India's Largest ICT Event-(New Delhi)

Dear Friends
We are glad to inform you that Centre for Science, Development and Media Studies is organising 4th eINDIA 2008 from 29th - 31st July, 08 in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. eINDIA 2008 is being co-organised by the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of IT and Communications, Ministry of Human Resource and Development and UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID).

mSERVE INDIA 2008 is one of the 7 seminal thematic tracks of eINDIA 2008. Through mSERVE INDIA2008 it is our endeavor to bring regulators, policy makers, service providers, content providers and infrastructure providers under on roof to discuss and churn out idea's for making rural connectivity a complete reality. There are numerous opportunities in the rural areas and the telecom players need to focus on encouraging local content, infrastructure sharing and positive customer experience to help implement e-governance applications and connect rural India for an overall inclusive growth.

Can One Ignore ?

* Number of villages in India is more than 6 lakh

* Number of VPTs in India is less than 6 lakh

* More than 50% of the telecom investments will be in the rural market in the next two years

* The telecom industry contributed over Rs 105,287 crore to the Indian economy in 2006

* The industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 26.8% to reach Rs 344,921 crore by 2012

* Direct employment to 2.8 mn people and indirect employment of 7 mn people to be generated

* Benefits through e-Agriculture is expected to amount to Rs 6,100 crore Government is giving all the support it can provide to telecom players

mSERVE INDIA 2008 Sessions

* Mobile Scenario in India

* Mission: Rural Connectivity

* VAS - Key Mantra for Rural Expansion

* m-Commerce – Is it Happening ?

* Convergence: Trends and Challenges

* Broadband for All – Myth or Reality ?

* Infotainment – Future Ahead

Government

* Nripendra Mishra, Chairman, TRAI

* R N Prabhakar, Member, TRAI

* Ajay Bhattacharya, Administrator, USO Fund, India

* RK Upadhyay, CMD, TCIL

* Sudhir Gupta, Advisor, TRAI

* R N Padukone, Sr. DDG, Telecom Engineering Centre, DoT

* Parvez Iftikhar, CEO, Universal Service Fund (Guarantee) Ltd., Pakistan

* Anil Jain, DDG (VAS), BSNL

among many others .............

Associations and Operator

* DK Ghosh, MD ZTE Nokia Siemens Networks

* Aloke Bajpai, Founder-CEO, iXiGO.com

* Ajay Ranjan Mishra, Global Head of Business Development, New Growth Markets,

* Yogesh Kochhar, Head, e-Governance Business Unit, Tata Teleservices Ltd,

* Anil Prakash, Secretary General, ITU - APT Foundation of India

* Krishna Durba, Head, VAS, Reliance

* Himanshu Kapania, COO, Idea

* among many others .............

mSERVE INDIA 2008 is Endorsed by

* Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India (AUSPI)

* Communications and Manufacturing Association of India (CMAI)

* Indian Cellular Association (ICA)

* IPTV India Forum

* Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI)

* ITU - APT Foundation

* Telecom Equipements Manufacturing Association (TEMA)

* Telecom Users Group of India (TUGI)

* WiMAX Forum

Date :29 to 31 July 2008

Venue :Pragati Maidan, New Delhi

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