Where the innovation will come for Indian Telecom industry now?

Telecom services embedded in Applications. One example I have mentioned before is the Kindle - it is an e-Reader that has cellular service pre-integrated with the device. The user does not have to deal with a service provider or pay separate bills. You pay one time and get service for "life" i.e. till the duration the device works.

The Indian telecom industry needs to do similar things within the indian context and for applications that benefit both the businessmen and the bottom of the pyramid.

Like I mentioned in my different postings in this space, the future of India Telecom is in integrated network with Terabits capacity OF backbone and advanced technology wireless systems for the following reasons:-

Multifarious Convergence is happening in every sphere viz;

a) Convergence of Telecom & IP:-  MPLS, VoIP, Data based e-banking, e-ticketing, video on demand, e-learning etc

b) Convergence of Wired and Wireless Networking:- PON & EPON with WiFi / WiMax end links.

c) Convergence of Bearer and carrier for transport. SMS, USSD, UUS, Data, and Real time streaming of Voice + Video  over  GSM/GPRS /WCDMA/GPS.

d) Convergence of Products, services and utilities:- Phone, Internet, TV and Multi-media products on one single common connectivity.  

e) Convergence of Devices:- A single user end device that can cater for multiple products, the difference will be only in the type and size of the device depends on where it used and how it is connected to the network.  

f) Convergence of Portability:- A common device and access method that can be used anywhere, home, Vehicles, office and virtually from any where in any service provider network.

g) Convergence of Service provision and Network operation by common network and systems shared by large number of service providers.

There is no point in clamoring over 3G spectrums.  The entire spectrum including that in the Ku band being asked to vacate by defense, will not be enough to cater for the type of growth India is poised for in the next 10 years.   Laying and putting through hundreds of terabit capacity OF networks across the country is the solution.

Railway can contribute in this area with the revived of RailTel project in providing OF connectivity across urban, rural and sparsely inhabited and border areas across the country. The network could be used for Railway GSM,  networking of Crisis / Disaster Management system, Unique National ID project, National Education Project networking etc.  

An integrated scheme has to be prepared by various stake holders and coordinated implementation done with Private participation is the need of the day.

Please read my posting on Convergence of Wired & Wireless Networks, Limitation in 3G etc. in this space. 

India might be a big market in telecom domain. But one thing it lacks is innovation. The ideas are perculated down to us as offshore projects. Why cant the projects come from india. There is tremendous scope for VoIP, but who is taking the risk. Not even that,Indians are the one who are taking the iniciative outside INdia in telecom domain. Why??? because here in India, the comapnies do not have the bandwidth or the courage to invest into Research. There is a lot of potential to come up with and to do interesting innovative stuff, but what it lacks is probably bandwidth.

moreover, the mentality in india is different when it comes to telecom - i am mainly taking about the user perspective. Change is something everyone is averted to. I would say, you leave your normal telephone and switch over to VoIP. Not many people will be technologically advanced to think on these lines.

Finding out the business intelligence tools will help in assessing/evaluating the performance and it may give the pointers on the significant development to be done to improve the revenues.The main aim of these utilities should be to show the weak areas.

The challenge for On mobile is to constantly create local, relevant and innovative content. Inability to innovate new solutions that are accepted by the market could affect its future growth. The company's revenue is subject to uncertainties that are beyond its control, such as market acceptance of its application services by end-user subscribers, subscriber churn rate, the pricing of services, product placement and marketing and promotion activities conducted by its customers.

With the Indian wireless telecom industry exhibiting robust growth and telecom operators searching for diversified revenue streams, the stage is set for OnMobile to benefit from innovative VAS solutions and helping telecom operators gain a larger share of the consumer spend.

I am sure the emerging technology of Automatic Speech Recognition over telephone or mobile(embedded) will rock in coming several decade of years... This ASR will perform everywhere in the entire world in future not only in Telecommunication. This technology soon will work all major languages in India. Also already in market.In future everything will be in speech only.. like as Human and machine interaction.

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