SOURCE:Broadband Wireless Consortium of India TITLE:CEWiT and BWCI AGENDA ITEM:Opening Plenary - Presentation CONTACT:R. David Koilpillai [gsc12_open_64] CEWiT – Centre for Excellence in Wireless Technology and BWCI - Broadband Wireless Consortium of India R. David Koilpillai Presentation at GSC-12 Meeting, Kobe, Japan July 9-12, 2007

India Market Summary Population ~1.1 Billion – 70% in villages, 600,000 villages – 190 million households (urban + rural) Communications – Lowest tariffs, fastest growth in the world – Low ARPU market – Will cross 200M subscribers in 2007 – 3G delayed due to spectrum issues Factors – Very high user densities in metros – Very low user densities in rural – Dense fibre optic grid (national network) – Limited reach of wired infrastructure – Wireless – attractive option for broadband Stringent requirements on future broadband

CEWiT Overview Centre for Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT) An initiative of the Government of India  Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Set up in a public-private partnership  Between the Indian government, industry and academia. Located in Chennai to leverage synergy with wireless R&D at IITM CEWiT studying emerging broadband wireless technologies  Focus on the market requirements of India  Downloadable from CEWiT website: CEWiT has started a number of key research activities in OFDM  IEEE d/e (WiMAX), 3GPP-LTE  WiFiRe - a proprietary extension of WiFi MAC for rural applications  Results in the form of patents and publications  Participant in Wireless World Research Forum  Developed a comprehensive simulator for OFDM - BWSim

BWCI Broadband Wireless Consortium of India (launched March 2007)  India will be a large market by 2010  Need a national consortium to leverage opportunity to become global player Involvement of all major stake holders of wireless broadband in India  Operators, Equipment manufacturers, Technology services, semiconductor companies, Indian Govt agencies, academic R&D Participation in key global standards  IEEE m, 3GPP, 3GPP2 and IMT Advanced Develop consensus on requirements of India market requirements Dissemination of latest information from international standards forums Develop a HW/SW technology demonstrator Coordination with Indian government on spectrum issues Focused research with a view to develop strategic IPR  Facilitate collaboration with international R&D groups

Summary BWCI – a carefully planned strategic initiative BWCI vision and activities formulated with –Technology neutrality and commercial focus BWCI membership – large number of potential participants –Indian operators will play a key role Launch of BWCI is important from national perspective –Has full support of Government and Industry players –Need to create visibility within India and internationally BWCI will facilitate India’s entry to global forums – GSC, 3GPP, 3GPP2, … CEWiT and BWCI to play an active role in generating IPR BWCI plans are ambitious and aggressive BWCI’s success can ensure a global presence for India wireless

Thank You !! Best Wishes to GSC-12 from BWCI

David Koilpillai Profile Education B.Tech, IIT Madras, MS, PhD Caltech, USA Work Experience IIT Madras (2002 – present)  Professor, TeNeT Group, EE Department CEWiT – Chief Scientist (Jan 2007 – present) Ericsson Inc, USA ( )  Director, Advanced Technologies, Research and Patents (R&D team of 75 engineers, annual budget US $20 Million) Professional  Areas of expertise: Cellular, wireless systems, DSP  32 Issued US patents  Publications: 10 Journal, 32 Conference  Research Interests: DSP applications in Wireless  Ericsson Inventor of Year Award 1999  Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering