John Chambers to hardsell Cisco during India visit
A series of high-profile meetings with the country’s topmost officials and industry meets organized by industry forums will mark Cisco chairman John Chambers’ maiden visit to the country.
Cyber News Service
Tuesday, January 09, 2001
NEW DELHI: The two-day visit of John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems will be action-packed with meetings and addresses. This is the first ever visit by John Chambers to the country although the company has been present here since 1995. Arriving in the capital on late 15th evening, Chambers will meet Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the IT Minister Pramod Mahajan besides other senior government officials.
He is also expected to address four separate industry meets organized by the CII, Nasscom, The Economic Times and Cisco. While the address to be delivered at the meet organized by the CII will be on "Building business in the Internet Economy," the topic at the Nasscom meet is "Industry Leadership Summit on Networking Directions in the Next Generation". The technical showcase organized by Cisco will feature technologies of the future on which Chambers will deliver another address.
Cisco is gambling on the proposed $38 billion investment to be made in the country to increase teledensity to 7 per cent by 2005. A substantial part of the investment will go to converged networks and Cisco is eyeing a sizable pie of that investment. Secondly, with Cisco's core focus on the access and carrier business, ISPs are still a lucrative market, especially so as the segment is expected to experience three-digit growth figures for the next five years. Cisco is also betting on the increasing proliferation of contact centers, which will soon be IP-based.
Commenting on Chambers’ India visit, Cisco Systems president, India and SAARC regions, Manoj Chugh said, "The Industrial Revolution divided the society between the haves and have-nots. The Internet Revolution has the potential to unite by combining the strength of the Internet and education. During his India trip, John will highlight how we can apply what we have learnt in business to all aspects of society through the Internet to positively change people's lives."
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