Department of Telecommunications,

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology,

Government of India

6th ASSOCHAM GLOBAL TELECOM SUMMIT - 2010

“Bharat 2010-2020: Dawn of Digital Decade”
23rd & 24th July, 2010 Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi

Proposed Agenda
Day One
Friday, 23 July 2010
08:00- 09:00 am Registration Opens
09:00 – 10:30 am Inaugural Session
(05min) Welcome Address: Mr. Dilip Modi, Sr. Vice President, ASSOCHAM &
Vice Chairman, Spice Corp Ltd.

(10 Min) Theme Address: “Need for National Broadband Backbone”

Dr. Suneeta Reddy, Chairperson,
ASSOCHAM Communications Convergence Committee &
Chairperson, Aircel Group
(10 Min) Industry Address: Mr. Harish Krishnan, Director, Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd
(07 Min) Presentation by: Mr. Anand Rangachary,
Managing Director (South Asia and Middle East)
Frost & Sullivan

(08 Min) Industry Address: Mr. P. Balaji, Co-Chairperson, ASSOCHAM Communications

Convergence Committee & Vice. President Ericsson India
Key Address: Mr. Mallikarjun Rao, CTO, Aircel Ltd.

(05 Min) Key Address: Mr. A Sethuraman, Executives Director,

Huawei Telecommunications (India)
(10 Min) Keynote Address: Mr. Akhil Gupta, Dy. Group CEO & Managing Director
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
(08 Min) Industry Address: Mr. C. S. Rao, Co-Chairperson, ASSOCHAM
Communications Convergence Committee &
Chairman, WiMAX Forum
(05 Min) Keynote Address: Mr. Kuldeep Goyal, Chairman & Managing Director, BSNL

(05 Min) Special Address: Mr. Rajkumar N. Dhoot (M. P.), Vice President, ASSOCHAM
(10 Min) Guest of Honour: Mr. P. J. Thomas, IAS, Secretary,
Department of Telecom & Chairman Telecom Commission,
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology,
Government of India
(05 Min) Release of ASOCHAM & Frost & Sullivan report on “Bharat 2010-2020: Dawn of Digital
Decade”
(15 Min) Chief Guest: Dr. J. S. Sarma, IAS, Chairman,
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(4 Min) Concluding Remarks &
Vote of Thanks : Mr. D. S. Rawat, Secretary General, ASSOCHAM

10: 30 – 10:45 am Networking Coffee Break

10:45 – 11:45 pm Session 1: “Spectrum Management and the Need for Next Digital Decade”
Session Chairman: Mr. P. K. Garg, Ex Wireless Advisor, Member, RRB ITU
Session Moderator: Mr. Siddharth Vishwanath, Associate Director,
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Keynote Address: Mr. Kuldip Singh, CMD, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd
Speakers/ Panelists:
• Mr. Rajan Mathews, DG, COAI
• Mr. S. C. Khanna, Secretary General, AUSPI
• Mr. Sandip Basu, CEO, Loop Mobile
• Mr. Rajiv Mehrotra, Chairman, Vihaan Networks Ltd.
• Mr. T. V. Ramachandran, Resident Director, Vodafone Essar Ltd.
• Mr. Anand Dalal, VP, Corporate Regulatory Affairs, Tata Tele Services Ltd.
• Mr. Bharat Bhargava, Chief Strategy & Emerging Business Officer, Aircel Ltd.
Q & A Session

11:45 – 01:00 pm Session 2: “Infrastructure Sharing for Optimum Utilization and Growth”
Session Chairman: Mr. Lav Gupta, Pr. Advisor (I&FN), TRAI
Session Moderator: Mr. Umang Das, MD, SREI Infocom & President,
Quippo WTTIL
Speakers/ Panelists:
• Mr. B. S. Shantharaju, CEO, Indus Tower Ltd.
• Mr. Satya N. Gupta, Director, BT Global Services
• Mr. Juha Ristimaki, Head, Technology, NSN Networks ltd.
• Mr. Mritunjay Kapur, Managing Director, Protiviti India
• Mr. C. V. Kane, Dy. COO, GTL Infrastructure
Q & A Session

01:00 - 02:00 pm Networking Lunch

02:00 – 03:30 pm Session 3: “Global Experience and Managing the Growth of 3G and BWA Services”
Session Chairman: Mr. Sudhir Gupta, Pr. Advisor (MN), TRAI
Session Moderator: Mr. Yogesh S. Bijlani, Country Head & GM Asia, Telenity

Key Note Address: Dr. Sumit Chowdhury, Vice President & Partner,
IBM Global Business Services

Speakers/ Panelists:
• Mr. Nivedan Sahani, Vice President, Tata Teleservices Limited
• Mr. Sethumadhavan Srinivasan, Director, MKT, Huawei Telecommunications
• Mr. Anuj Kapur, Country Manager, Telcordia Technologies
• Mr. Dipankar Dhar Choudhary, Director, Network Planning & Optimization,
ZTE Telecom India
• Mr. Praveen Nallapothula, MD & CEO, TeleDNA
• Mr. Sangeet Chowfla, Chief Strategy Officer, Comviva India
• Mr. Barnik Maitra, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company
• Mr. Per Thorzell, Head, Radio Access Network, Ericsson India
Q & A Session

03:30 – 03:40 pm Concluding Remarks & Vote of Thanks:

Mr. Anil Prakash, Secretary General, ITU/APT Foundation of India

03:40 pm onwards Networking Coffee

 Department of Telecommunications,
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology,
Government of India

6th ASSOCHAM GLOBAL TELECOM SUMMIT - 2010

“Bharat 2010-2020: Dawn of Digital Decade”
23rd & 24th July, 2010 Hotel Shangri La, New Delhi

Day Two
Saturday, 24 July 2010

10:00 - 11:00 am Registration Opens

11:00 – 11:45 pm Plenary Session

Welcome Address: Mr. C. S. Rao, Co-Chairperson,

ASSOCHAM Communications Convergence Committee &
President, WiMAX Forum India Chapter

Presentation by: Mr. V. Ramnath, Director, Operator Accounts,

Nokia India Pvt. Ltd.

Industry Address: Ms. Suk Ling Gun, Managing Director (South Asia),
Kaspersky Lab India

Industry Address: Lt Col HS Bedi, VSM, Chairman & Managing Director,

Tulip Telecom Ltd.

Keynote Address: Dr. D.K. Ghosh, Chairman & Managing Director,

ZTE Telecom India Pvt. Ltd.

Concluding Remarks
& Vote of Thanks :

12:00 – 12:15 pm Networking Coffee Break

12:15 – 01:15 pm Session 4: “Financial Models for Driving the Next Generation Telecom Growth”

Session Chairperson: Ms. Vijayalakshmy K. Gupta, Member Finance

Telecom Commission, Government of India

Session Moderator: Mr. Manish Kapur, Partner, KPMG

Speakers/ Panelists:
• Mr. Pratik Bose, Cisco Investments and Acquisitions
• Mr. Mohit Ralhan, Head- Telecom & Media, Baring Private Equity Partners
• Mr. Jagannadham Thunuguntla, Equity Head, SMC Capitals
• Ms. Shalini Shrivastav, Vice President, SBI Capital Markets
• Mr. Suresh A. Mahadevan, Managing Director, UBS India
• Mr. Gautam Bhandari, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley India

Q & A Session

01:15 – 02:15 pm Networking Lunch

02:15 – 03:15 pm Session 5: “Broadband Growth Strategies and Growing Importance of Internet”

Session Chairman: Mr. S K Gupta, Advisor (CN&IT) TRAI

Session Moderator: Mr. Naresh Ajwani,

Chief Regulatory & Corporate Affairs, WIITL

Speakers/ Panelists:
• Mr. Sunil Kakkad, CMD, Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd
• Mr. Ranjeet Yadav, Director, Samsung India Electronics
• Mr. Sergey Nevstruev, Vice President, Mobile Solutions, Kaspersky Lab,
Moscow
• Mr. Deepak Maheshwari, Director, Microsoft India
• Mr. Aravind Pai, Sales and Marketing Director, ST-Ericsson India
• Google India
• Mr. Sriram T V, Business Head, Telecom Infrastructure Services,
Wipro Technologies
Q & A Session

03:15 – 03:30 pm Networking Coffee

03:30 – 04:30 pm Session 6: “Next Generation Applications and Services for Creating and Driving
Broadband Demand”

Session Chairman: Mr. Arvind Chawla, DDG (BB), USOF,

Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India

Session Moderator: Mr. Anshul Gupta, Chief G.M., Railtel Corporation of India

Speakers/ Panelists:
• Mr. Parag Sapra, Vice President, Micro Technologies India Ltd.
• Mr. Niket Kamdar, Sr. Chief Manager, ICICI bank
• Mr. Vamshi Reddy, Director, Apalya Technologies
• Mr. Siddharth Sharma, Vice President, OnMobile Global Ltd.
• Mr. Chandan Mendiratta, Vice President Systems Engineering,
Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr. Chirag Jain, V. P., Webaroo
• Mr. N. K. Yadav, PGM (VAS), BSNL
• Mr. Rakesh Gulati, Sr. Vice President, Phoney Tunes
• Mr. Sanjay Singh, CTO, One 97 Communications
• Mr. Sukamal Pegu, Head Marketing, Kreeda Games India Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr. Jagdish Mitra, CEO, Canvas M

Q & A Session

04:30 – 04:40 pm Concluding Remarks

& Vote of Thanks : Mr. Rajesh Chharia, President, ISPAI