1. Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 Day 1 – Highlights & Way Forward Kiritkumar P. LATHIA, C.Eng., Fellow IET Consultant, CTiF, Aalborg University, DK Director, ICT Standard Edge Ltd., GB Kiritkumar.Lathia@ictstandardedge.com Joint ITU-GISFI Workshop on “Bridging the Standardization Gap: Workshop on Sustainable Rural Communications” (Bangalore, India, 17-18 December 2012)

2. Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 2 Main Themes Setting the scene – Keynotes Sustainable Rural Communications Way Forward

3. Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 3 Setting the Scene Connecting Rural: Societal reasons + future growth; Tremendous growth announced Aggressive growth targets announced by Prime Minister (government to ensure infrastructure and low tariffs, …) Local contents at regional / village level Contents/Apps to serve local needs (family, business, …) Same Apps for fixed / mobile with same “look & feel” Technology / Device type agnostic with ease of use Standardized platform(s) with portability across devices Key to connecting Rural India: Awareness (what?), Access, Affordability (device + ARPU) Empowerment of all (local) stake-holders (Primary, community, infrastructure, ISP, Apps/technology)

4. Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 4 Setting the Scene New wireless technologies for sensors/devices, apps Mobile, broadband, sensors, light-wave Smart home, industries, agriculture, intelligent terminals, … M2M Privacy and Security/Robustness against cyber attacks Ease of use for illiterate or elderly population as well Terminals across different vendors APPs (e-Everything, local social networks, relevancy) Consistency of behavior Key to connecting Rural India: Work together! Not just DoT / telecom experts but all stake-holders Universal Service Obligation Fund for all stake-holders

5. Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 5 Sustainable rural Communications Applications will become critical! Common API, Device Management, e-Everything platforms Rural India challenges (languages, ARPU, literacy, …) Strategic nature of standardization Long term investments, globalization, SDO partnerships ITU Methodologies to access environmental impact Cooperation (partnerships) with ETSI, ISO/IEC, EC, GeSI, … Recommendations (standards):3 published, 3 pending Energy efficiencies new players for energy supply and base station towers to reduce CAPEX/OPEX (own vs. lease) Specific network architecture and topologies Remote operations and maintenance

6. Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 6 Way Forward – Indian Government Effective DoT/GoI commitment and leadership! TEC, C-DOT, WPC, PSUs and TRAI with active integral part NTP2012: Indigenous manufacturing + TSDO Goyal (CMAI) presentation: “Much talk, Less Achieved” Strategic nature of standardization for regulation c.f. ETSI and (initial) GSM commitment in EU Standardization strategy - India vs. global (ITU, 3GPP, ….) Standardization capacity building “Standardization in Education” with Universities Active participation in ITU and other key SDO bodies

7. Bangalore, India,17-18 December 2012 7 Way Forward - GISFI Deeper ITU  GISFI  other SDO Partnerships Partnerships : Key to influence global standardization 3GPP, OneM2M Partners must be non-governmental TSDOs India on critical path to make impact: needs to move fast New GISFI Rural Communications Group India Specific Requirements (infrastructure, “applications”) Possible implementation scenarios Gap Analysis (R&D and Standards) Standardization strategy - India vs. global (ITU, 3GPP, ….) GISFI  Quo Vadis?