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BROADBAND INDIA FORUMThink Tank for Digital Transformation

ABOUT BROADBAND INDIA FORUM (BIF)

ORIGIN

Formed in 2015, and

acknowledged as a

Credible Thought Leader

PROFILE

An Independent Policy

Forum and Think Tank for

Digital Transformation

VISION

Empowering Consumers

with Efficient and

Economical Broadband

OBJECTIVE

Promote, Support and Enhance

all policy, regulatory &

standards initiatives for the

development & enhancement

of the entire broadband

ecosystem in the country

MISSION

Proliferation of high quality

broadband in the country in a

technology-neutral, service-

neutral and all-inclusive manner

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MEMBERS

Patron Members


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Corporate Members Startup & Professional

MembersAcademia/

Research

Institutions


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PARTNERSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENTSPresident, BIF was nominated as member in

the “High Level Government Forum for 5G

India 2020”

Co-operation Agreements Engagements MoU’s Signed

Partners


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Supported by

CORE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Shyamal Ghosh IAS (Rtd.)Former Secretary - Telecom &

IT Govt. of India and first

Administrator of the USO Fund,

Chairman Emeritus, BIF

M F Farooqui, IAS (Rtd.)Former Secretary –

Telecom of the Govt. of India

Chairman Emeritus, BIF

T V RamachandranFounder & CEO,

advisory@TVR &

President, BIF

Rajat MukarjiDirector General, BIF


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NOTABLE

LEADERS WHO

LEND THEIR KNOWLEDGE

AND ACUMEN

TO BIF

Ashwani RanaVice President , BIF

Parag KarVice President , BIF

S N GuptaTreasurer, BIF

C S Rao

Chief Mentor

Technology

Arun Seth

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PANEL OF PRINCIPAL ADVISORS

Panel with Distinguished Background in Public and Private Sector including Policy Making, Administration and Regulation

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Abhishek Malhotra

B K Syngal

Dr. B M Baveja

Dr. Kuldip Singh Dr. Mahesh Uppal Valsa WilliamsRajesh Mehrotra Pranjal SharmaK V Seshasayee

Alok Gupta Sudhir GuptaP K Garg Ravi KantProf. Rekha JainAmrita Choudhury


SPECIALIST COMMITTEES

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BIFICT for Inclusive Ability (PwD)

Device Ecosystems

New Technologies

AI & IoT

Manufacturing - Network

Working Group on Academia & Standards

Startup & MSMESpectrum & Regulatory Framework

Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT)

Satcom

Broadband Infrastructure

ICAG (Internet Content, Applications & Governance)

Rural Digital Initiatives

Wi-Fi

General Policy & Regulations (GPR)

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ACTIVITIES OF BIF Coordinating, promoting and formulating expert opinion on topical subjects related to Broadband

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Writing research papers and white papers in collaboration with reputed research institutes and domain experts

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Releasing media articles on issues pertinent and relevant to proliferation of broadband ecosystem in India

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Think-Tank for Digital Transformation

Conducting Conferences, Seminars and acting as a Knowledge Partner for relevant Conferences

04Capacity building on several issues within the highest echelons of Government’s policy makers

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Acting as a credible and reliable platform for Industry, Government, Regulatory and Standards Agencies

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Conducting R&D Projects as part of an overall Consumer Awareness Program

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BIF REPORTS & WHITE PAPERS

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AREAS OF COLLABORATION

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Fixed Line

2G

4G

3G

5G

Consumers & the digital economy

Member of the Government’s 5G Forum set up to

develop the vision, mission and goals for 5G India

2020 - 5G enabled Digital India, Smart Cities &

Smart Village missions transforming India into a

Knowledge Society

Member of the Government’s 5G Spectrum Task

Force Committee

Member of the Government’s Standing Committee

on Spectrum Policy for 5G

Comprehensive work on 5G roadmap, ecosystem

and strategies for India

Final Report on 5G has been submitted by the 5G

HLF to DoT on 25th August 2018

5G INITIATIVES

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INTERNET OF THINGS BIF partners with the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s

(The IET) IoT Panel – an independent and neutral visionary think-

tank led by select industry leaders. BIF also plays an active role in

the annual IoT India Congress organised by IET India

BIF worked with Feedback Consulting to release a study on

the job creation potential for Indian Agriculture and

Healthcare Sector through adoption of IoT & AI

BIF partnered with Aeris Communications, TCIL, IITH, and the

Sector Skill Councils in India of Electronics, Agriculture and

Healthcare to organise a Conference to bring out the positive

impact of IoT & AI on Job Creation in Rural India with focus on

Agriculture & Healthcare

BIF President is Global Advisor, Future Tech Panel, IET and also

Honorary Fellow of IET London, one of only 3 Indians to be

conferred this prestigious Award in over 140 years of IET’s

existence

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STANDARDS Participation in Standardisation Activities

ITU: WP5D

3GPP#79 Plenary Meeting

BIF is working towards bridging the Standardisation Gap and

has proposed a 10 point Standardisation Action plan as

below:

• To establish Academia-Industry Collaboration & capacity

building for Research-Innovation and Standardisation

• To be an active partner of TSDSI and contribute to

various standardisation activities

• To facilitate bringing Academia-Industry-other ecosystem

together for addressing national needs of digital

transformation by developing state-of-art indigenous

solutions

3GPP PCG#43 & 3GPP PCG#44 (online): BIF presented

Market Update

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STANDARDS

• To support ITU’s program and implement in India for

various initiatives

• BIF will identify and nurture early stage Start-ups in various activities

• BIF will work closely with DoT to provide adequate guidance for

adopting standardisation process and financial support

• As Market Representation Partner of 3GPP, BIF will participate in

main 3GPP meetings and special events for various standardisation

activities

• As Active Partner of ETSI, BIF will work closely with ETSI for

various standardisation activities

• To create a common platform for pre-standardization activity in

India in collaboration with start-ups, SMEs, Academia & TSDSI

with global standards

• Propose to work together with DoT to study the possibility of

implementing “National Standardization Secretariats”

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EVENTS AND INTERACTIONS

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BE organized Virtual Conference on 100 Smart Cities India 2020 on 27th August 2020 wherein BIF participated as

Knowledge Partner and Welcome Address was delivered by BIF President Mr. TV Ramachandran

Special Focused Session was held on 26th August 2020 with relevant stakeholders on Use of Open Source Software to help

combat COVID-19 with presentation by Prof. Ryosuke Shibasaki of Shibasaki Labs, University of Tokyo

BIF organised a high-profile virtual program on 19th August 2020 to celebrate the historical milestone of the completion of

25 years since the launch of Public Internet in India with Dr. R S Sharma, Chairman, TRAI as Chief Guest; along with Shri

BK Syngal, Principal Advisor, BIF; Mr. Sanjay Mashruwala, Managing Director, Reliance Jio; Mr. Ashwani Rana, Vice

President, BIF and Chair of BIF’s Internet Content, Applications & Governance (ICAG) Committee; and Mr. Randeep

Raina, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia India.

The Digital Dialogues IV on ICT Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities was held on 10th August 2020 with Dr. Malcolm

Johnson, Deputy Secretary-General, ITU, present as Chief Guest on the occasion; accompanied by Shri J S Deepak,

Former Ambassador to WTO & Former Secretary - Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of

Communications, as Special Guest of Honour; Shri K Ramchand, Member (T), DoT as Guest of Honour; with Shri H K

Mahajan, DDG (SR & E), DoT and Shri Vinay Thakur, Chief Operating Officer, National eGovernance Division,

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) as eminent Guest Speakers



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Mr. Umang Das, Chair of BIF’s GPR Committee, moderated a webinar discussion by ET Telecom held on 7th August 2020 on

Shifting Telecom Gears from Evolution to Revolution: The Journey towards 5G, with participation from Mr. TV

Ramachandran, President, BIF and other senior Industry and Government representatives

The 3rd and final session of The Digital Dialogues series on Internet Governance, on Role of Internet Governance Platforms:

APNIC, was organised on 6th July 2020. Mr. K Ramchand, Member (T), Department of Telecommunications, participated as

Chief Guest for the session; along with Mr. Sanjay Goel, Joint Secretary, MeitY and CEO, NIXI; Mr. Ramesh Chandra, Vice

President – Network Planning & Engineering, Reliance Jio; and Mr. Paul Wilson, Director General, APNIC as eminent

Guest Speakers.

The Second Session of The Digital Dialogues series on Internet Governance, on Role of Internet Governance Platforms: ICANN

& ISOC/IETF, held on 3rd July 2020, had Dr. Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, ORF, as Chief Guest for the session. Mr.

Anupam Agarwal,Chair - India Internet Foundation; Shri T Santhosh, Scientist E, MeitY; Mr. Rajnesh Singh, Regional

Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Internet Society; Mr. Samiran Gupta, Head of India, ICANN; and Mr. Molay Ghosh, General

Manager - Network Planning & Architecture, JIO participated as eminent Speakers.

The Digital Dialogues series on Internet Governance started with Session 1: Introduction to Internet Governance: Actors,

Issues, Trends & Opportunities organised virtually on 29th June 2020; in partnership with CCAOI, TSDSI and ICRIER as

Knowledge Partner. Mr. Chengetai Masango, Head - United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat; Mr.

Jovan Kurbalija, Director of Diplo Foundation and Head of the Geneva Internet Platform and Ms. Ankhi Das, Director -

Public Policy, Facebook joined as Special Guests of Honour. Dr. Rajat Kathuria, Director and Chief Executive, ICRIER,

moderated the session.



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In celebration of the World Wi-Fi Day, BIF and Bharat Exhibitions, organised the second of The Digital Dialogues on “The

Role of Wi-Fi in Broadband proliferation” on 19th June 2020, in association with TSDSI, IEEE, AVIA, WBA and Wi-Fi Alliance

as Event Partners, and ICRIER as Knowledge Partner. In a high-level session, Dr. RS Sharma, Chairman, TRAI; and Mr. Ajit

Pai, Chairman, FCC, USA; addressed the virtual conference on the vital issue as Session Chair and Chief Guest respectively.

Ms. Dorothy Stanley, Chair of Wi-Fi Working Group, IEEE; and Professor Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur and

former Chairman of TSDSI; also addressed the session as Special Guests of Honour

BIF celebrated the World Telecommunication & Information Society Day (WTISD 2020) by organizing a virtual conference on the

theme “Connect 2030: ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” on Friday, 15th May 2020 at 1130 hrs under

The Digital Dialogues, a signature digital platform created by BIF. The session included esteemed International and National

Speakers such as Mr. Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA; Shri Hari Ranjan Rao, JST, DoT, GoI; Dr. Malcolm Johnson,

Deputy Secretary General, ITU; and Dr. R.S. Sharma, Chairman, TRAI

BIF President Mr. TV Ramachandran, delivered lecture on Importance of Competition Aspects for Developing Digital

Infrastructure to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) leadership and officials on 27th February 2020, as part of

CCI’s “Distinguished Visitor Knowledge Sharing Series“

High-Level interactive session under Chatham House rules on “Facilitating USD 100 billion for World Class Digital

Infrastructure in India” organised on 18th February 2020: Chaired by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog, with special

presentation on “IT Infrastructure Investment” by Dr. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean & CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute

(named world’s #1 ‘government affiliated think tank’ according to the 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report from the

University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program)



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Meeting on Multi-Remedial Revival Package for Indian Digital Communications Sector with PMO represented by Lt. Gen.

Rajesh Pant (retd.), National Security Council Coordinator and Shri G Narendra Nath, Jt. Secretary, National Security

Council Secretariat (NSCS) held on 6th December 2019

Roundtable discussion under Chatham House rules on Infosec & Root Server Systems conducted on 5th December 2019,

with participation from Senior DoT officials and theme address by Mr. Terry Manderson, Senior Director, Security and

Network Engineering, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), USAAW

Roundtable discussion under Chatham House rules on Cyber Security & IoT conducted on 16th October 2019: Chaired by Sr.

PMO official and theme address by Mr. Ashwin Rangan, SVP, Engineering and Chief Information Officer (CIO), ICANN,

USA

Organised Interactive session on Priorities of Digital Communications with Shri Anshu Prakash, Secretary (Telecom) and

Chairman, Digital Communications Council on 20th August 2019

Organised Conferences on:

IoT & AI: Impact on Jobs in Rural India Special focus on Agriculture & Healthcare - 3rd July, 2019

De-Licensing of 5Ghz for Public Wi-Fi on 15th February, 2019

OTT: A Win-Win for All on 5th April 2019

Knowledge Partner for :

~ FTTH India ~ 5G India ~ Wi-Fi India ~ Data Centre India


INDIA SATCOM BIF is majorly involved in regulatory and policy

activities related to Satcom Sector

Five Editions of International Satcom Summit havebeen organized since 2015. The Summits have beengraced by Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of Statefor Telecom, Dr. R S Sharma, Chairman, TRAI, Smt.Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, DoT and Shri RakeshSasibhushan, CMD, Antrix. The Summits of 2016 &2018 have had the blessing of the Secretary, Dept. ofSpace (DOS) & Chairman, ISRO. All these Summitsalso saw participation of domestic and internationaldelegates from global satellite service operators, globalinflight connectivity firms as well as top VSAT operatorsin India

White Papers have been released each yearrecommending the regulatory and policy interventionsrequired for the growth of the sector

The key highlight in the last three editions have beenthe CTO roundtable that gives opportunity to seniorleadership of the industry to present their views to DoT

INDIA SATCOM 2020

INDIA SATCOM 2019The 5th International Summit - India SatCom

India SatCom 2019 – 5th International SatCom Summit – organized

by the Broadband India Forum along with ICRIER was held at

Shangri-La, New Delhi on Nov 28, 2019.

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NDCP INCLUDES PATH-BREAKING POLICY PROPOSALS FOR THE SECTOR

Digital

Broadband Infrastructure

Reduction in levies and duties

Fibre First

Optimal Spectrum Pricing

Satcom

Investments

Telecom Ombudsman

NDCP

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BIF’s CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL DIGITAL

COMMUNICATIONS POLICY (NDCP)

Continuous engagement with DoT and

TRAI over 12-14 months01

Recommendations in form of high-level policy statements – actionable

and measurable developed through a bottom-up multi-stakeholder

process

Broken into 5 capsules mapped onto various DoT Working Groups and detailed input

submitted for 10 DoT Working Groups out of 12 in sessions held over a week’s time

Followed by a detailed explanatory memorandum

BIF welcomes the New NDCP, issued in September 2018, aimed at

making India a prospering Digital Economy. BIF’s Committee

working on the implementation of NDCP 2018

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BIF’s INTERACTION WITH DoT ON NDCP 2018

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES

DoT-BIF interaction on the NDCP implementation of strategies on Connect India

& Propel India was organized on Tuesday, 9th July, 2019 at the Constitution Club

of India, New Delhi

• Interaction on Connect India focused on Creating Robust

Communications Infrastructure

• Interaction on Propel India focused on Enabling Next Generation

Technologies & Services

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More interactions being planned to touch upon other important topics in

NDCP 201802

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FOCUS ON STARTUP, RESEARCH

& MARKET ACCESS

PRODUCT DEFINITION & ACADEMIA COLLABORATION

Bring together the national expertise of defining the worthy product

Mapping to emerging national needs

Leverage available technology building blocks from Academia research

Bring Research needs to Academia from Indian product development organisations

Creating a sustainable collaboration between Academia and Industry to meet national needs

CONSOLIDATING TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR FUTURE PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS

Bring global industry driven inputs to Indian Research organisations for future product oriented research

GLOBAL STANDARDISATION

Awareness, Knowhow, Strategic Guidance, Collaboration

POLICY FOR MARKET ACCESS

Consolidate Market demand & making it as inputs for technology ecosystem

Policy advocacy for Market Access for home-grown technology solutions

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BIF submitted its response on TRAI Consultation/Pre-Consultation Papers on

• Methodology of applying SUC under the weighted average method of SUC assessment, in cases

of Spectrum Sharing

• Framework for Technical Compliance of Conditional Access System (CAS) and Subscriber

Management Systems (SMS) for Broadcasting & Cable Services

• Provision of Cellular backhaul connectivity via Satellite through VSAT under Commercial VSAT

CUG Service Authorization

• Traffic Management Practices (TMPs) and Multi-Stakeholder Body for Net Neutrality

• Tariff Issues of Telecom Services

• Cloud Services

• Review of Interconnection Usage Charges

• Review of Scope of Infrastructure Providers Category-I (IP-I) Registration

• Allotment of spectrum to Indian Railways for Public Safety and Security services

• Review of Terms and Conditions for registration of Other Service Providers (OSPs)

• Regulatory Framework for Over the Top (OTT) Communication services

CURRENT REGULATORY INTERVENTION - TRAI

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CURRENT POLICY INTERVENTION

MoCI-DPIIT

• Draft National E-Commerce

Policy

MeitY

• Amendment to the IT Act

• Data Privacy & Protection Policy,

• WFH Policy

• Support to IT-ITES Stakeholders

during & post Covid-19

• Support to Digital

Communications players during

& post Covid-19

MIB

• Draft National Broadcasting

Policy

MoF

• Pre-Budget and Post-Budget

Considerations for the Sector

• Policy for Indigenous

Manufacturing

DOS

• Inputs to the Implementation

of the IFMC License Service

Providers,

• Opening of Ka Band for

Satellite Providers

DoT

• Spectrum Regulatory Sandbox

Committee

• 5G Trials Committee

• Draft Guidelines for M2M

Service Providers

• Approvals of pending TRAI

Recommendations

• Augmentation of Digital

Infrastructure

• WFH Policy

• Support to IT-ITES

Stakeholders during & post

Covid-19

• Support to Digital

Communications players during

& post Covid-19

• Implementation of NDCP27

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