India’s digital ecosystem is poised for a complete makeover that is bound to boost connectivity infrastructure with a massive volume of data traffic. The Built in India Virtual Summit<\/a> organised by ETTelecom.com and Telecom Infra Project<\/a> (TIP) on the 21st July 2021<\/strong>, is structured with a view to putting together India’s joint efforts comprising world-class experts, dynamic policymakers and thought leaders from the industry<\/a> coming together to explore how India is planning its road to a transformed network ecology. The summit will explore the capabilities of India's rich domestic telecom ecosystem, and how it is preparing to cater to the country's fast-growing data needs. Powered by Telecom Infra Project technologies, some of the biggest questions surrounding India's telecom domain will be answered.
The summit will also bring into focus the government’s vision and offer an opportunity to discuss broader national objectives for digital connectivity, Indian manufacturing, and job creation.<\/strong>
It’s important that we look at the innovations brought by open and disaggregated technologies, such as, OpenRAN, OpenWiFi, as the future. Delving deeply into them, several panellists will explore these topics, and discuss what type of next-generation networks will be needed to unlock India’s digital potential and domestic capability, and how industry and governments can work together to ensure success.
Here is what one can look forward to:
The packed schedule will get underway with a panel discussion on which speakers will explore next-generation telecom networks that can support India’s economic growth and build domestic capability.
1. The participating panellists are Ashwinder Sethi, Principal, Analysys Mason; R Shakya, Deputy Director General, Department of Telecommunications<\/a>, Ministry of Communications<\/a>, Government of India; Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay, Executive Director, C-DOT; and, Robert Pepper, Director - Public Policy, Facebook<\/a>. The session will be moderated by Danish Khan, Assistant Editor, ETTelecom.com.
2. In a fireside chat, Manish Gangey, Head - Network Architecture & R&D, Airtel<\/a>; will be in conversation with Bryan Tan, Facebook Connectivity Ecosystems Lead, APAC on Building Resilient Networks for the Future.’ The Airtel executive will expand on how they are using open, disaggregated technologies to build the networks of the future and address the rapidly increasing mobile data demand that will provide a massive boost to India becoming an innovation and manufacturing destination.
3. A fireside chat with Udit Mehrotra, CEO, Spectra<\/a> will be moderated by Danish Khan, Assistant Editor, ETTelecom.com on Spectra’s Role of Open and Disaggregated Technology for High-Speed Fixed-Access Networks. Mehrotra will describe its vision of working with open transport network technologies and how that can help Spectra deliver on its ambitious growth plan to provide reliable high-speed fixed access that enables digitalisation in India. The role of a strong ecosystem of technology suppliers will also be part of the discussion.
4. Eminent speakers, Balram Sharma, COO - Access Business, STL; Joseph George, VP - 5G & Datacenter, VVDN; Abhijit Chaudhary, Founder & CEO, Niral Networks; Nitesh Bansal, SVP & Global Head, Engineering Services, Infosys; and Manish Mangal, Global Business Head, Network Services, Tech M, will participate in a session, Building for India and Beyond, moderated by David Hutton, Chief Engineer, TIP, in which they will analyse and review the scenario on the local supply chain. The panellists will share their views as Indian technology suppliers developing hardware and software products for OpenRAN and Open Transport, and System Integrators that contribute to building end-to-end solutions combining these products.
5. Moderator Chetan Hebbalae, Facebook Connectivity Ecosystems Manager will engage with panellists who are: Bhuvnesh Sachdeva, VP - Product Development, HFCL; Raj Sethia, CEO, Firefly Networks; Rishi Ghare, CEO, Indio Networks; Sachin Mehra, Founder and Managing Director, Inventum Technologies; and, Sandeep Agrawal, Team Leader and Administrator (PM-WANI Central Registry), C-DOT; on a discussion on Open and Disaggregated WiFi Networks - Enabling a Superior WiFi Experience. In this panel, we will learn how TIP OpenWiFi is already a reality in India with local hardware and software suppliers already developing solutions that can be used to address critical connectivity challenges, and how there is an emerging opportunity for Indian companies to export these solutions to other markets.
With a major shift in the industry, and the government helping to foster open collaboration across industry, research institutes, and academia to help accelerate this type of innovation, the move toward the next generation of open, disaggregated, and interoperable network solutions will unlock a range of benefits. Along with the above, ‘Make in India<\/strong>’ as a crucial foundation for sustainable services at competitive pricing is also a way forward with TIP ecosystem participants helping create the demand for suppliers in India to fulfil and meet India’s massive scale and low-cost requirements.
Please tune in on 21 July for the Built in India Virtual Summit<\/a> to listen to the outstanding speaker line-up, who will be discussing key topics of the India telecom ecosystem, such as open and disaggregated technologies, local supply chain and so much more. Register: \/\/www.iser-br.com\/built-in-india<\/a>
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