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BROADBAND INDIA FORUMThink Tank for Digital Transformation

VISION

Empowering Consumers

with Efficient and

Economical Broadband

MISSION

Proliferation of high quality

broadband in the country in a

technology-neutral and all-

inclusive manner

ABOUT BROADBAND INDIA FORUM (BIF)

All rights reserved 2020 @ Broadband India Forum

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ORIGIN

Formed in 2015, nascent

and yet acknowledged as

credible and a Thought

Leader

PROFILE

An Independent Policy

Forum and Think Tank for

Digital Transformation

FUNCTION

Promote, Support and Enhance

all policy, regulatory &

standards initiatives for the

development & enhancement

of the entire broadband

ecosystem in the country

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Patron Members

MEMBERS

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Corporate Members Startup & Professional

MembersAcademia/

Research

Institutions

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PARTNERSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENTS


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President, BIF was nominated as member in

the “High Level Government Forum for 5G

India 2020”

Co-operation Agreements Engagements MoU’s Signed Partners

CORE LEADERSHIP TEAM

Shyamal Ghosh IAS (Rtd.)Former Secretary - Telecom &

IT Govt. of India and first Administrator of the USO Fund,

Chairman Emeritus, BIF

M F Farooqui, IAS (Rtd.)Former Secretary –

Telecom of the Govt. of IndiaChairman, BIF

T V RamachandranFounder & CEO, advisory@TVR

&President, BIF

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Rajat MukarjiDirector General, BIF

Ashwani RanaVice President , BIF

Parag KarVice President , BIF

S N GuptaTreasurer, BIF

NOTABLE

LEADERS WHO

LEND THEIR

KNOWLEDGE

AND ACUMEN

TO BIF

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Arun SethChief Mentor

C S RaoChief Mentor Technology

PANEL OF PRINCIPAL ADVISORS

Panel with Distinguished Background in Public and Private Sector including Policy Making, Administration and Regulation

Sudhir Gupta

Rajesh Mehrotra

P K Garg Pranjal Sharma Valsa WilliamsK V Seshasayee


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Abhishek Malhotra B K Syngal Dr. B M Baveja Dr. Kuldip Singh Dr. Mahesh UppalAlok Gupta

Ravi Kant Prof. Rekha Jain

SPECIALIST COMMITTEES

BIFICT for Inclusive Ability (PwDs)

Device Ecosystems

General Policy & Regulations (GPR)

AI & IoT (Big Data, Data Analytics, MTC)

Manufacturing - NetworkWorking Group on Academia & Standards


Startup & MSME

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Spectrum & Regulatory Framework

Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT)

Satcom New Technologies & Innovations (Robotics, Cloud Computing)

Broadband Infrastructure

Content & Application

Rural Digital Initiatives

Wi-Fi

Coordinating, promoting

and formulating expert

opinion on topical subjects

related to Broadband

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reliable platform for Industry,

Government, Regulatory and

Standards Agencies

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Writing research papers and

white papers in collaboration with

reputed research institutes and

domain experts03

Conducting Conferences,

Seminars and acting as a

Knowledge Partner for relevant

Conferences

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issues within the highest

echelons of Government’s

policy makers

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Releasing media articles on

issues pertinent and relevant

to proliferation of broadband

ecosystem in India

06Conducting R&D Projects as

part of an overall Consumer

Awareness Program07

Supporting and participating in

work related to policy, regulation

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ACTIVITIES OF BIF

Think-Tank for Digital Transformation


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BIF REPORTS & WHITE PAPERS


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AREAS OF COLLABORATION


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Fixed Line

2G

4G

3G

5G

Consumers & the digital economy

❖ Member of the Government’s 5G Forum set

up to develop the vision, mission and goals

for 5G India 2020 - 5G enabled Digital India,

Smart Cities & Smart Village missions

transforming India into a Knowledge Society

❖ Member of the Government’s 5G Spectrum

Task Force Committee

❖ Member of the Government’s Standing

Committee on Spectrum Policy for 5G

❖ Comprehensive work on 5G roadmap,

ecosystem and strategies for India

❖ Final Report on 5G has been submitted by

the 5G HLF to DoT on 25th August 2018

5G Initiatives


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INTERNET OF THINGS


❖ BIF partners with the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s

(The IET) IoT Panel – an independent and neutral visionary think-

tank led by select industry leaders. BIF also plays an active role in

the annual IoT India Congress organised by IET India

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❖ BIF worked with Feedback Consulting to release a study on

the job creation potential for Indian Agriculture and

Healthcare Sector through adoption of IoT & AI

❖ BIF partnered with Aeris Communications, TCIL, IITH, and the

Sector Skill Councils in India of Electronics, Agriculture and

Healthcare to organise a Conference to bring out the positive

impact of IoT & AI on Job Creation in Rural India with focus on

Agriculture & Healthcare

❖ BIF President is Global Advisor, Future Tech Panel, IET and also

Honorary Fellow of IET London, one of only 3 Indians to be

conferred this prestigious Award in over 140 years of IET’s

existence

STANDARDS


❖ Participation in Standardisation Activities

❖ ITU: WP5D

❖ 3GPP#79 Plenary Meeting

❖ BIF is working towards bridging the Standardisation Gap

and has proposed a 10 point Standardisation Action

plan as below:

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• To establish Academia-Industry Collaboration & capacity

building for Research-Innovation and Standardisation

• To be an active partner of TSDSI and contribute to

various standardisation activities

• To facilitate bringing Academia-Industry-other ecosystem

together for addressing national needs of digital

transformation by developing state-of-art indigenous

solutions

❖ 3GPP PCG#43 & 3GPP PCG#44 (online): BIF presented

Market Update

STANDARDS


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• To support ITU’s program and implement in India for various

initiatives

• BIF will identify and nurture early stage Start-ups in various activities

• BIF will work closely with DoT to provide adequate guidance for

adopting standardisation process and financial support

• As Market Representation Partner of 3GPP, BIF will participate in

main 3GPP meetings and special events for various standardisation

activities

• As Active Partner of ETSI, BIF will work closely with ETSI for

various standardisation activities

• To create a common platform for pre-standardization activity in India

in collaboration with start-ups, SMEs, Academia & TSDSI with

global standards

• Propose to work together with DoT to study the possibility of

implementing “National Standardization Secretariats”

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EVENTS AND INTERACTIONS


❖ BIF celebrated the World Telecommunication & Information Society Day (WTISD 2020) by organizing a virtual conference

on the theme “Connect 2030: ICTs for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” on Friday, 15th May 2020 at 1130 hrs

under The Digital Dialogues series, a signature digital platform created by BIF. The session included esteemed

International and National Speakers such as Mr. Mats Granryd, Director General, GSMA; Shri Hari Ranjan Rao, JST,

DoT, GoI; Dr. Malcolm Johnson, Deputy Secretary General, ITU; and Dr. R.S. Sharma, Chairman, TRAI

❖ BIF President Mr. TV Ramachandran, delivered lecture on Importance of Competition Aspects for Developing Digital

Infrastructure to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) leadership and officials on 27th February 2020, as part of CCI’s

“Distinguished Visitor Knowledge Sharing Series“

❖ High-Level interactive session under Chatham House rules on “Facilitating USD 100 billion for World Class Digital

Infrastructure in India” organised on 18th February 2020: Chaired by Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog, with special

presentation on “IT Infrastructure Investment” by Dr. Naoyuki Yoshino, Dean & CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute

(named world’s #1 ‘government affiliated think tank’ according to the 2019 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report from the

University of Pennsylvania Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program)

❖ Meeting on Multi-Remedial Revival Package for Indian Digital Communications Sector with PMO represented by Lt.

Gen. Rajesh Pant (retd.), National Security Council Coordinator and Shri G Narendra Nath, Jt. Secretary, National

Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) held on 6th December 2019

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EVENTS AND INTERACTIONS


❖ Roundtable discussion under Chatham House rules on Infosec & Root Server Systems conducted on 5th December

2019, with participation from Senior DoT officials and theme address by Mr. Terry Manderson, Senior Director,

Security and Network Engineering, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), USAAW

❖ Roundtable discussion under Chatham House rules on Cyber Security & IoT conducted on 16th October 2019:

Chaired by Sr. PMO official and theme address by Mr. Ashwin Rangan, SVP, Engineering and Chief Information

Officer (CIO), ICANN, USA

❖ Organised Interactive session on Priorities of Digital Communications with Shri Anshu Prakash, Secretary

(Telecom) and Chairman, Digital Communications Council on 20th August 2019

❖ Organised Conferences on:

✓ IoT & AI: Impact on Jobs in Rural India Special focus on Agriculture & Healthcare - 3rd July, 2019

✓ De-Licensing of 5Ghz for Public Wi-Fi on 15th February, 2019

✓ OTT: A Win-Win for All on 5th April 2019

❖ Knowledge Partner for :

~ FTTH India ~ 5G India ~ Wi-Fi India ~ Data Centre India

INDIA SATCOM❖ BIF is majorly involved in regulatory and policy activities

related to Satcom Sector

❖ Five Editions of International Satcom Summit have been

organized since 2015. The Summits have been graced by

Shri Manoj Sinha, Hon’ble Minister of State for Telecom, Dr.

R S Sharma, Chairman, TRAI, Smt. Aruna Sundararajan,

Secretary, DoT and Shri Rakesh Sasibhushan, CMD, Antrix.

The Summits of 2016 & 2018 have had the blessing of the

Secretary, Dept. of Space ( DOS) & Chairman, ISRO. All

these Summits also saw participation of domestic and

international delegates from global satellite service

operators, global inflight connectivity firms as well as top

VSAT operators in India

❖ White Papers have been launched each year

recommending the regulatory and policy interventions

required for the growth of the sector

❖ The key highlight in the last three editions have been the

CTO roundtable that gives opportunity to senior leadership

of the industry to present their views to DoT

INDIA SATCOM 2020

INDIA SATCOM 2019The 5th International Summit - India SatCom

India SatCom 2019 – 5th International SatCom Summit – organized

by the Broadband India Forum along with ICRIER was held at

Shangri-La, New Delhi on Nov 28, 2019.


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NDCP INCLUDES PATH-BREAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SECTOR

Digital

Broadband Infrastructure

Reduction in levies and duties

Fibre First

Optimal Spectrum Pricing

Satcom

Investments

Telecom Ombudsman

NDCP


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BIF’s CONTRIBUTION TO NATIONAL DIGITAL

COMMUNICATIONS POLICY (NDCP) Continuous engagement with DoT and

TRAI over 12-14 months01

Recommendations in form of high level policy statements – actionable and

measurable developed through a bottom-up multi-stakeholder process

Broken into 5 capsules mapped onto various DoT Working Groups and detailed input

submitted for 10 DoT Working Groups out of 12 in sessions held over a week’s time

Followed by a detailed explanatory memorandum

BIF welcomes the New NDCP, issued in September 2018, aimed at

making India a prospering Digital Economy. BIF’s GPR Working

Group working on the implementation of NDCP 2018

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BIF’s INTERACTION WITH DoT ON NDCP 2018

IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES DoT-BIF interaction on the NDCP implementation of strategies on Connect India

& Propel India was organized on Tuesday, 9th July,2019 at the Constitution Club

of India, New Delhi

• Interaction on Connect India focused on Creating Robust

Communications Infrastructure

• Interaction on Propel India focused on Enabling Next Generation

Technologies & Services

More interactions being planned to touch upon other important topics in

NDCP 2018


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FOCUS ON STARTUP, RESEARCH

& MARKET ACCESS

❖ PRODUCT DEFINITION & ACADEMIA COLLABORATION

✓ Bring together the national expertise of defining the worthy product

✓ Mapping to emerging national needs

✓ Leverage available technology building blocks from Academia research

✓ Bring Research needs to Academia from Indian product development organisations

✓ Creating a sustainable collaboration between Academia and Industry to meet national needs

❖ CONSOLIDATING TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR FUTURE PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS

✓ Bring global industry driven inputs to Indian Research organisationfor future product oriented research

❖ GLOBAL STANDARDISATION

✓ Awareness, Knowhow, Strategic Guidance, Collaboration

❖ POLICY FOR MARKET ACCESS

✓ Consolidate Market demand & making it as inputs for technology ecosystem

✓ Policy advocacy for Market Access for home-grown technology solutions

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SPECTRUMSpectrum for In-flight connectivity

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has notified the rules for enabling in-flight Wi-Fi and calls. This is in accordance with the BIF submission

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‘Evaluation of Spectrum Auctions in

India’: A detailed recommendation

was submitted to DoT & TRAI

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Delicensing of E & V Band

BIF submitted its Recommendations on the 100 days DoT Action plan

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Future Spectrum Roadmap for Satellite

Broadband Services in India (WRC 19)

Broadband India Forum organized a workshop as a preparatory process for the WRC 19 to highlight the importance of Spectrum related to Satellite services for the ubiquitous broadband connectivity in India

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Benefits of Delicensing of 5GHz

BIF organized a Conference on delicensing of 5GHz band in February 2019 and also celebrated World Wi-Fi Day on 20th June 2019 emphasizing on the benefits of Liberalisation of Public Wi-Fi in accordance with the Gazetted Notification by DoT

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CURRENT REGULATORY INTERVENTION - TRAI


BIF submitted its response on TRAI Consultation/Pre-Consultation Papers on

• Methodology of applying SUC under the weighted average method of SUC assessment, in cases of Spectrum Sharing

• Framework for Technical Compliance of Conditional Access System (CAS) and Subscriber Management Systems (SMS)

for Broadcasting & Cable Services

• Provision of Cellular backhaul connectivity via Satellite through VSAT under Commercial VSAT CUG Service

Authorization

• Traffic Management Practices (TMPs) and Multi-Stakeholder Body for Net Neutrality

• Tariff Issues of Telecom Services

• Cloud Services

• Review of Interconnection Usage Charges

• Review of Scope of Infrastructure Providers Category-I (IP-I) Registration

• Allotment of spectrum to Indian Railways for Public Safety and Security services

• Review of Terms and Conditions for registration of Other Service Providers (OSPs)

• Regulatory Framework for Over the Top (OTT) Communication services

CURRENT POLICY INTERVENTION

❖ MoCI-DPIIT

• Draft National E-Commerce Policy

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❖ MeitY

• Amendment to the IT Act

• Data Privacy & Protection Policy,

• WFH Policy

• Support to IT-ITES Stakeholders during & post Covid-19

• Support to Digital Communications players during & post Covid-19

❖ MIB

• Draft National Broadcasting Policy

❖ MoF

• Pre-Budget and Post-Budget Considerations for the Sector

• Policy for Indigenous Manufacturing

❖ DOS

• Inputs to the Implementation of the IFMC License Service Providers,

• Opening of Ka Band for Satellite Providers

❖ DoT

• Spectrum Regulatory Sandbox Committee

• 5G Trials Committee

• Draft Guidelines for M2M Service Providers

• Approvals of pending TRAI Recommendations

• Augmentation of Digital Infrastructure

• WFH Policy

• Support to IT-ITES Stakeholders during & post Covid-19

• Support to Digital Communications players during & post Covid-19

• Implementation of NDCP


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