TCoE The Indian Experiment for

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• TCoE The Indian Experiment for
• Rural Telecom

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CONTENTS

• ABOUT INDIA
• THE INDIAN TELECOM SCENARIO
• RURAL INDIA
• TELECOM CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

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THE WORLDS SECOND LARGEST MARKET

• Area 3,287,263 Square kilometers
• Population (2007) 1.13 Billion
• 22 Recognized National Languages
• Literacy Rate (2007) 65
• Average Annual Growth Rate
• Population 1.6 (growth is slowing)
• GDP- gt9
• Trade (FY08)
• Total Exports USD 155 Billion
• Total Imports USD 235 Billion
• Forex Reserves (including gold) USD 285 Billion

Source FICCI/ Exim bank
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. ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING ONES

• One of the fastest growing economies in Asia.
• Annual GDP growth rate of gt9 over next 5-10
  years
• Set to emerge as 3rd largest economy in the world
  by 2020
• Major global hub for IT IT enabled services
• By 2010
• Literacy Rate 80
• Middle Class 32 (exploding)
• Poverty 16 (declining)

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I visualize a prosperous India well before the
year 2020. We expect the people below the
poverty line to come to near zero, our literacy
must be nearly 100 and tele-density will reach
over 75. APJ Abdul Kalam The Former President
of India
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THE INDIAN TELECOM SCENARIO
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ROBUST GROWTH IN TELECOM REVENUES
Source Voice Data COAI Estimates
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WORLDS SECOND LARGEST WIRELESS MARKET
Year ended March
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MOBILE HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF EVERYDAY
LIFE
Mobile also facilitating business productivity
and e-initiatives
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PERFECT PITCH FOR MANUFACTURING RD

• Influx of global players like Alcatel, Ericsson,
  Motorola, Nokia, Samsung,
  LG, etc.
• Expected Investments by global vendors in India
• Nokia USD 150 mn
• Motorola USD 100 mn
• Over 50 Motorolas mobile phone software is
  developed in India. Bangalore houses its biggest
  research facility globally.
• More ideas are generated in INDIA for global
  applications and globally, Motorola is critically
  dependent on whats being done in India.
  Motorolas India facility is its biggest outside
  the US
• - Motorola
• Cisco Systems filed for over 600 Patents for
  products developed in India.

Source Outlook PwC
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RURAL INDIA

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PURA Providing Urban Amenities in Rural Areas

• Ring Road
• Rail
• Public Infrastructure

• Telecom
• Internet
• E-Governance
• Tele-medicine
• Tele-education

Physical Connectivity
Economic Connectivity

• Warehouse
• Agro-Industries
• Markets
• Hospital
• Micro Power Plant
• Coop. Product
• Mktg.

Electronic Connectivity
Knowledge Connectivity
Spiritual Connectivity

• 10-15 Village Clusters
• 50-100 Crore investment
• Business Proposition
• Employment for 3000 persons
• Beneficiaries 30,000 100,000
• people

• Schools
• IRS Imagery for
• - Land Crop Mgmt
• - Water Mgmt
• - Forest Mgmt
• - Environment
• Proactive Health care
• Manufacturing

• Enlightened Citizenship
• Moral Leadership

JOINT PRIVATE PUBLIC EMPOWERED BODIES
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RURAL HAS THE POWER

• Several studies have shown that there is
  substantial purchasing power in the rural areas.
• According to the World Bank, wherever they are
  given the choice, poor communities often spend on
  communications as much as urban communities, in
  terms of percentage of available income
• If this expenditure is made on available and
  cheap communication services, the rural growth
  will pick up substantially and in a short time
  frame.

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RURAL TELEDENSITY MUCH LOWER THAN URBAN

• In spite of so many efforts of the operators and
  equipment manufacturers, there is a wide digital
  divide.

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CHALLENGES TO BE MET IN RURAL INDIA
Lack of basic utilities, water,power, roads,
transmission,...
Low wire line penetration
Cash economies
Profitability in rural areas

High operational and security risks
Requirement for local contents in local languages
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TURNING CHALLENGES TO OPPORTUNITIES
Innovative low cost solutions Tailor made
business models will accelerate growth and
penetration

• Initiatives to reach out to
• the masses
• Infrastructure sharing
• USOF support
• Alternate fuels

Creation of sustainable ecosystem is the key to
reach next 250mn
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To achieve the same growth rate in rural India
as in urban India, the country has set up Telecom
Centres Of Excellence (TCOE) in premier, world
class academic institutions of the country.
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TELECOM CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

Never Before in History has Innovation Offered
Promise of so Much to so Many in so Short a
Time . Bill Gates
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TCOEs Main objectives

• Capacity building to sustain and manage the
  growth
• To create an enabling environment for Research in
  telecom where innovation drives development of
  new products / services and enterprises are
  created
• To promote Think tank activities to help
  Government, Regulators make well informed choices
  and laws
• To work towards stronger Indian presence in World
  standard making bodies like ITU, IETF

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Telecom Centres of Excellence Initiative - Basic
approach

• Consolidation Collaboration on our Strengths
• Consumer power
• Intellectual Potential
• Diasporas enthusiasm
• PPP mode, with 90 funding from telecom operators
• Takes all Telecom stake Holders on board
  (SPAcdVdrInd AsnGovtNRI)
• Each centre autonomous, flexible. To become self
  reliant over time.
• Promote Entrepreneurship for internal/external
  talent
• Focussed working and knowledge sharing
• Supports healthy competition
• Win-Win situation for all stake holders

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Activity Zone
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7 TCOEs ALREADY OPERATIONALIZED
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TCOEs WORKING TO ENABLE BEST OF VALUE AT
AFFORDABLE PRICES

• TCOEs working on the principle that
• Technologies Must Meet Stakeholders Needs
• Optimal network coverage, especially in remote
  areas
• Higher business competitiveness through
  affordable devices embedded with powerful
  features
• A robust ecosystem that promotes growth,
  competition, functionality, quality as well as
  affordability
• Connectivity without sacrificing on features or
  capabilities
• Market Data Has Important Pointers
• Cheaper call rates and handsets are expanding
  market
• Customers are opting for more features as price
  falls
• Enhanced services leading to better operator
  margins
• Enhanced services, besides voice, especially
  important for budget users.

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UNCONVENTIONAL INNOVATIONS REQUIRED

• Alternative Energy sources are essential.
• These programme aims to use biofuels, wind and
  solar to power base stations in remote, off-grid
  locations and thereby connect the unconnected
• Biofuels project
• Use of locally grown and processed biofuels for
  the powering of generators
• Creates employment, brings connectivity
• Wind and solar project
• Use of wind and solar energy to power BTSs in
  remote, off-grid locations
• Bring connectivity through green energy

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TCOEs are committed to provide the above and
bridge the digital divide in India by making
rural India at par with urban India in the field
of telecommunications.
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• THANK YOU !!
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