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Telecom Panel Is there any value of doing telecom research in PK?

Telecom Panel Is there any value of doing telecom research in PK?. Dr. Syed Aon Mujtaba Senior Director Wireless Concept Engineering Infineon Technologies, NA mujtaba@stanfordalumni.org. Should Telecom Research be done in PK?. Yes! Why do Research?

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Telecom Panel Is there any value of doing telecom research in PK?

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  1. Telecom PanelIs there any value of doing telecom research in PK? Dr. Syed Aon Mujtaba Senior Director Wireless Concept Engineering Infineon Technologies, NA mujtaba@stanfordalumni.org

  2. Should Telecom Research be done in PK? • Yes! • Why do Research? • Research is the process by which humans improve their status quo • If knowledge is power, new knowledge can be priceless! • Research is the engine that fuels innovations in product development • However, due to budgetary limitations, PK should choose its Research areas to maximize return-on-investment • Why in Telecom? • Telecom has become one of the pillars of modern society, changing the way we live, work, and play • The challenges of keeping 6+ billion people on this planet connected will only increase with time! INCC 2008

  3. Research in a Free Market Economy Competition Product Innovations Engineering Research Revenue from Product Sales Operating Expenses Federal/State Taxes Net Profit 25% hit 1% hit 85% New Product Design & Development 10% hit 14% Product Innovations & Patents VC investment 2% hit 1% Engineering Research Scientific Research INCC 2008

  4. Engineering Research Landscape in the US Customers & Beneficiaries Military Contractors Commercial Enterprises Startups Government Labs Industrial Labs University Labs Research Institutes Federal Govt State Govt Industry Venture Capitalists Funding Sources INCC 2008

  5. Telecom Research Scorecard Industrial Labs University Labs INCC 2008

  6. Lessons Learnt • At an institution level, contributions from Bell Labs to the telecom field are unmatched • Bell Labs iconic status and success can be attributed to the following factors: • funding source was a monopoly  very stable with lots of cash • customers were the internal business units in AT&T  Bell Labs was exposed to real world problems • independence  Bell Labs was not funded by the business units. Instead it was funded at the corporate level. This allowed Bell Labs researchers to think creatively and boldly. • world class talent  thanks to the reputation it had developed, Bell Labs was able to recruit the best and the brightest from all over the world, not just the US • Innovations from Bell Labs eventually made it to the market place, if not by AT&T, then by others! • Silicon Valley owes it creation to Shockley, who moved there to commercialize the invention of the transistor • BellCore – spun off from Bell Labs to serve RBOCs (regional Bell operating companies) – was far less successful • when a research institution has multiple masters, it can never focus • Xerox PARC exhibited bold thinking, but lacked a viable sink for its research output • Xerox did not manufacture ethernet products • its windows/mouse concept was leveraged by Apple INCC 2008

  7. PK “Research Potential” Scorecard • Success in engineering research requires 4 main ingredients, as exhibited by Bell Labs: • long term view with stability of funding • proximity to real world problems with clear customer requirements • intellectual independence • world class talent • Universities build their reputation on #3 and #4, strive to achieve #1, and struggle with #2. INCC 2008

  8. My vision for Telecom Research in PK • Telecom Research in PK does not have to wait for local industry to get established • To the contrary, an increase in telecom expertise in PK may provide the critical mass needed to support telecom product development in PK • PK researchers should forge alliances with industrial labs in the West to work on relevant problems • sabbatical in industry will be far more useful than at a university • Customers of PK research should be the West • For this to happen, PK will have to elevate its reputation and profile in the telecom research field • To achieve this, a Telecom Research Institute should be established, that is affiliated/administered by a PK university, whose sole aim would be to generate research results of international caliber • Funding for this research institute should be sought from PK Govt, as well as MNCs with a financial stake in PK INCC 2008

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