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Toward a Secure Future

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VoicenData Bureau
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To discuss the issues and concerns of emerging wireless technologies, CIOs

and CTOs from enterprises and service providers across all verticals came

together at the event organized by Bharti Airtel and VOICE&DATA, 'Emerging

Wireless Access Technologies', at Ahmedabad and Indore.

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During the panel discussion, various issues were discussed, and panelists

expressed their unique perspectives on the requirements of CIOs and CTOs.

Sriram TV, VP, Technology, Bharti Airtel, focused on the technological

aspect. According to him, different industries are expanding across the country

and for them connectivity is the main concern.

On Blackberry, Ashutosh Vasant, additional GM, Railtel Corporation of India,

said, “With the help of Blackberry, while traveling to office or coming back,

you can answer your mails. We are always in touch and can deliver our best.”

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Talking about the time taken in deployment, Sheikhali Soyebali Barudawala,

GM, Enterprise Corporate, Bharti Airtel, said, “As a company, we have a

challenge to reach remote places. And as we have new technologies and tools with

time, people can use that to reduce time gaps.”

Responding on the security issues, RS Dhul, VP, IT, Bosch Rexroth India,

said, “As we are moving to WiMax and public domain technology, I don't know what

to do with security because when we are talking about enterprise and wireless,

security is going to be a real big issue.”

On wireless technology solutions, Niraj Garg, head, IT, Gujarat Cooperative

Milk and Uday Desai, head, Third Party Auditor, GSWAN, said that it can make

people's lives more challenging. Garg said, “Probably, wireless is a solution

for a location where there is no last mile connectivity. We are also working

with farmers, and 12,000 villages that we have to connect; wireless could be the

only solution.”

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Ready for Discussion (From L-R):

Panelists, including Ashish Vaidya of Ranbaxy; A Ramasubramaniam of Eicher;

Uddesh Dassani of Apollo Hospital Enterprises; Amarendra Tripathi of

Iprotech Solutions; Nilesh Maheshwari of Impetus Infotech; Baburajan K of

VOICE&DATA Krishna Nayer of Impetus Infotech; Amlan Seth of ICICI Bank;

Sanjay Nadkarni of Airtel; Ranvir Chaddha of Ruchi Infotech; and Abhijit

Chandolkar of Dainik Bhaskar, at Indore

Commenting on the pricing issue, BM Shah, CIO, Arvind Mills, said, “Cost is

not a relevant issue. What is important is that cost should be justified. The

main issue here is to quantify the gains that we are getting.”

Indore Event



The Indore event started with the welcome note by Saif Rehman, business

head, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh, Bharti Airtel. The welcome note was

followed by two presentations given by Manish Dua, voice head, West, Airtel and

Sanjay Nadkarni, business head, NLD.

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Talking about Blackberry services, Krishna Nayer, head, IT, Impetus Infotech,

said, “Today, if I don't have Blackberry with me, I feel something is missing.”

Responding to the question of challenges, Amerendra Tripathi, director,

Iprotech Solutions and Nilesh Maheshwari, associate director, Engineering

Wireless and Mobile Divison, Impetus Infotech, agreed that cost was a big

challenge. “The cost of solutions is a big challenge, and deployment and

maintaining technology is another big challenge. WiMax is a technology that can

provide huge amount of bandwidth to the end user. But the main concern is that

the device used by the end user is capable of extracting extra bandwidth made

available in using this technology.”

On major concerns of the banking sector, Amlan Seth, state head and chief

manager, MP&CG, ICICI Bank, said, “People will love to have all statements in

one book. But when they browse to find all these things on the mobile phone, it

takes lots of time. Secondly, connectivity is very slow.”

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Voicing Concerns (L-R):

Panelists, including Sheikhali Soyebali Barodawala of Airtel; Ashutosh

Vasant of Railtel Corporation of India; Sriram TV of Airtel; Baburajan K of

VOICE&DATA Uday Desai of GSWAN Monitoring System; BM Shah of Arvind Mills;

RS Dhul of Bosch Rexroth India; and Niraj Garg of Gujarat Cooperative Milk,

at Ahmedabad

Ranvir Chadha, head, IT, Ruchi Infotech, said, “We have been using Wi-Fi and

WiMax for the last 3-4 years and we feel it is pretty good.” According to A

Ramasubramaniam, CEO, Eicher, availability, quality of service, and customer

service are prime concerns for any enterprise.

Sanjay Nadkarni, talking on the 3G technology, said, “Today, if we buy a new

handset, it will probably be 3G enabled. From service providers side, I feel

that we are still conservative because we don't have 3G license, 3G policy, or a

3G spectrum.”

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On wireless technology, Ashish Vaidya, senior manager, System, Ranbaxy

Laboratories, said that companies look for quality of services, products and

solutions from the service provider. But at the same time, data security,

connectivity, and maximum uptime are major concerns.

On the use of wireless technology for hospitals, Udesh Dassani said, “In

India, we have one bed per thousand patients, so huge consultation is required

at the same time but at different places. In telemedicine, at present, the cost

is too high.”

Abhijit Chandolkar said, “The major concern area is the inventory management

of the ad space because everyone wants to advertise on premium pages. So what is

required today for us is the technology.”

Today, the biggest challenge for operators is to deliver quality and

error-free service. Providing connectivity in rural areas is another big

challenge.

Arpita Prem



arpitap@cybermedia.co.in

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