Department of Telecommunications,
Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology,
Government of India
4TH ASSOCHAM GLOBAL TELECOM SUMMIT
“The Era of Next Generation Wireless Revolution:
Business Models for Sustainable Growth”
23rd & 24th May, 2008,
Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi
Proposed Agenda
Day1: Friday, 23 May 2008
9:30- 10:00 am Registration
10:00 – 12:00 am Inaugural Session
10:00 – 10:08 am Welcome Address: Mr. Venugopal N. Dhoot, President,
ASSOCHAM & Chairman, Videocon Industries.
10:08 – 10:20 am Address: Mr. C. S. Rao, Chairman, ASSOCHAM Communications
Convergence Committee, Honorary Chairman, WiMAX Forum, India
and Chairman & CEO, Quadgen Wireless Solutions
10:20 – 10:35 am Industry Address: Mr. R. Sivakumar, MD South Asia, Intel Corporation
Theme Address: Mr. Dilip Modi, Vice Chairman, Spice Corp.
10:35 – 10:50 am
Guest of Honour: Mr. Siddharth Behura, IAS, Secretary,
10:50 – 11:10 am Ministry of Communications & Information Technology,
Government of India
Special Address: Mr. Carmine D’ Aloisio, Minister Counselor,
11:10 – 11:20 am U. S. Commercial Service
Chief Guest: Mr. A. Raja, Hon'ble Minister for Communications &
11:20 – 11:45 am Information Technology, Government of India
Vote of Thanks: Mr. P. Balaji,
11:45 - 11:50 am Co-Chairman, ASSOCHAM Communications Convergence Committee
& Vice President, Ericsson India
11: 50 – 12:00 pm Networking Coffee Break
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12:00 – 01:30 pm Session 1: Service Provider Track
Session Chairman: Mr. Ajay Bhattacharya, IAS,
Administrator USF, Government of India
Panelist:
“Empowering Rural Connectivity – Technology & Business Models”
- Mr. R. K. Agarwal, Director, Planning, BSNL
“BWA Service Delivery”
- Tata Teleservices
“Creating a Niche Market Segment”
- Mr. Rajat Singh, Head Marketing Communication,
Datacomm Solutions
“Brand Based Services Selling to Young India”
- Mr. Jamie Heywood, Dy. CEO, Virgin Mobile India
“Extending Internet Services to Hinterland India”
- Mr. Naresh Ajwani, President, Sify
“ Converged Services Delivery”,
- Mr. Prakash Bajpai, President, Reliance Communications
“ Total Telecom Infrastructure Solution”,
- Mr. Umang Das, Group President, Spice Corp.
Spanco Technologies
Panel discussion and Q & A
01:30 – 02:15 pm Networking Lunch
02:15 – 03:45 pm Session 2: Telecom Silicon Track
Session Chairman: Mr. Manish Kasliwal,
Head, Telecom Business Strategy & Marketing,
L& T Infotech
Panelist:
“Enhancing Multimedia and User Experience”
- Mr. Niruthambath Jithu, Director- Wireless, Texas Instruments
“HSPA Technologies– Driving CPE Evolution”
- Mr. Sandeep Sibbal, V.P. (Tech) –India & SAARC,
Qualcomm India
“Mobile Application Platform – IMS Services Delivery”,
- Mr. Jagdeep Walia, Sr. Specialist (Technical Solutions),
Ericsson India
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“Support of Optimal Chip Design for Emerging Markets”
– Infineon Technologies
Mr. Rajat Gupta, Director, Beceem Communications
Mr. Mike Clipp, Vice President, Sequans Communications
Panel discussion and Q & A
03:45 – 04:00 pm Networking Coffee Break
04:05 – 05:30 pm Session 3: Infrastructure/ Equipment/ Network Track
Session Chairman: Mr. K. Sridhara,
Member Technology, Deptt. of Telecom,
Government of India.
Panelist:
“Cost Effective Telecom Equipment Evolution”
- Mr. Yu Yongbin, Executive Director, Huawei Communications
“Creating a Shared Infrastructure Model for Sustainable Growth”
- Mr. Amit Sharma, President -Asia, American Towers
“Multi Service Routers for National Backbone”
- Mr. Prasad Babu, Director (Systems Engineering),
Juniper Networks
“3G Network Deployment Economies for Emerging Countries”
- Mr. Prashant Agnihotri, Director, Nokia Siemens Networks
“Next Generation Wireless Technologies for Mobile Internet & VoIP”
- Ms. Merry Chan, President, Alcatel Lucent /
- Mr. John Giere, CMO, Alcatel Lucent
Panel discussion and Q & A
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Department of Telecommunications,
Ministry of Communications and
Information Technology,
Government of India
4TH ASSOCHAM GLOBAL TELECOM SUMMIT
23rd & 24th May, 2008,
Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi
Day 2
Day2: Saturday, 24 May 2008
9:30- 10:00 am Registration
10:00 – 11:15 am Inaugural Session
(5 min) Welcome Address: Mr. C. S. Rao, Chairman,
ASSOCHAM Communications Convergence Committee,
(10 min) Honorary Chairman, WiMAX Forum, India and
Chairman & CEO Quadgen Wireless Solutions Inc.
(10 min)
Industry Address: Mr. Uday Gharpure, Head Global Operations, L&T Infotech
(10 min)
Theme Address: Mr. Michael Kuehner, Country Head, Nokia Siemens Network
(10 min)
Special Address: T. V. Ramachandran, Vice Chairman, ITU/APT
(10 min)
Special Address: Mr. Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures
(5 min)
Guest of Honour: Mr. Jainder Singh, IAS
Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Government of India
Chief Guest: Mr. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia,
Hon'ble Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology,
Government of India
Vote of Thanks: Mr. N. K. Goyal,
President, Communications & Manufacturing Association of India (CMAI) and
Member, ASSOCHAM Communications Convergence Committee
11:15 – 11:30 am Networking Coffee Break
11:30 – 01:00 pm Session 1: QOS & Security Track
Session Chairman: Mr. G. S. Grover,
Member Service, , Telecom Commission, DOT,
Government of India
Key Note: “Service / Application Security Technological Trends Wireless
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Networks – Evolution”
- Mr. Larry Yandrofski, Director, Symantec Corporation APJ
Panelist:
“Service Monitoring Metrics & Compliance”,
- Mr. Bejon Misra, Executive Director, Consumer Voice
“Highway/Railway/ Indoor Coverage & call quality norms”,
- Powerwave, USA / Andrew, USA
“Enhancing Experience through Improving QoS & Optimizing the Telecom
Networks”
- Mr. Subhendu Mohanty, Country Head - Home & Network Mobility
Business, Motorola, India
“Streaming Applications – QoS Expectations in the era of Nextgen Wireless”
- Packet Video / Sling Media
“Regulatory Compliance in QoS for end to end NW Services Delivery”
- Mr. M. C. Chaube, Advisor (QoS), TRAI
“Taxation & Tariff Prospective for Wireless IP/NGN era”,
- Mr. Siva Ramakrishnan, Leader, Technology, Governance Risk &
Control, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
“E-Mail/Web 2.0 Service Security & Monitoring Needs”
- Mr. Ashish Kaistha, Country Manager, Blackberry
Panel discussion and Q & A
01:00 – 01:45 pm Networking Lunch
01:45 – 03:00 pm Session 2: M&A’s / Consolidation and Investment Track
Session Chairman: Mr. J. S. Deepak, IAS,
Jt. Secretary (T), DOT,
Government of India
Panelist:
“View of Global PE Firms on Service Providers Consolidation – Right Training”,
- Mr. Akhil Gupta, Country Head, Blackstone India
“Global Spectrum Valuation Metrics – Adaptation to Emerging Market Need”,
- Mr. Ashish Basil, Partner, Ernst & Young
“Global 3G Market Economics – Lessons for India”
- Mr. Andreas Vourloumis, Director, Lehman Brothers
“Wired Cities – BWA’s Optional Economic Model”
- Mr. Ronald Resnick, President & Chairman of the Board, WiMAX Forum
- Dr. Md. Shakori, Vice President, WiMAX Forum
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“Investing in Rural India for Basic & BB Services – Role of USO / PE”
- Mr. Nikhil Bahel, Vice President, Goldman Sachs
Ms. Varsha Tagare, Associate Director, Intel Capital
Mr. Rajat Jhunjhunwala, Director, Dubai Ventures
Panel discussion and Q & A
03:00 – 04:15 pm Session 3: Application and Value Added Track
Session Chairman: Shri K. B. Narayanan,
Head (Broadband Technology),
Deptt. Of Information Technology, Government of India
“Hosted Applications for Mobile Operators- Revenue Opportunities”
- Mr. Arvind Rao, CEO, On Mobile
“Nextgen VAS for Sustained Growth of Industry Mobile Advertising & Mobile Video
Content Service”,
- Mr. Manoj Dawane, CEO, Mauj Mobile
“Mobile Entertainment Services – Technology & business Model – Platforms
Support Needs”,
- Ms. Sujata Dev, Managing Director, TBSL
“Trends in Mobile Gaming/ Online Gaming Portal”,
- Mr. Samir Bangara, CEO, Indiagames
“Mobile Video/TV Services Delivery – Technology & Regulatory Aspects”,
- Mr. T. N. Prabhu, Head (Digital), UTV
“e-Governance / ICT Services as Drives for BB Networks Growth”,
- Mr. Amajit Gupta, Director, Microsoft India
Panel discussion and Q & A
04:15 – 04:30 pm Networking Coffee Break
04:30 – 05:30 pm Session 4: Regulatory and Economist Track
Session Chairman: Mr. Parameshwaran N,
Pr. Advisor (RE), TRAI
“Policy Level Initiatives for nextgen Wireless era”,
- Mr. G. S. Grover, Member Service, Telecom Commission, DOT
“BWA Policy Guidelines & Spectrum Allocation”,
- Mr. Alok Shende, Head ICT, Datamonitor India
“Need for Service / Network Convergence – Telecom Economist’s View”,
- Prof. David Salant, Columbia University
- Prof Joy, IIM-A
“Convergence Services Delivery Guidelines on Unified Networks”
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- Mr. S. S. Chaudhry, Jt. Advisor (CN), TRAI
“Multiple RAN – Single Operator – Endures Service Inter Working”,
- Tata Teleservices/ Reliance Communications
“Active Infra Sharing – BW / Services Reselling”,
- Mr. Ajay Madan, CEO,Essar Telecom Infrastructure
05:30 – 06:00 pm Summing up & Vote of Thanks
Mr. C. S. Rao,
Chairman, ASSOCHAM Communications Convergence Committee
Honorary Chairman, WiMAX Forum, India and Chairman & CEO Quadgen
Wireless Solutions Inc.
