Ashish Banerjee Chief Software Technologist Sun Microsystems India P. Ltd. End-2-End Open Source Telecom
Agenda Facts & Trends
Motivation for End-2-End Open Source Telecom
TCOE.in
End-2-End Open Source Telecom: Components
Standards : Simplified
Case study
Facts & Trends  No Slowdown in Telecom
325 Million Subscribers, growth 1m/month 2 nd  after China in terms of subscribers
60% urban , but 15% rural penetration Low ARPU: GSM rs 221, CDMA rs 122 Airtel ARPU rs 350 (down from rs 553 in 2006)
ARPU reduces as we go down the value pyramid TOS (Total Out Sourcing) in OSS/BSS
Revenue Sharing in VAS (Value Added Service)
Resource Pooling: Tower Sharing, MVNO
Focus on Rural Telecom Only 15% Telecom penetration in Rural India
Rural Telecom  Drives  Financial Inclusion  Enables  eGovernance
Uplifts  GDP  USO (Universal Service Obligation) Fund
TCOE.in Public Private Partnership Initiative open to all Department of Telecom, Ministry of Comm & IT, Gov. of India TCOE Vision To enable all Indians to benefit from telecom technology for improving their quality of life and also strive to make India a leader in telecom over the next decade Mission To create synergy amongst the academia, telecom industry and govt. for creation of new services/apps, IPR, manufacturing capability, global standards, promote entrepreneurship...
Partnership of Operator / Academia IDEA
Vodaphone
Aircel
Airtel
BSNL
Tata Teleservices
Reliance IIM -Ahmedabad
IIT – Kharagpur
IIS - Bengaluru
IIT – Delhi
IIT – Kanpur
IIT – Mumbai

End to End Open Source Telecom