ITU Workshop on
“ICT Innovations in Emerging Countries”
(New Delhi, India, 14 March 2013)
Innovation & Standardization Policy
Management
Dr Rekha Jain
Executive Chair
IIMA Idea Telecom Centre of Excellence (IITCOE)
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
India
Innovation Policies
Innovation policies and standardization policies
are often independent.
What are the steps for converging the two?
While some support for innovation, little
support for standardization.
How to bridge this gap? What role of emerging
economies?
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Key Aspects of the ICT Ecosystem
Core (ICT)
 Handset/devices
 Network
Applications, Content and Platforms
 System Software
 Domain Specific Competencies
Role of Adjacent Industries (healthcare,
education, payment systems, transportation)
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Developing an
Innovation Ecosystem
Role of Standardization
 Increasing need for interoperability
 Role of Emerging Economies:
− EU ICT for Health standardization (EU cross
border data and info exchange, ageing
population, disease profile in emerging
economies, need to interface citizen data with
benefits)
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Developing an
Innovation Ecosystem (Contd..)
Standards Development Organizations
Core (ICT)
− Handset/devices
− Network
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What has been done so far in India?
Innovation
Telecom Fund
(Telecom
Entrepreneurship
R&D and
Manufacturing
Promotion Fund
– Rs 17500 Cr)
Telecom
Telecom
Telecom
Entrepreneurship
Manufacturing
ResearchFund
Promotion
Development
Promotion
(TEPF)
– (Rs
Fund
Fund
(TRDF)
(TMP)
2,500
Cr) (Rs 10,000
Cr)
5,000 Cr)
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• Startup/Risk Financing
Telecom
Manufacturing
Promotion
Fund (TMP)
• Setting up incubation
centers and product labs
• Co-invest with VCs
• Public venture fund
• Strengthen telecom
entrepreneurship capability
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• R&D and Product
development funding
Telecom
Entrepreneurship
Promotion Fund
(TEPF)
• Creation of IPR and
patents
• Grant & Soft Loans
• Common testing and
standardization
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Telecom
Research
Development
Fund (TRDF)
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• Low interest; long-term
funding for Indian
products
• Subsidies/incentives for
commercialization of
Indian products
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What has been done so far in India?
Innovation (Contd..)
Emphasis on entire life cycle
Strengthen incubators
Access to Product Labs
Support Creation of IPR and patents and
standardization
Provide training on different standards in the core
and adjacent fields
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What has been done so far in India?
Standardization
Attempts at creating a Development Standards Organization
of India to promote India-specific requirements.
 Standardize solutions for meeting these requirements and
contribute these to international standards.
 Contribute to global standardization
 Maintain the technical standards and other deliverables
 Safe-guard the related IPR
 Provide leadership to the developing countries (such as in
South Asia, South East Asia, Africa, Middle East, etc.) in
terms of their telecommunications-related standardization
needs.
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What has been done so far in India?
Standardization (Contd..)
WGs reflect the need for standards in emerging areas
 Some are specific to India, could later become
relevant to other countries (TD-LTE fallover to 3G,
GSM is unique to India), Identity management over
mobiles
 SIG on VAS and Policies
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Assessment
• Initial stage
• Interest in setting up DOSTI from the industry,
academia
• For the SIG, joint working groups with key user
groups (health, agriculture, education) need to
be formed
• What kind of structures to be formed?
 Work with sector specific agencies
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Roadmap and Recommendations
The need to set up coordination and harmonization
mechanisms (across ICT and adjacent domains)
Enhancing capability for standards development
Supporting standards development in adjacent
domain (for telecom based organizations)
Creating awareness about the current state and
future
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Thank you
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