Broadband availability in Rural India.” Supporting greater Broadband penetration in rural India he added “Tele density impacts the GDP of a country. An increase by 10 % points in mobile Broadband penetration increases the GDP by 0.8 % points.”
During the session Mr. Praveen Kumar, Sr. Manager, National Long Distance Planning, Bharti Airtel identified the nuances of the Telecom Industry and encouraged the budding Telecom Professionals to assume active roles to change the communication picture of tomorrow for the better and said “With wider coverage of network and services there is going to be increased responsibility on the shoulders of the operators to constantly keep abreast the growing expectations of the consumers.”
The session on “Broadband as a Vehicle for Social and Economic Development” was followed by sessions on “Regulatory & Policy Framework” chaired by Mr. Rajat Mukarji, Chief Corporate Officer, Idea Cellular and “Accelerating Growth through Next Generation VAS” chaired by Mr. Pankaj Gupta, COO, Spice Digital wherein the distinguished the panelists from the telecom industry addressed the students on various informative topics pertaining to the Telecom Industry.