day 1 – highlights & way forward
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bangalore, India ,17-18 December 2012
Day 1 – Highlights&
Way Forward
Kiritkumar P. LATHIA, C.Eng., Fellow IETConsultant, CTiF, Aalborg University, DKDirector, ICT Standard Edge Ltd., [email protected]
Joint ITU-GISFI Workshop on “Bridging the Standardization Gap: Workshop on
Sustainable Rural Communications”
(Bangalore, India, 17-18 December 2012)
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Main Themes
Setting the scene – Keynotes
Sustainable Rural Communications
Way Forward
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Setting the SceneConnecting 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 levelContents/Apps to serve local needs (family, business, …)Same Apps for fixed / mobile with same “look & feel”Technology / Device type agnostic with ease of useStandardized 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)
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Setting the SceneNew wireless technologies for sensors/devices, apps
Mobile, broadband, sensors, light-waveSmart home, industries, agriculture, intelligent terminals, …M2MPrivacy and Security/Robustness against cyber attacks
Ease of use for illiterate or elderly population as wellTerminals across different vendorsAPPs (e-Everything, local social networks, relevancy)Consistency of behavior
Key to connecting Rural India: Work together!Not just DoT / telecom experts but all stake-holdersUniversal Service Obligation Fund for all stake-holders
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Sustainable rural Communications
Applications will become critical!Common API, Device Management, e-Everything platformsRural India challenges (languages, ARPU, literacy, …)
Strategic nature of standardizationLong term investments, globalization, SDO partnerships
ITU Methodologies to access environmental impactCooperation (partnerships) with ETSI, ISO/IEC, EC, GeSI, …Recommendations (standards):3 published, 3 pending
Energy efficienciesnew players for energy supply and base station towersto reduce CAPEX/OPEX (own vs. lease)Specific network architecture and topologiesRemote operations and maintenance
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Way Forward – Indian Government
Effective DoT/GoI commitment and leadership!TEC, C-DOT, WPC, PSUs and TRAI with active integral partNTP2012: Indigenous manufacturing + TSDOGoyal (CMAI) presentation: “Much talk, Less Achieved”
Strategic nature of standardization for regulationc.f. ETSI and (initial) GSM commitment in EUStandardization strategy - India vs. global (ITU, 3GPP, ….)
Standardization capacity building“Standardization in Education” with UniversitiesActive participation in ITU and other key SDO bodies
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Way Forward - GISFI
Deeper ITU GISFI other SDO PartnershipsPartnerships : Key to influence global standardization3GPP, OneM2M Partners must be non-governmental TSDOsIndia on critical path to make impact: needs to move fast
New GISFI Rural Communications GroupIndia Specific Requirements (infrastructure, “applications”)Possible implementation scenariosGap Analysis (R&D and Standards)Standardization strategy - India vs. global (ITU, 3GPP, ….)
GISFI Quo Vadis?