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Article no.: |
1 |
| Topic: |
Tariff trends in Indian Telecom |
| Author: |
Nripendra Misra |
| Title: |
Chairman |
| Organisation: |
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |
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448KB |
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Mr Nripendra Misra is the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India; he has been with the Indian Administrative Service for almost four decades. His previous posts were as the Secretary of the Department of Telecom and Chairman of the Telecom Commission. Mr Misra was Principal Secretary (Finance) in the UP (Uttar Pradesh) Government. He had also served as Principal Secretary to Chief Minister (UP) Secretary Taxation and Head of Cooperative Credit Institutions. In the Government of India, Mr Misra served in Department of Economic Affairs looking after World Bank and International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.) and other multi-lateral matters, in Ministry of Commerce looking after World Trade Organisation (WTO) matters and also as Secretary of the Ministry of Fertilizers. He has been a consultant to the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. He was also Member Secretary of the UP Taxation Committee and has served as a member on Reserve Bank of India (RBI)/Agriculture Refinance Development Corporation/Rural & Urban Cooperative Committees.
Mr Nripendra Misra earned his postgraduate degrees in Chemistry and Political Science and Public Administration from Allahabad University. He also studied at Harvard University, USA for a Masters degree in Public Administration. |
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| The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has reshaped India’s telecommunications sector and can take a significant amount of credit for the country’s economic growth as well. Its policy of liberalising regulations, promoting competition and forcing tariff reductions has made possible the extraordinary growth of mobile usage and promoted the growth of services such as business process outsourcing and knowledge processing, which have transformed the country’s economy. India’s transparent and consistent regulatory approach has also attracted much needed investment to the sector. |
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Article no.: |
2 |
| Topic: |
Applied for an Indian cellular license lately? |
| Author: |
Braham Singh |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
The Red Snapper, (M) Sdn Bhd |
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407KB |
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Braham Singh is the CEO of The Red Snapper, (M) Sdn Bhd, an Asian wireless broadband company with Malaysian Government equity participation and operations in Malaysia and India. Mr Singh, a technologist and a writer, has a twenty-year career in telecommunications. Mr Singh came to Red Snapper from PCCW where he founded BtNAccess, their international carrier business. Re-named PCCW Global, today the company is an established global carrier. Prior to PCCW, Mr Singh held senior vice-president level management positions in Teleglobe and Sprint International.
Braham Singh regularly writes technical articles for the press as well as the Internet. He has just completed his first novel Emperor which has also been adapted for a feature length movie. Both the book and film are slated for a year-end release. |
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| India’s offer of cellular licences last year drew a great many applications. The chance of anyone developing a viable business, however, is slim. Very large operators own at least 92 per cent of the existing voice subscribers. Much of the market’s growth will be in data, but the big operators already have the 3G licenses. The only competitive strategy would be 4G (LTE/WiMAX) but most of the newcomers are asking for 2G licenses, so newcomers will be hard pressed to compete. |
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Article no.: |
3 |
| Topic: |
ICT and the Indian SME |
| Author: |
Bikky Khosla |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Infocom Network Ltd -Tradeindia.com |
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222KB |
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Bikky Khosla is the CEO of Infocom Network Ltd. Mr Khosla began his career as an exporter. Based upon this experience, he created Tradeindia. India’s largest online B2B e-marketplace. Tradeindia provides Indian export-import sector, comprising mostly of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), with easy access to international trade related information through its database of buyers, sellers, price quotations etc.
Mr Khosla is the Chairman of ASSOCHAM SME Expert Committee and is a member of ASSOCHAM’s Planning Commission Working Group for the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-2012) for Micro & Small Scale Enterprises and Agro & Rural Industries. |
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| The role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in India’s growth is widely known. Nevertheless, the majority of India’s smaller companies do not use ICT for more than basic accounting, inventory control and administrative systems. They have little appreciation for what ICT can do to make their operations and their product marketing more effective. Many of these firms have little contact with how ICT has been used by other companies, little capital to invest and few, if any, workers with the needed ICT skills. |
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Article no.: |
4 |
| Topic: |
The Mobile Micro Finance Eco System |
| Author: |
Kaustuv Ghosh |
| Title: |
Director |
| Organisation: |
mCommerce, Sybase 365 |
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202KB |
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| About author: |
Kaustuv Ghosh is the Director of mCommerce for Sybase 365; he heads global sales for mobile payments and remittances and natural language services. Previously, Mr Ghosh was the general manager at ACL Wireless. Prior to AC Wireless, he was the marketing strategy manager at NDTV, where he headed the business development, product development, alliances and sales for NDTV.com. Mr Ghosh has presented papers in national and international forums including Integrated Marketing Communications - The Wireless Challenge to News Broadcasters in India and Response TV: Adding Value to the News Experience in India.
Kaustuv Ghosh received his Postgraduate Diploma in Communications from the Mudra Institute of Communications in Ahmedabad. |
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| Many of India’s people have no access to banks or credit; they depend upon traditional moneylenders and pawnshops. India has many rural banks, yet they have not closed the gap. The Grameen Bank, which pioneered microcredit, has been so successful helping people it earned its creator a Nobel Prize. A mobile phone based ‘virtual wallet’ that villagers can use to deposit or borrow small amounts can bring Grameen-type banking services to India’s hundreds of millions of ‘un-banked’ citizens. |
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Article no.: |
5 |
| Topic: |
Mitigating Risks in a Connected World |
| Author: |
Nipun Mehrotra |
| Title: |
Vice President & General Manager, Global Technology Services |
| Organisation: |
IBM India/SA |
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224KB |
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Nipun Mehrotra is the Vice President & General Manager, Global Technology Services for IBM India/South Asia. Mr Mehrotra has over 21 years of experience in the Information Technology industry - across India, ASEAN and Asia Pacific regions managing various sales & marketing positions and leading Business Units.
Nipun Mehrotra has held various other leadership positions within IBM as well. Mr Mehrotra currently serves as a member of IBM India/SA Senior Leadership Team as well as part of the IBM Technical Leadership Team. |
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| Today, economies are inter-connected, businesses are networked, and organizations operate seamlessly across geographical boundaries. This interconnection is highly beneficial, but also brings serious risks. Nearly 70 per cent of India’s CIOs consider risk mitigation among their top three priorities. Companies need comprehensive risk mitigation strategies that consider the staff’s access to information, computer security, software applications, stored data and the security of physical facilities. Any comprehensive risk mitigation strategy must focus on the areas of governance, business continuity and data security. |
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Article no.: |
6 |
| Topic: |
Defining Web 2.0 |
| Author: |
Dr Ajay Kumar Data |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Data InfoSys Ltd |
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327KB |
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Dr Ajay Kumar Data is the CEO of Data InfoSys Limited. He established the first and largest WiFi hot spot in Rajasthan and the first ISP of the State. He has won many honours for his contributions to telecommunications in India including: Certificates of Excellence from the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Jaipur, for outstanding services; the International Millennium Gold Star Award; the Indian Junior Chamber’s Outstanding Young Person in Rajasthan; the American Biographical Institute’s Recognized Diploma of Honour; a Distinguished Leadership Award in the International Directory of Distinguished Leadership for outstanding contributions to Information Technology; and an Honorary appointment to the Research Board of Advisors of American Biographical Institute, USA. He was elected, unopposed, as President of TiE, Jaipur (The Indus Entrepreneurs) for two years. Dr Data is currently the President of Young Entrepreneurs Organization, Jaipur Chapter, which is a part of the Global Entrepreneurs Organization.
Dr Data earned an MBA in Computer Science from Newport University, USA and a PhD in Electronic Data Processing from the Netherlands. He also holds a diploma in System Analysis & Design from Uptron. |
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| It is difficult to define Web 2.0. It is not a technical specification; it is a social phenomenon driven by the growing popularity of collaborative, interactive, socially oriented websites. Individual users typically produce much of the content and make it available to friends, family and other interested parties. Web 2.0 is also used to denote the growing use of cloud computing - the use of third party storage, raw computing capacity and many types of software - accessed via the Internet. |
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Article no.: |
7 |
| Topic: |
Networks - sustaining the global economy |
| Author: |
Neeraj Gulati |
| Title: |
Vice President and Managing Director |
| Organisation: |
Ciena India |
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229KB |
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Neeraj Gulati is the Vice President and Managing Director of Ciena India. Mr Gulati has held various management positions at Ciena, which he joined when Ciena acquired Lightera Networks. At Nortel, he participated in the development of the Passport product line. Mr Gulati started his career at Bell Northern Research as a Network Architect. He is currently on sabbatical from his MBA programme at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Mr Gulati has published three papers and has been granted seven United States patents.
Mr Gulati holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from University of Saskatchewan, Canada and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from NIT Trichy, India. |
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| Global connectivity makes information available at the click of the mouse. Connectivity makes global collaboration possible, bringing greater efficiency and productivity. The world’s economy depends upon reliable and secure connectivity. Communications networks are essential to the businesses that support the world’s economies handling billions of dollars of real-time financial transactions, so much so that even a few seconds of network failure can cost millions of dollars. Innovative uses of telecommunications have pushed economic development in even the remotest parts of India. |
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Article no.: |
8 |
| Topic: |
Wireless broadband for community service |
| Author: |
Venkat Kedlaya |
| Title: |
Managing Director |
| Organisation: |
Convergent Communications India Pvt. Ltd |
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227KB |
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Venkat Kedlaya is the Managing Director of Convergent Communications India Pvt. Ltd. Mr Kedlaya previously worked as General Manager of Motorola Information Systems Group’s Networking Division in South Asia and as Director of Motorola’s transmission products group in Asia Pacific. He also helped start Motorola’s first JV operations in India and was the General Manager of its two-way radio manufacturing facility in Bangalore. Prior to Motorola, Mr Kedlaya worked as a Product Manager at Modi Xerox and as a project manager with Rank Xerox in the UK. Venkat Kedlaya was the past President of Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce and is a Member of the National executive Council of MAIT, an organisation of IT industry in India.
Venkat Kedlaya holds an M Tech in Electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,. and attended a Professional Training Management programme at Ashridge College in England and the Center for Creative leadership in Greensboro, USA.
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| Wireless communications have played a big role in India’s economic growth. The government has greatly facilitated the growth of wireless and its use for digital inclusion in remote and disadvantaged regions. NGOs and major companies have also supported major efforts to bring ICT to underprivileged communities. The Parikrma project uses wireless communications and state-of-the-art electronic classrooms to provide high quality education and Tata’s DHAN Foundation is helping put communities hit by the tsunami back on their feet. |
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Article no.: |
9 |
| Topic: |
The ‘Raj’ of technology |
| Author: |
Rajesh Tuli |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
Coral Telecom Limited |
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298KB |
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Rajesh Tuli is the President and founder of Coral Telecom Limited, a designer, developer and provider of voice, video and data switching products and solutions. Mr Tuli held various managerial posts in the corporate world including at Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd, at Usha Electronics, at Graphics India Ltd and the Modi group.
Rajesh Tuli graduated with an MBA from Punjab University. |
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| Technology, especially IP-based communications are breaking down the barriers that have long impeded the flow of goods, services and information and concentrated their production and the creation of wealth in relatively few regions. The seamless distribution of knowledge spreads economic opportunity, for example through outsourcing, and higher living standards. Seamless communication facilitates businesses in many ways. It is helping to obliterate distinctions between products and services; brands and nationalities, at least as they exist today, are starting to gradually disappear. |
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Article no.: |
10 |
| Topic: |
Seamless networks, seamless business and a seamless world |
| Author: |
Deepak Jain |
| Title: |
Vice President and Business Head, Professional Services |
| Organisation: |
Wipro Infotech |
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176KB |
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Deepak Jain is the Vice-President and Business Head of Professional Services at Wipro Infotech.
Prior to this Mr Jain headed the Telecom vertical in Wipro Infotech for the India, APAC and ME region. He previously served Wipro in a variety of executive posts. Mr Jain joined Wipro as an Assistant Field Engineer. Prior to his tenure at Wipro Infotech, he had a small stint at Raba Contel (P) Ltd.
Deepak Jain holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electronics and Communication) from Delhi College of Engineering.
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| Access to information and technology has created a new economy, built businesses in Asia, and provided vast employment opportunities. The rapid growth of India’s economy helped spread the concept of seamless communications to share resources and connect to the world. Seamless networks are a very cost effective educational tool; they make virtual classrooms and distance education possible. Bringing seamless connectivity to India’s villages will shift business process outsourcing jobs to India’s rural interior so residents can share in India’s economic miracle. |
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Article no.: |
11 |
| Topic: |
Bridging the divide from above |
| Author: |
Bahram Pourmand |
| Title: |
Executive Vice President and General Manager |
| Organisation: |
International Division, Hughes Network Systems, LLC |
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229KB |
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Bahram Pourmand is the Executive Vice President and General Manager for Hughes Network Systems’ International Division, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications. Mr Pourmand, responsible for Hughes’ international operations, is also a member of the Hughes Communications, Inc. management team and a board member of Hughes Escorts Communications Ltd (HECL), Shanghai Hughes, Hughes Network Systems Europe and its various subsidiaries. Prior to joining Hughes, Mr Pourmand was a director with Rockwell International, responsible for the design and development of analogue and digital multiplexers and radios, and digital switches. He received a patent for his Digital Implementation of Parity Monitor and Alarm.
Mr Pourmand has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Southern Methodist University. |
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| India is famous for the successful use of information and communication technology (ICT) that has made it a world leader in ITES/BPO (IT enabled services/business process outsourcing). India’s focus on higher education and ICTs has pushed the country’s amazing growth in recent years. Now, by using satellites to reach the rural areas where much of its population resides, India hopes to bridge the digital divide and bring advanced services, education and economic growth to the rest of the country. |
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Article no.: |
12 |
| Topic: |
Seamless networks for seamless businesses |
| Author: |
Vinayak Deshpande |
| Title: |
President |
| Organisation: |
Enterprise & High Network Individual (EHNI) Business Unit, Tata Teleservices |
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261KB |
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Vinayak Deshpande is the President of Tata Teleservices Enterprise & High Network Individual (EHNI) Business Unit. Mr Deshpande joined TTSL from Tata Honeywell where he served in various leadership roles including Head of the Baroda Region and the Total Plants Solutions business and Managing Director. Mr Deshpande was instrumental in establishing Tata Honeywell’s presence in India’s Refining & Petrochemical sector and started its advanced software division. Honeywell awarded Mr Deshpande its prestigious ‘Presidents Club’ award; Tata Honeywell also received the ‘Tata Business Excellence Model’ (TBEM) Award. Mr Deshpande began his career with Century Enka as an engineer; he later worked with Thermax and other companies.
Mr Deshpande is currently on the boards of TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd, Nelco Ltd and E2E SerWiz Solutions Limited.
Vinayak Deshpande earned his degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. |
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| The ability of field workers to connect seamlessly to their co-workers and all of their enterprise resources online contributes greatly to job performance. For many workers, this means their enterprise communications system must offer seamless roaming - the ability to connect to any available network wherever in the world they may be. CDMA/EV-DO networks, mobile data card modems, handsets with dual SIM-cards and WiFi, local language applications and content, VoIP and cutting-edge customised applications are revolutionising enterprise connectivity in India. |
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Article no.: |
13 |
| Topic: |
Broadband without borders |
| Author: |
Rajaram Balajee |
| Title: |
Head of Business lines |
| Organisation: |
Midas Communication Technologies Pvt Ltd |
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215KB |
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Rajaram Balajee is the Head of Fixed and Mobile Wireless Business Lines for Midas Communication Technologies Pvt Ltd; he has had 18 years of end-to-end experience in telecom and networking, in a range of management positions from product management and design to software and engineering. Prior to Midas, Mr Balajee worked in the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and W.S. TeleSystems Ltd among others. He has been a presenter/keynote speaker in several conferences and industry forums and has published several articles on wireless and broadband. Mr Balajee has also guided several student research projects at IIT, BITS and other Universities for post-graduate students.
Rajaram Balajee received his B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Madras University. He earned postgraduate certifications from IISC Bangalore, WIPO and ETDC among others. |
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| Broadband wireless technologies promise Internet access to people everywhere. The rapid evolution of network architecture and equipment generate challenges and risks for telco operators and a great deal of hope and opportunity for many people. The 4G technologies are a real breakthrough in terms of network architecture, the radio interface and the services made possible. New equipment, such as software defined radios, can reduce the telco’s costs and the risks and speed the availability of affordable Internet access to all. |
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Article no.: |
14 |
| Topic: |
Mobile voice in India |
| Author: |
Bruce Markham |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Telesoft Technologies Ltd |
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288KB |
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Bruce Markham is the CEO of Telesoft Technologies Ltd. He co-founded Telesoft, initially as a consulting firm to fund the development of low-cost PC-based telecommunications solutions. They have since developed a wide range of media and signalling solutions for the industry. Mr Markham is still directly involved in product strategy and engineering implementation for both their switching and monitoring product areas. Mr Markham began his career in the telecommunications industry with Plessey specialising in hardware and software development for telephony networks.
Bruce Markham graduated from Cork University with a degree in Computer Science. |
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| The interactive voice response (IVR) voice market in India is quite complex, but opportunities are plentiful. Affordable services and a growing economy have driven the growth of mobile phone use. Almost all service there is 2G but given the high illiteracy rates, voice communication is the most effective way to reach the population. India has 21 official languages, but IVRs that recognise ten of these languages can communicate with, and provide services for, 90 per cent of the population. |
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Article no.: |
15 |
| Topic: |
Seamless protection for the video industry |
| Author: |
Jeremy Thorp |
| Title: |
CEO |
| Organisation: |
Latens Systems |
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366KB |
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Jeremy Thorp is the CEO and founder of Latens Systems; he has served in a number of high-level positions in the broadcast industry on both sides of the technology divide - as an operator and as a technology vendor. Prior to Latens, Mr Thorp was Chief Technology Officer at TANDBERG Television. At NTL, Mr Thorp was Group Managing Director, responsible for design and rollout of interactive cable systems, Internet content and other services. He previously served as NTL’s Director of Strategy during the early planning for the launch of its digital services. Mr Thorp began his career at Bain & Co, management consultants.
Jeremy Thorp earned a degree in Engineering from London University. |
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| The success of pay TV and IPTV depends upon the use of content and revenue security systems. These subscriber TV services use conditional access (CA) technology to ensure subscribers receive the content they are entitled to and block access to those that are not entitled. Software-based CA is the most flexible of several systems that serve similar ends. Software-based CA can individually identify subscribers, verify their viewing patterns, permit profiling of their interests and let advertisers target their specific interests. |
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Article no.: |
16 |
| Topic: |
Bridging the wireless divide in rural India |
| Author: |
John Winn |
| Title: |
Executive Vice President |
| Organisation: |
Business Development, Vanu, Inc |
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337KB |
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John Winn is the Executive Vice President, Business Development of Vanu; he has more than 20 years of high technology sales leadership and management experience, combining a sales, marketing and business development background with business expertise in the software and wireless industries. Before joining Vanu, Inc. Mr Winn was a co-Founder and VP of Sales and Business Development at PacketAir Networks, specialising in next generation wireless infrastructure. Previously, Mr Winn managed domestic and international sales and marketing operations for a number of established companies and start-ups. Mr Winn began his career with Motorola.
John Winn graduated from California State University, San Diego, with a B.A. in Economics. |
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| The cost of building, operating and maintaining wireless infrastructure in rural India creates a steep entry barrier for new competitive operators. India recently approved the sharing of all the physical network infrastructure components by multiple operators; this can reduce telco expenditures by more than 50 per cent. Shared infrastructures force operators to use the same technology and features. By using software defined radio for shared networks, costs are reduced but each operator can use its own technology, applications and services. |
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