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ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN TELECOM: TRENDS AND OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key energy consumption trends?
• What is the future outlook (and projections)?
• What is the impact of energy costs on operator profitability?
• What are the key challenges? How are these being
addressed?
• Presentation by Nishchal Khorana, Head, IT and Telecom
Practice, Frost and Sullivan
• plus Q&A
OPERATOR AND INFRASTRUCTURE-PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key energy-related bottlenecks?
• What is the impact of energy costs on capex and opex?
• What energy-related strategies are operators considering
(renewable, fixed-cost model, etc.)?
Brief presentations/remarks followed by a panel discussion
amongst: (in alphabetic order)
• V.S. Ailawadi, Chief Mentor, Regulatory and Corporate
Affairs, Tata Teleservices
• Sharat Chandra, President and Chief Operating Officer,
Strategy and New Technologies, GTL
• G.N. Dwivedi, Senior Vice-President and Head, O&M,
Viom Networks
• Jacob Mathew, Vice-President, Projects, Idea Cellular
• Biswajit Patnaik, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing,
Bharti Infratel
ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN EMERGING MARKETS
• Presentation by Amajit Gupta, Executive Vice-President,
Sales and Marketing, South Asia, ACME Tele Power
• plus Q&A
GRID POWER AVAILABILITY AND TARIFF TRENDS
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current status of grid power availability?
• What have been the trends in power tariffs across
states?
• What can be expected in the future?
• Presentation by Sabyasachi Majumdar, Vice-President
and Head, Power Sector Ratings, ICRA
• plus Q&A
FUEL PRICE OUTLOOK
Questions/Topics:
• What is the market outlook (demand/supply) for key
fuels (diesel, etc.)?
• How are the fuel prices expected to move in short
term and medium term?
• Presentation by Hitesh Sachdeva, Head, M&A and
Private Sector Solutions Group, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory
• plus Q&A
CURRENT DG ECONOMICS: CAPEX/OPEX
Questions/Topics:
• What is the current DG economics (opex and capex)?
• What are the different configuration, packaging and
technology options?
• Presentation by Jaideep Ghosh, Partner, Telecom
Practice, KPMG
• plus Q&A
REDUCING COST OF ENERGY: STRATEGIES/SOLUTIONS
Questions/Topics:
• What strategies can operators adopt to reduce energy
costs?
• What are the most relevant and promising solutions
in this regard?
Brief presentations by and a panel discussion amongst:
• Sharat Chandra, President and Chief Operating Officer,
GTL
• M.G. Dave, Consultant, Dalkia Energy Services
• Bhaskar Mandalam, General Manager, Energy Efficiency
Audits and Consulting, Schneider Electric
• Niranjan C, Senior Manager, Amara Raja Batteries
SPECIAL SESSION: GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES AND PERSPECTIVE
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Questions/Topics:
• What initiatives are being undertaken by the government
to meet the energy needs of the telecom sector?
• What is the government perspective on use of renewable
energy in the telecom sector?
• Presentation by Archana G. Gulati, Joint Administrator,
Finance, Universal Service Obligation Fund
• plus Q&A
ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT
Questions/Topics:
• How can telecom equipment be more energy efficient?
• What are the most promising development/technologies
towards this end?
Presentations by: (in alphabetic order)
• Sunil Kumar, Director, Wireless Solutions, Alcatel-Lucent
India
• Samar Mittal, Head of Global Services Sales, India
Region, Nokia Siemens Networks
• Prithwish Paul, Manager, Technical Marketing, Filters
and Amplifiers, APAC, Andrew Solutions
• Plus Q&A
RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the renewable energy options available?
• What is the current and future economics (capex and
opex)?
Presentations by:
• Alok Goel, Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, ACME
Tele Power
• Dr Narendra Kumar Bansal, Consultant, Renewable Energy,
Delta Group
• Plus Q&A
SPECIAL SESSION: GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES AND PERSPECTIVE
II
Questions/Topics:
• What initiatives are being undertaken by the government
to meet the energy needs of the telecom sector?
• What is the government perspective on use of renewable
energy in the telecom sector?
• Address by Dr Bharat Bhargava, Director, Solar Photovoltaics,
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
• plus Q&A
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