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Broadband brings monopolistic tendencies back to telecom |
| Author: |
N.K. Goyal |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
CMAI Association of India |
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Mr N.K. Goyal, Senior Telecom Consultant and Analyst, is a science postgraduate with some 38 years’ experience in telecom/IT. He is President of the Communications and Manufacturing Association of India (CMAI); Chairman Emeritus of the Telecom Equipment Manufacturers’ Association of India (TEMA); Senior Vice President, HP Chamber of Commerce and Industries and is actively involved in policy formulation and development of industrial policies especially related to the telecom and IT sectors.
Mr Goyal has presented several papers internationally on topics of public concern such as e-waste, radiation, telecom, IT, manufacturing, and excellence in performance. |
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| During the nineties almost every country in the world seemed to be privatising its government monopoly telecom network. Private telco operators brought revolutionary changes to the telecom sector, with positive impacts on teledensity, economic development and empowerment of citizens at the bottom of the pyramid. Yet with broadband penetration we are again in a government monopoly-like situation where several countries are announcing investment plans and grants for the development of broadband. What are the latest trends and why is private investment not forthcoming in broadband? What are the ways forward? |
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India connected: the new mantra of India on the rise |
| Author: |
Lt. Col. H.S. Bedi |
| Title: |
CMD |
| Organisation: |
Tulip Telecom |
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181KB |
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After serving in the Indian Army for 22 years, Lt. Col. Bedi took over the business of Tulip Telecom as its Chairman and Managing Director. Tulip Telecom is a data telecom service and IT solutions provider offering IP-based infrastructural solutions. Tulip is India’s largest MPLS VPN player and has been prominent in provisioning and managing multi-location wide area networks for various industry verticals.
Lt. Col. H.S. Bedi was awarded the ‘Vishisht Seva Medal’ by the President of India for his role in the computerisation of the Indian Army and is a well-recognised business leader in the IT and telecom industry. |
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| Connectivity at every level has come to India and is transforming society and the economy. But vast rural areas are still largely unconnected from a business perspective and these represent the next phase of growth. Fundamental changes are already apparent in certain regions where wireless connectivity is bringing e-learning, telemedicine and e-commerce to some rural centres. Rollout of wireless networks in rural areas will ensure delivery of basic services to the larger part of the country in the future. |
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3 |
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The future of advertising is happening now |
| Author: |
Manoranjan Mohapatra |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Comviva |
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244KB |
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Manoranjan ‘Mao’ Mohapatra is the CEO of Comviva. Mr Mohapatra‘s career has been dedicated to the development and deployment of innovative software communications solutions in rapidly growing markets.
Prior to joining Comviva, Mr Mohapatra was President and COO at Aricent where he led teams in the areas of R&D, product management, operations, and sales and marketing. Before moving to Aricent Mr Mohapatra was a core member of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), where he made a significant contribution to research and development in telecom switching, and where he began his career.
Manoranjan ‘Mao’ Mohapatra holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. |
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| With the advent of digital media, the very nature of advertising itself is changing. The alpha user approach, now established as a norm for advertising in the Internet social networking world, is moving into the mobile advertising space. Mobile devices allow a two-way conversation with customers and could represent the next frontier in advertising. Mobile operators and service providers possess significant capabilities and assets giving them unique advantages in terms of reach, collaboration, and analytical capabilities. But they need to work within the overall advertising ecosystem to effectively monetise these assets. |
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4 |
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The evolving world of data centres |
| Author: |
Sandeep Nair |
| Title: |
Director |
| Organisation: |
Emerson Network Power (India) |
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179KB |
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Sandeep Nair is Managing Director of Emerson Network Power (India) Pvt. Ltd. Sandeep has more than a decade of experience in the IT industry and is currently Chairman, Western Region for the Manufacturer’s Association for Information Technology, MAIT.
Sandeep Nair has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Management Studies from the University of Mumbai. He is currently pursuing a PhD in eSupply Chain Management. |
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| Data centres are energy intensive and can therefore be expensive to deploy. The design of energy efficient data centres has become a priority. But following best operating practices that have already been adopted and implemented in Indian and international data centres can result in enhanced energy efficiency, driving down energy consumption while freeing physical space and power and cooling capacity to support growth. |
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5 |
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The social enterprise – truth or fiction? |
| Author: |
John Samuel |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
Verizon Business India |
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204KB |
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John Samuel is President, India for Verizon Business. Samuel’s previous roles have included Country Manager, India at BT Infonet India; Country Manager, India for Gemplex; and General Manager for GEIL Projects and Services India.
John Samuel did his Master of Management Studies from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies at the University of Mumbai. He was a Member of the Placement Committee for the Institute. Mr Samuel has also taken courses in advertising and PR from the Loyola School of Communications. |
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| The social media phenomenon has impacted on the way that individuals interact in business as well as social environments. But integrating social media applications into the enterprise raises challenging issues concerning trust, business practice, compliance and regulatory requirements. Businesses that are able to embrace social media by using IP-enabled tools to adapt and integrate new communications approaches into business objectives can expect to see positive impacts on revenue, competitiveness and efficiency. |
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6 |
| Topic: |
You rang? Or was it a tweet? |
| Author: |
Vinod Kumar |
| Title: |
Group President |
| Organisation: |
Subex |
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235KB |
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Vinod Kumar is the Group President at Subex and heads all three business units of the company: revenue maximisation solutions, fulfillment and assurance, and British Telecom. He has served as a member of the company’s Management Board since April 2004. Prior to joining Subex in October 1997, Vinod Mr Kumar spent five years as a marketing executive with Crompton Greaves, and also worked at Ashok Leyland.
Vinod Kumar holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics from CET, University of Kerala. |
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| The imminent launch of 3G networks combined with the rise of smartphones could enable many Indians who have never accessed the Internet to conduct online business and interact with others through mobile social networking sites. But there are many challenges in bringing the mobile social networking revolution to the low margin environment of India. Communication service providers will need business optimisation and service agility to achieve competitive advantage. Managing the risks of fraud and revenue leakage will be vital. |
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7 |
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Social business is certainly serious business |
| Author: |
Peter Gartenberg |
| Title: |
Managing Director |
| Organisation: |
SAP India |
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236KB |
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| Social media are building a new era in business transparency and engagement, changing the relationships between companies and their customers. Corporate commitment to social media has been linked to above-average levels of growth and social networking sites, properly managed, have the potential to become a powerful business tool. Many companies in India are already taking advantage of these developments, weaving social networking and collaboration into their conventional business practices and strategies. |
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| Social media are building a new era in business transparency and engagement, changing the relationships between companies and their customers. Corporate commitment to social media has been linked to above-average levels of growth and social networking sites, properly managed, have the potential to become a powerful business tool. Many companies in India are already taking advantage of these developments, weaving social networking and collaboration into their conventional business practices and strategies. |
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8 |
| Topic: |
Mobilising and monetising social networks |
| Author: |
Bohdan Zabawskyj |
| Title: |
CTO |
| Organisation: |
Redknee |
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232KB |
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Bohdan Zabawskyj is the CTO of Redknee. He is responsible for formulating the framework of Redknee’s strategic efforts and the evolution of the company’s application development framework for next-generation mobile networks. Prior to Redknee, Mr Zabawskyj worked at Telus Mobility (Clearnet), Bell Mobility and Bell Canada as Director for Research and Development.
Bohdan Zabawskyj has a BASc (Honours) degree from the University of Toronto, an MEng degree from McGill University and an MBA (IT option) degree from Athabasca University. |
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| The potential of mobile social networking is already apparent in India and will become ever more important as 3G networks are deployed. But managing and monetising this potential requires operators to go beyond traditional billing approaches and develop merchandising platforms that optimise and improve the overall subscriber service experience. Powerful billing systems that integrate real-time communications and subscriber-specific rating and charging capabilities sit at the heart of monetisation strategy. |
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9 |
| Topic: |
It’s not just social, the network counts too |
| Author: |
Dawn Hogh |
| Title: |
Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Business Development & Switching Business |
| Organisation: |
Veraz Networks |
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251KB |
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Dawn M. Hogh has served as Veraz Networks’ Vice President, Marketing, since November 2007. Prior to Veraz, Ms Hogh held executive positions at OpVista, Inc., Ciena Corp, Kestrel Solutions, Lumenaré Networks, and various engineering and marketing leadership roles at Lucent Technologies.
Dawn graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI with a BA Economics and MS Industrial and Operations Engineering. |
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| Mobile networks are becoming strained under the impact of increasing numbers of users and the huge growth in bandwidth intensive applications such as social networking over smartphones. Service providers must proactively manage both bandwidth and capacity to avoid their mobile broadband networks being overwhelmed by the sheer volume of traffic. Options that service providers need to consider if they are to continue to deliver carrier-class performance include further build out of networks, bandwidth optimization and improving mobile backhaul interconnection. |
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Article no.: |
10 |
| Topic: |
Defining India’s BSS solutions for the 3G world |
| Author: |
Bikram Bedi |
| Title: |
VP |
| Organisation: |
Intec India |
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372KB |
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Bikram Bedi is a VP for Intec India and South Asia. His role at Intec is to target high growth and high value markets adjacent to Intec’s current position in India, with an emphasis on providing strategic inputs and advisory services to Indian clients.
Mr Bedei began his career at Meskaster Telematics Ltd in 1993 and has over 16 years’ experience in the software industry in the Asia Pacific region. He also has over ten years’ experience in leadership roles, including nine years with IBM, holding key positions in strategy and business unit operations in emerging technology, business development and operational management. Mr Bedei’s most recent assignment before joining Intec was as General Manager of the Asia Pacific Business Unit for LotusLive.
Bikram Bedi has a postgraduate diploma in marketing management from Times School of Marketing and a BE Electronics & Communication from the Manipal Institute of Technology. |
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| New business models are required in the 3G world to build value-added brands that attract and retain subscribers. Service providers will need to harness their customer care, billing and revenue management systems to provide a single view of the customer. The business intelligence potential, within their operations support systems and business support systems infrastructure, can enable new services such as m-commerce, convergent customer care, and highly interactive account access and management, that ultimately increase both average revenue per user and average margin per user. |
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11 |
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Web 2.0 technologies: trustworthy or a threat? |
| Author: |
E.V.S. Chakravarthy |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
YOU Broadband & Cable India Ltd |
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182KB |
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E.V.S. Chakravarthy is the CEO of YOU Broadband & Cable India Ltd. He has been the head of YOU since its inception in 2001.
YOU entered the digital cable business through a series of alliances and joint ventures that consolidated cable operators in Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi and Vizag and is planning to add broadband and Internet telephony in a triple play approach.
Mr Chakravarthy is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has almost two decades of experience in the cable and broadband industry. |
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| The enormous popularity of social networking sites is giving rise to increasing concerns about information security. Vast quantities of personal information are stored on such sites and present a tempting target for hackers and spammers. Organisations have to do a lot more to protect themselves by deploying comprehensive unified threat management solutions that include firewalls, identity-based security, intrusion prevention systems, anti-virus and anti-spam. |
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12 |
| Topic: |
The mobile web? No, it’s the social web |
| Author: |
Sagar Chanda |
| Title: |
Country Manager, India |
| Organisation: |
Opera Software |
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180KB |
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Sagar Chandha heads Opera Software’s operations in India. Mr ChandhaHe joined the company’s Norway HQ in 2003 and was an essential member of the marcomm team that delivered Opera’s web-based services. In 2006 he moved to India to set up and manage Opera’s Indian office and operations from Chandigarh. Mr ChandhaHe has since developed the office into an offshore engineering centre to develop Opera Widgets and Unite Applications. Chandna also manages Opera’s sales and marketing efforts in the Indian subcontinent.
Sagar ChandhaChandna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Applications from Indira Gandhi University in India, an A Level diploma with India’s Department of Information Technology, and an application developer diploma from IBM. |
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| User growth of social networks in India is outstripping even the growth in mobile web usage. The mobile web is rapidly becoming the social web. The resulting bandwidth load on networks is considerable. But new technologies are evolving that will allow most content to be displayed inside the web browser. Making existing web applications work on mobile phones would be a more sustainable solution than multiple, separate applications that run on a variety of handsets. The mobile web itself, rather than standalone mobile applications, could become the winning platform on mobile. |
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