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KEY TRENDS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the key trends in the telecom infrastructure
segment? How has this industry evolved over the past few
years?
• What are the issues that need to be addressed?
• What are the key growth drivers?
• Presentation by Girish Trivedi, Deputy Director
and Head, ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the industry perspective on the development
of the telecom infrastructure sector?
• What are the key opportunities, issues and challenges
associated with infrastructure sharing?
• What are the new opportunities for investment?
• Brief presentation by B.S. Shantharaju, Chief Executive
Officer, Indus Towers
Panel discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• T. K. Basu, President and Chief Executive Officer,
India Telecom Infra Limited
• L.Y. Desai, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, GTL Limited
• B.S. Shantharaju, Chief Executive Officer, Indus
Towers
• Amit Sharma, Executive Vice-President and President,
Asia, American Tower Corporation
• Plus Q&A
NEW BUSINESS MODELS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the economics of infrastructure sharing?
• What are likely to be the new infrastructure sharing
business models?
• What are the key issues and challenges associated
with their adoption?
• Presentation by Jaideep Ghosh, Partner, KPMG India
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: OPERATOR PERSPECTIVE I
Questions/Topics:
• What is the top management operator perspective on
telecom infrastructure including infrastructure sharing?
• What are the key issues and opportunities? What is
the outlook?
• Presentation by Sandip Basu, Whole-time Director
and Chief Executive Officer, Loop Mobile India and Loop
Telecom
• plus Q&A
KEYNOTE SESSION: OPERATOR PERSPECTIVE II
Questions/Topics:
• What is the new operator perspective on telecom infrastructure
including infrastructure sharing?
• What are the operational issues and challenges/.What
are the opportunities?
• Presentation by Vikas Arya, Director, National Network
Operations, MTS India
• plus Q&A
MARKET OUTLOOK: ANALYST VIEWPOINT
Questions/Topics:
• What is the long term demand-supply outlook for the
sector?
• How will the telecom infrastructure industry’s
competitive landscape evolve?
• How will the sharing of active infrastructure impact
passive infrastructure sharing?
Panel Discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• Kunal Bajaj, Partner and Director, Analysys Mason
• Jaideep Ghosh, Partner, KPMG India
• Shubham Majumder, Regional Head, Telecoms Research,
Asia Pacific, Macquarie Capital Securities
• Dr Mahesh Uppal, Director, ComFirst India
• Plus Q&A
BEST PRACTICES IN INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
Questions/Topics:
• What are the best practices in infrastructure management?
How will the adoption of these practices benefit the sector?
• What are the challenges in adopting these practices
and how can they be addressed?
Presentations by (in alphabetic order):
• Nitin Doddihal, Vice-President, Business Development,
Asia, ATC Tower Company of India
• Jacob Mathew, Vice-President, Projects, Idea Cellular
• Plus Q&A
SPECIAL SESSION: GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE ON RURAL TELECOM
INFRASTRUCTURE
Questions/Topics:
• What is the status of telecom infrastructure in the
rural areas?
• What are the key initiatives and programmes in these
regions?
• What have been the key learnings from the experience
so far?
• Address/presentation by Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator,
USO fund, Department of Telecomunications
• plus Q&A
MANAGING ENERGY COSTS
Questions/Topics:
• What are the energy costs at telecom sites? How can
these costs be managed?
• What are the key challenges in managing energy costs?
Presentations by (in alphabetic order):
• Vivek Khemani, Head, Strategy and Finance, ConnectM
• Tuhin Mukherjee, Vice-President, Telecom Business,
Emerson Network Power India
• Plus Q&A
ROLE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
Questions/Topics:
• What are the energy challenges at telecom sites?
• What is the role of renewable power sources in managing
these energy challenges?
• What is the cost implication of adopting renewable
power sources?
Presentations by (in alphabetic order):
• Sharat Chandra, President and Chief Operating Officer,
Strategy and New Technologies, GTL Limited
• Arvind Prasad, Head, Business Development, Solar
Energy, ACME Tele Power
• Plus Q&A
NETWORK SHARING WITH 3G AND WI-MAX
Questions/Topics:
• How will network sharing evolve with the launch of
3G and Wi-Max services?
• What are the key opportunities in active infrastructure
sharing? What are the challenges associated with it?
• What has been the international experience?
• What are some of the new technologies and solutions
available?
Panel Discussion amongst (in alphabetic order):
• Kishore Bhagtani, Deputy General Manager, GSM Network
Operations, BSNL
• Bharat Bhatia, Regional Director, Asia, Global Government
Affairs, Motorola
• Jacob Mathew, Vice-President, Projects, Idea Cellular
• Randeep Raina, Head, GSM and Mobile Broadband Sales,
India Region, Nokia Siemens Networks India
• Plus Q&A
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