Last year SITM organized Communiqué 06- The X National Telecom Seminar, which focused on the theme “Enhancing vision for growth across the telecom panorama- Changing with Growth “. It involved understanding the future trends across the telecom industry, the thematic address for which was delivered by Mr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, India.
In keeping with the tradition, this year the theme for the XI National Telecom Seminar Communiqué 07 is “Service Oriented Growth – The Roadmap for revenue”. It will discuss key issues pertaining to the Telecom Industry on 22nd & 23rd September 2007 at Symbiosis Vishwabhavan, S.B. Road, Pune.
Year 2007 was declared as the “Year of Broadband” by the government of India, to encourage rural Broadband and overall Broadband penetration. The next session focuses on Broadband for all. Eminent people from the Telecom Industry would express their views on growth of Broadband Services in Developing Markets, Mobile Broadband: Profitability for operators, Technologies for delivering broadband services, Unfolding WiFi/ WiMax for Indian Market: Value proposition, Broadband access: Achieving the last mile, The economies of Bridging the divide: Services to drive revenues in rural market, The Broadband success story: Strategies adopted by successful telcos. The panel discussion focuses on Delivering on the Broadband Promise: Services, Deployment and Directions forward.
With decreasing ARPU and voice increasingly becoming a commodity, content has become the differentiating factor for a service provider. Eminent people from the industry like Mr. Manoj Dawane, CEO, People Infocom Pvt Ltd. (MAUJ), Mr. Vishal Gondal, CEO, India Games, Mr. Nitish Mittersain , CEO, Nazara Technologies and Mr. Kapil Sood, Director Telecom, Sun Microsystems would discuss the topic “Cashing-in on Content Delivery”.
Convergence of media is the buzzword in any industry. Apart from focusing on creating content for their core media, which is television, most companies are looking for a presence in other media such as mobile or Internet. The session on Convergence will see the discussion on Fixed Mobile Convergence, Converged Billing systems, IMS and the challenge in moving towards an all IP network. Mr. C.S. Rao, Chairman Telecom Committee, Assocham, Mr. Deepak Maheshwari, Director Corporate Affairs & Legal, Microsoft India, Mr. Avi Basu, CEO & Founder, Connectiva Systems, Mr. Madhwesh Kulkarni, General Manager OSS/BSS & IT Consulting, Wipro Technologies, Mr. G.K. Chakrapani, Country Manager, Nokia. The topics of discussion would include Business Transformation route to Convergence, All IP Networks: The deployment challenges, IMS: The Enabler of Convergence, Approaches to Convergence Billing, Impact of Convergence on Enterprise Mobility, and Reality.