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Day 1 – Highlights & Way Forward

Joint ITU-GISFI Workshop on “Bridging the Standardization Gap: Workshop on Sustainable Rural Communications” (Bangalore, India, 17-18 December 2012). Day 1 – Highlights & Way Forward. Kiritkumar P. LATHIA, C.Eng., Fellow IET Consultant, CTiF, Aalborg University, DK

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Day 1 – Highlights & Way Forward

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  1. Joint ITU-GISFI Workshop on “Bridging the Standardization Gap: Workshop on Sustainable Rural Communications”(Bangalore, India, 17-18 December 2012) Day 1 – Highlights&Way Forward Kiritkumar P. LATHIA, C.Eng., Fellow IET Consultant, CTiF, Aalborg University, DK Director, ICT Standard Edge Ltd., GB Kiritkumar.Lathia@ictstandardedge.com

  2. Main Themes • Setting the scene – Keynotes • Sustainable Rural Communications • Way Forward

  3. Setting the Scene • Connecting Rural: Societal reasons + future growth; • Tremendous growth announced • Aggressive growth targets announced by Prime Minister (government to ensure infrastructure and low tariffs, …) • Local contents at regional / village level • Contents/Apps to serve local needs (family, business, …) • Same Apps for fixed / mobile with same “look & feel” • Technology / Device type agnostic with ease of use • Standardized platform(s) with portability across devices • Key to connecting Rural India: • Awareness (what?), Access, Affordability (device + ARPU) • Empowerment of all (local) stake-holders(Primary, community, infrastructure, ISP, Apps/technology)

  4. Setting the Scene • New wireless technologies for sensors/devices, apps • Mobile, broadband, sensors, light-wave • Smart home, industries, agriculture, intelligent terminals, … • M2M • Privacy and Security/Robustness against cyber attacks • Ease of use for illiterate or elderly population as well • Terminals across different vendors • APPs (e-Everything, local social networks, relevancy) • Consistency of behavior • Key to connecting Rural India: Work together! • Not just DoT / telecom experts but all stake-holders • Universal Service Obligation Fund for all stake-holders

  5. Sustainable rural Communications • Applications will become critical! • Common API, Device Management, e-Everything platforms • Rural India challenges (languages, ARPU, literacy, …) • Strategic nature of standardization • Long term investments, globalization, SDO partnerships • ITU Methodologies to access environmental impact • Cooperation (partnerships) with ETSI, ISO/IEC, EC, GeSI, … • Recommendations (standards):3 published, 3 pending • Energy efficiencies • new players for energy supply and base station towersto reduce CAPEX/OPEX (own vs. lease) • Specific network architecture and topologies • Remote operations and maintenance

  6. Way Forward – Indian Government • Effective DoT/GoI commitment and leadership! • TEC, C-DOT, WPC, PSUs and TRAI with active integral part • NTP2012: Indigenous manufacturing + TSDO • Goyal (CMAI) presentation: “Much talk, Less Achieved” • Strategic nature of standardization for regulation • c.f. ETSI and (initial) GSM commitment in EU • Standardization strategy - India vs. global (ITU, 3GPP, ….) • Standardization capacity building • “Standardization in Education” with Universities • Active participation in ITU and other key SDO bodies

  7. Way Forward - GISFI • Deeper ITU GISFI  other SDO Partnerships • Partnerships : Key to influence global standardization • 3GPP, OneM2M Partners must be non-governmental TSDOs • India on critical path to make impact: needs to move fast • New GISFI Rural Communications Group • India Specific Requirements (infrastructure, “applications”) • Possible implementation scenarios • Gap Analysis (R&D and Standards) • Standardization strategy - India vs. global (ITU, 3GPP, ….) • GISFI  Quo Vadis?

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