Top Telecom Pros & Analysts to Address New Challenges for Telecom in India
Thursday July 15, 12:55 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Phillips Group InfoTech
NEW DELHI, India, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Phillips Group Tarifica, a
telecommunications consulting firm based in London, UK, will be holding its inaugural seminar on telecommunications
opportunities in India on August 25 and 26.
The Phillips Group Tarifica, and The Phillips Group InfoTech of Parsippany, NJ, USA, are subsidiaries of Phillips International,
a market information and publishing firm headquartered in Potomac, MD.
The 2-day seminar, featuring telecom experts from around the globe will be held at the Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi, India.
Attendees will evaluate major changes in global telecommunications and its potential impact on India.
India is increasingly viewed as one the world's emerging markets for high-quality telecommunications networks, much like the
U.S. market was 25 years ago. ''India, perhaps even more than China in the near term, represents significant
telecommunications opportunities. There is a large and growing demand for high quality telecommunications networks. India will
become in due course a huge demand source of bandwidth'', says Philip Low, director, The Phillips Group.
The seminar will explore key issues concerning the telecommunications segment including privatization, tariffing challenges,
interconnection strategies in newly liberalized markets. A special Internet Telephony workshop will also be conducted by Tier 1
US carrier, ITXC.
Expert consultants from The Phillips Group will provide presentations of their latest research in tariffs, cellular tariffs, wholesale
and global fiber build.
Attending the series of seminars will be the ''who's who'' of the telecom industry in India. The inaugural session will include Mr.
Akhileshwar Prasad, member finance and secretary, Telecom Commission India. Other keynotes include Shri Amitabh Kumar,
acting chairman and managing director of VSNL, and the regulator, TRAI will be represented by Dr. Rajat Kathuria, director
economics. Mr. Alistair Scott, vice-president, Asian telecom analyst, Merill Lynch, Dr. S.D. Saxena, of MTNL, Mr. C
Karunakaran, vice president of BPL Mobile Communications Ltd and Mr. Sandeep Sharma, manager - telecom products
division, Corning India will also speak.
Ciena, a leading US vendor will be co-hosting with The Phillips Group, a gala reception and dinner for conference guests and
the leading members of the Indian telecommunications community.
More information can be obtained at www.tarifica.com/india or www.phillips-infotech.com.
SOURCE: Phillips Group InfoTech
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