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30th July 2008, Day – 1 |
| 9:00 am - 9:30am
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Registration |
| 11:00 am -11:30 am
| Tea
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| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Mission: Rural Connectivity
Chair -
R N Prabhakar, Member, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Speakers
Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, Universal Service Obligation Fund, India
Presentation
Parvez Iftikhar, CEO Universal Service Fund, Pakistan Presentation
Dr. DK Ghosh, MD ZTE, India
Ajay Ranjan Mishra, Global Head of Business Development, New Growth Markets, Nokia Siemens Networks, India
George Paul, Manager, Marketing and Strategy, Ericsson, India
Presentation
Q and A
| MISSION: RURAL CONNECTIVITY
- Expansion Plans
- Infrastruture
- Cost Factor
- Last Mile Solutions
- Boon for Governance
- Reaching the have nots
- Policy
- Spectrum
- Licensing
- Target 500 million subscribers
- New Entrants
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| 1: 00 pm – 2: 00 pm
| Lunch
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| 2: 00 pm – 3:30 pm
| VAS - KEY MANTRA FOR RURAL EXPANSION
Chair-
Sudhir Gupta, Advisor, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
Speakers
Aloke Bajpai, Founder – CEO, iXiGo.com, India
Presentation
Jagdish Mitra, CEO, CanvasM, India
Presentation
Vinay Kaul, Sr. Vice President, One 97,India
Mizaji Lal, Scientist, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, India
Presentation
M V Ramana Murthy , Consultant Associate, CDAC, India
Presentation
Q and A
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Key Points of Discussion
- Rural Strategies of Service Providers
- Rural – Urban Differences in VAS
- Dependency on Handsets
- Localisation of Content
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| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
| Tea |
| 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
| CONNECTED COMMUNITIES – Workshop hosted by Intel
Moderator
David Fosberg, Regional Intel World Ahead Manager, Asia Pacific Sales & Marketing Group, Intel Corporation
Presentation
Speakers
Vineeta Dixit, CEO, SW Applications, India
Parvez Iftikhar, CEO Universal Service Fund, Pakistan
Presentation
Anamoy Ranjan, Head Operations – Northern Region, COMAT, India
Presentation
Q and A
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31st July 2008, Day – 2 |
| 8:00 am - 9:30 am
| Registration
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| 9:30 am - 11:00 am
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Convergence – Trends and Challenges
Chair-
SK Gupta, Advisor (CN), TRAI
Speakers
Yogesh Kochhar, Head e-Governance Business Unit, Tata Teleservices, India
Presentation
Sudhakar S Marthi, Director Sales & Marketing, AdvetNet, India
Presentation
Hemal Patel, CEO, Elitecore, India
Presentation
Q and A
| CONVERGENCE: TRENDS AND CHALLENGES
- Scenario in India
- New services
- New technologies
- New market structures
- New business models
- Regulations
- Issues with mTV
- Billing Challenges
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| 11:00 am -11:30 am
| Tea |
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
| BROADBAND FOR ALL – MYTH OR REALITY ?
Chair-
R N Padukone, Sr. DDG, TEC, DoT
DPS Seth, ex CMD, BSNL, India
Presentation
CS Rao, Director , Wimax Program, Intel, India
Presentation
Rajesh Chharia, President, ISPAI, India
Presentation
Protip Ghose, VP Sales and Marketing and Support, APAC, Telsima, India
Presentation
Sujata Dev, MD, Time Broadband Pvt. Ltd., India
Presentation
Q and A
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Key Points of Discussion
- What will drive broadband penetration in India?
- Are landline Service Providers expanding subscriber base?
- Will IPTV drive broadband or vice- versa?
- Roadblocks for small ISPIs
- Are big Service Providers eating ISPI's share?
- How will government policy speed the broadband penetration?
- Roadblocks for Broadband Penetration – power supply, PC costs, infrastructure, education.
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| 1: 00 pm – 2: 00 pm
| Lunch |
| 2: 00 pm – 3:30 pm
| m-Commerce – Is it Happening ?
Naveen Surya, Executive Director, ITZ Cash Ltd., India
Presentation
Ajay Adiseshann, MD and CEO, Paymate, India
Presentation
Abhijit Bose, Vice President, JiGrahak, India
Presentation
Ruchi Mishra, Manager, Atom, India Technologies
Presentation
Q and A
| m-COMMERCE – IS IT HAPPENING ?
- Mobile Wallet
- Mobile Advetisements
- Mobile Marketing
- Security Aspects
- Ease of Navigation
- Customer Service Support
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| 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm | Tea |
| 4: 00 pm – 6:00 pm
| Valedictory
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