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Introductory Talk
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Prof. Sridhar Iyer (IITB)
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0900-0930hrs
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Introduction to GSM
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Prof. Karandikar (IITB)
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0930-1015hrs
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Wireless Enabling
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Sachin Nayak (3Genesis)
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1015-1100hrs
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Wireless applications allow enterprises opportunities to speed up business processes by reducing disconnect between participants in business processes. Wireless enabling enterprise applications also allows enterprises to sell their services through a new channel to each customer in a customized manner. Wireless enables extreme customer relationship management. This talk will use the 3Genesis experience to explain the process and benefits of wireless enabling enterprise systems.
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Evolution to GPRS
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Dr. Leena (IITB)
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1115-1200hrs
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General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) reuses and extends existing GSM
infrastructure to provide end-to-end packet switched services. In this talk
we will try to understand how this is done. We will describe the
GPRS architecture and air interface, study the functionality of new GPRS
nodes, and see how GPRS supports high-bandwidth data services. Lastly we
will also look at how GPRS provides a smooth path for GSM evolution to 3G by
reuse of the GPRS backbone network.
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Emerging Structure of Telecom Industry
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Pratap Tambay (3Genesis)
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1200-1245hrs
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The telecommunication industry is undergoing a massive technology change. The number of technology alternatives as the world evolves towards third generation telecommunications technologies will be reviewed. The various variants of 3G technologies will be compared and contrasted.
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Parlay APIs
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Nishant Prabhu (3Genesis)
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1400-1445hrs
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Each network has different ways of implementing a common set of capabilities. These capabilities includes messaging, location-identification-of-nodes, connectivity, Call control, Voice-interaction, etc. The Parlay set of API's is a network independent set of API's laid down by
www.parlay.org a non-profit organization to enable programmers to develop applications once and expect them to work on multiple networks, wherever a Parlay gateway is available.
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3G Applications
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Rangaraj Srinivasan (3Genesis)
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1445-1530hrs
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There is an urgent need for new applications, which leverage capabilities of next-generation networks through open APIs. Applications including streaming and m-commerce will be discussed in this talk. This talk will also discuss 3G billing systems and try to give a flavor for the complexity of billing systems in new generation networks.
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Business Strategy Changes
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Sameer Pendse (3Genesis)
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1545-1630hrs
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The telecommunications industry is undergoing massive restructuring throughout the world. Forces of technology, deregulation and globalization are changing the telecommunications industry from a closed industry filled with state monopolies to a private sector driven open industry with far more and varied players than before. This session will discuss the emerging business structure of the telecommunication industry and engage in crystal gazing to predict the future.
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1630-1700hrs |
