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Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), premier telecom research and develop centre of Government of India and the French telecom major, Alcatel have signed an MOU for the establishment of a joint global Research and Development Centre in India to undertake R&D work in the field of Broadband wireless access. The MOU was signed here today by Mr. Vijay Madan Executive Director, C-DOT and Mr. Ravi Sharma, President Alcatel south Asia, in the presence of Minister of communication & Information Technology, Shri Dayanidhi Maran, Shri Nripendra Mishra, Secretary DOT and Mr. Etienne Fouques President mobile communication group of Alcatel.
The MOU is pursuant to the discussion held by Shri Maran at Cannes, France during 3GSM world congress with various international telecommunication organizations for establishing telecommunication research, development and manufacturing facilities in India to address both Indian and global markets by taking advantage of Indian skills and favourable investment environment. Various short term and long term projects in the field of wireless access technologies are proposed to be taken up in different phases by the centre.
The first R&D project to be implemented jointly will be related to WiMAX technology based on emerging IEEE 802.16e standard and its evolutions. In particular it will be an excellent alternative initially to Indian rural broadband requirements and will also be compliant to Indian broadband business user needs and spectrum allocation. The solution will also cater to volume global markets.
WiMax 802.16 based systems are expected to provide mobility, high data rates and long distance coverage. While the presently available WiFi technology mainly caters to short distance hot spots the WiMAX technology can be deployed both in the wireless backbone and the mobile access networks. Apart from the development of latest wireless technologies, the partnership also envisages industrialization and volume production of the WiMAX Solutions in India finally assisting the telecom manufacturing sector as well.
The present Agreement will also push forward Government of India plan of bringing the advantages of broadband services to urban subscribers as well as to rural masses. The joint project will also provide an appropriate platform for tele-education, tele-health, e-information and e-governance apart from fulfilling the telecommunications service needs of the mobile users.
RM/AMA- 290305 CDOT-ALCATEL
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