Indian ICT Delegation to Israel, Sep 5-7, 2010
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1.
Name
JANA Subir
JobTitle
VP Supply Chain
& Head
Procurement
Company
Airtel
Company Summary
largest integrated telecom company in terms of customer base and offers Mobile Services,
Fixed Line services, Broadband & IPTV, DTH service named Airtel Digital TV, Long Distance
and Enterprise services. Airtel also offers mobile services in Sri Lanka on a state-of-the art
3.5 G network.
2.
Narendra Kumar
Goyal
Chairman
CMAI
CMAI Association of India is a professional registered association for promotion of Indian IT
and Telecom Sector. CMAI is the only Integrated Association in India for IT and Telecom
Sector having all stake holders as its members. It is an apex premier body with MOU
partners and representatives all over the world.
3.
Surinder Kaul
Senior
Manager IT
and Security
Ericsson
Ericsson, the world leader in telecommunications has been associated with the Indian
telecom industry for over 100 years.
4.
Kotipalli Siva
Balenndra
CTO
Loop Telecom
5.
Naresh Khanna
MTNL
6.
Ajay Ranjan
Mishra
General
Manager(
South)
Global Head of
Industry
Environment
Loop Telecom, a subsidiary of Loop Mobile (India) Limited (GSM service provider in Mumbai
Circle erstwhile known as BPL Mobile Communications Limited), was awarded UAS License
in 21 Circles by DoT in Jan 2008 to provide wireless telephone service using GSM
Technology.
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited is an Indian Government-owned telephone service
provider in the metro cities of Mumbai and New Delhi in India. The company was a
monopoly until 1992, when the telecom sector was opened to other service providers.
Nokia has played a pioneering role in the growth of cellular technology in India, starting
with the first-ever cellular call a decade ago, made on a Nokia mobile phone over a Nokiadeployed network.
Nokia started its India operations in 1995, and presently operates out of offices in New
Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,Jaipur,Lucknow,Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Ahmedabad. The
Indian operations comprise of the handsets business; R&D facilities in Bangalore and
Mumbai; a manufacturing plant in Chennai and a Design Studio in Bangalore.
Over the years, the company has grown manifold with its manpower strength increasing
from 450 people in the year 2004 to over 15000 employees in March 2008 (including Nokia
Siemens Networks). Today, India holds the distinction of being the second largest market
for the company globally.
Devices business
Nokia has established itself as the market and brand leader in the mobile devices market in
India. The company has built a diverse product portfolio to meet the needs of different
consumer segments.
Nokia has three R&D centres in India, one each in Bangalore and Mumbai. The centres are
focused on next-generation packet-switched mobile technologies and communications
solutions to enhance corporate productivity. While all the three centers are an integral part
of Nokia’s global R&D infrastructure and therefore work on global projects, these centres do
play a pivotal role in assimilating local flavors from the market and act as a conduit for
information to the global product development teams. Currently Nokia has 1000 people
working on various R&D projects.
Nokia Siemens
7.
Dalal Anand
Kumar
Vice President
(Corporate
Regulatory
Affairs)
Tata
Teleservices
Limited.
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) is a subsidiary of the Tata Group, an conglomerate. It
operates under the brand name Tata Indicom in various telecom circles of India. In Nov
2008, Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo picked up a 26 per cent equity stake in Tata
Teleservices for about ($2.7 billion) or an enterprise value of ($10.38 billion). In Feb 2008,
TTSL announced that it would provide CDMA mobile services targeted towards the youth,
in association with the Virgin Group on a Franchisee model basis.
8.
Soumitra Gajanan
Wadalkar
CTO
Tech Mahindra
9.
Yugal Kishore
Sharma
Natioal
Director
Business
Operations
Tikona Digital
Tech Mahindra is part of the US $7.1 billion Mahindra Group, in partnership with British
Telecommunications plc (BT), the world’s leading communications service provider. Focused
primarily on the telecommunications industry, Tech Mahindra is a leading global systems
integrator and business transformation consulting organization. Tech Mahindra has recently
expanded its IT portfolio by acquiring the leading global business and information
technology services company, Mahindra S
Tikona Digital Networks (TDN) is engaged in building the next generation secured wireless
broadband services for home and enterprise customers in India. TDN has an all India Class-A
ISP license granted by the Ministry of Communications, Govt. of India, for this purpose. TDN
envisions a powerful Broadband-enabled India and will make all possible contribution to
make this happen.
10. JAIN KEEMTILAL
CTO
Videocon
Videocon has licences to offer GSM-based mobile services in 22 circles, recently started
operations in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Mumbai. It has set an aggressive target of achieving
100 million subscribers in three years
11. Rajiv Kumar
CTO
World Phone
World Phone Internet Services Private Limited is Category "A" ISP (Internet Service Provider)
and ITSP (Internet Telephony Service Provider) which gives a clear communications edge in
Internet access and associated services. The company provides Internet bandwidth, Internet
Telephony (VoIP) and its related services to the corporate and domestic users.
12. Santosh Kumar
Mohanty
Global Head Technology
Excellence
Group
Tata Consultancy
Services
www.tcs.com
13. Vinod Krishnan
Managing
Director
TVS Infotech Ltd.
www.tvsinfotech.com
14. Sharad Saxena
Joint General
Manager Head Asset Systems
Technology
Group
ICICI Bank
www.icicibank.com