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2. Meghdoot

3. eAgriEn

4. Bharatiya AFIS

5. E-Nayana Software

6. PARAM

3. STPI

4. NIELIT

5. ERNET6. Media lab Asia

7. NIXI

22. Business Services

23. IT and ITeS

24. IT sector: Challenges

25. 12th FPY: Telecom and IT

1. Spectrum Trading

2. 12th FPY targets for Telecom

3. 12th

FYP: Themes for IT26. Timeline: Telecom and IT

27. Mock Questions

first: a correction in the earlier article on Ch.9: IIP contains 682 items clubbed in

399 groups: 1 in Mining, 1 in Electricity and 397 in Manufacturing.

Communication

As your already know from the previous article, Ministry of Communication and

Information Technology (Under Kapil zero-loss Sibbal) Contains three departments

1. Department of Posts

2. Department of Telecommunications (also looks after wireless)

3. Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY)

We already saw topics related to Department of Post in previous article click me. In

the present article, well see the topics related to remaining two departments.

Telecom

India has 2nd largest telecom network in the world after China

Tele-density

It shows the number of telephones per 100 persons.

Teledensity @end of Oct 12 Approx. %

Rural 41
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Urban 159

Overall 77

Important org under DoT

Name When type What?

C-

DOT

84 R&DCentre for Development of Telematics. Telephone/

telecom related research.

MTNL 86PSU

(Navratna)

Serves in

1. Delhi including four peripheral towns Noida,

Gurgaon, Faridabad & Gaziabad

2. Mumbai, including Navi Mumbai and Thane

3. Overseas: Nepal, Mauritius

BSNL 2000PSU

(Miniratna)Lolz

TRAI

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

established by an Act of parliament in 1997 (hence TRAI=Statutory body)

Chairman=Rahul Khullar

To notify the rates at which telecommunication services within India and outside

India shall be provided

Spectrum management

lay down the standards of quality of service to be provided by the serviceproviders

conduct the periodical survey of such service provided by the service providers

so as to protect interest of the telecom users

ensure effective compliance of Universal Service Obligations

TRAI also makes recommendations to the Government on a host of issues

including conditions for entry of new service providers and terms and conditions

of licences granted to service providers

TSDAT

Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)

Setup in 2000

To hear appeal against any direction/ decision of TRAI

to adjudicate any dispute between a licensor and a licensee;

between two or more service providers;

between a service provider and a group of consumers


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National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2012

#1: telecom

1. Do another 2G scam

2. secure, affordable, and high-quality telecommunication services to all citizens.

3. One Nation-One Licence across services and service areas.

4. One Nation-Full Mobile Number Portability and work towards OneNation-Free Roaming

5. Recognize telecom as an infrastructure sector

6. Recognize telecom, including broadband connectivity, as a basic necessity like

education and health

#2: rural

1. Increase rural tele-density to 70 by the year 2017 and 100 by the year 2020.

2. Provide high-speed and high-quality broadband access to all village panchayats

through a combination of technologies by the year 2014 and progressively to all

villages and habitations by 2020.

#3: internet

1. transition to the new Internet Protocol (IPv6) in the country in a phased and

time-bound manner by 2020

2. Work towards Right to Broadband.

a. Provide affordable and reliable broadband-on-demand by the year 2015

b. 175 million broadband connections by the year 2017c. 600 million by the year 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps download speed and

make available higher speeds of at least 100 Mbps on demand

National policy on Electronics, 2012

create an ecosystem for a globally competitive ESDM (Electronic System and

Design and Manufacturing): infrastructure + industry friendly and stable tax

regime.

By 2020 achieve

Domestic production of 400 billion USD

Investment of 100 billion USD

Increase EDSM export to 80 billion USD

employment to around 28 million people

Setup electronic manufacturing clusters

Setup semiconductor wafer manufacturing facilities

renaming the Department of Information Technology as Department of

Electronics and Information Technology (Deity).

Cyber security


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e-waste handling

USOF

Universal service fund obligation

For provision of phone lines in non-viable areas

More details already covered in www.mrunal.org/2012/09/yb-usof.html

National optical fiber network

For providing broadband connectivity to all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats.

Project is funded by Universal service obligation fund(USOF)

National e-governance plan (NeGP)

it has 31 mission mode projects

to implement this plan, Department of Electronics and IT (DEITY), has createdinfrastructure through following

SWAN

Central government provides technical and financial

assistance to the State governments and union Territories

for establishing wide area network from HQ to up to

block level

Commonservices

centres

for establishing one lakh Internet enabled centres in rural

areas through public-private partnership

State

data

centres

to provide common IT infrastructure for hosting the

government applications and softwares

e-district

it is a mission mode project under the national

governance plan

it aims said electronic delivery of citizen centric services

at district and subdistrict level for example

issuing certificates of birth, death, domicile, nationality,

caste, marriage, income, employment etc

social welfare, pension, scholarship, ration card etc.
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MSDG

Mobile service delivery Gateway

to use the potential of mobile phone for expanding access

in reach of public services in India

by Department of Electronics and IT

M-Appstore= A mobile application store, launcher under

MSDG (mobile service delivery Gateway).

INDG

India Development Gateway

Initiative by Department of Electronics and IT (Deity)

for providing e-knowledge and ICT-applications for rural

empowerment

Electronic delivery of services bill 2011

seeks to mandate public service provision compulsorily through electronic

modefrom a specific date

for both Central and State government

pending under the Parliamentary standing committee on information technology

more details onprsindia.org

NIC

National Informatics Centre (NIC)

under Department of information and technologyestablished in 1976

provides ICT infrastructure for governance

NICNET= the ICT network of NIC- it provides network connectivity to all

ministries/departments of Central, State governments, union Territories and

about 625 districts

Some work done by NIC

NiceMailNICs E-mail service

e-Lekha NICs Electronic payment and accounting system

VAHAAN software for automated vehicle registration

SAARTHI Software for issuing driving licence
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National knowledge network

government approved is project in 2010

NIC is implementing it over a period of 10 years

it aims to interconnect higher learning institutions with high-speed internet

connection

National knowledge Commission

setup in 2005

high-level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India

Chairman= Sam Pitroda

Gives policy advice for education, research to transform India into a knowledge

society.

Information technology (Amendment) Act 2008

original act was enacted in 2000. Details given in earlier article:

http://mrunal.org/2012/07/yearbook-it-act.html

2008: it was amended to provide for data protection, cyber security and new

forms of cyber crimes

FESTIVOX

open source software framework

it is used to develop text to speech (TTS) software is for Hindi, Bengali, Marathi,Tamil and other Indian languages.

It will be integrated with screen readers in Windows and Linux operating

softwares for use of blind people.

BOSS

Bharat operating systems solution

it is a GNU/Linux -based operating system with Indian language support

for both desktop and server versions

it is an example of free and open source software solution (FOSS)developed by the National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source Software

(NRCFOSS) of India under Department of Electronics and IT (DIETY)

Controller of certifying authorities (CCA)

the information technology act provides vehicle wreck nation to electronic

records and treats digital signatures at par with the handwritten signatures

for this purpose CCA, licenses the certifying authorities to issue Digital
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Signature certificates

such Digital Signature certificates are used in RGTS and NEFT of RBI, emails,

chat trading, income tax return etc.

ICERT

Indian computer emergency response team

it is the national nodal agency for responding to computer security incidents asand when they occur

Societies / autonomous bodies under Deity

SAMEER

C-DAC: Centre for development of advanced computing

C-MET: Centre for material of Electronics technology

STPI

ERNETMedia lab Asia

NIXI

SAMEER

Society for applied microwave Electronics engineering and research

it is an automated research and development laboratory under the Department of

Electronics and IT

work: doppler radars, observation platforms for Indian meteorological

department, medical electronics etc.

C-DAC

Centre for development of advanced computing

GARUDA

It is a cyber infrastructure connecting computational

nodes, mass storage and scientific instruments

distributed across the country.GARUDA is Indias first national grid initiative bringing

together academic, scientific and research communities

Meghdootopen source based cloud stack

It contains all pre-requisite tools for implement your

own cloud network.


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eAgriEn

Application of Electronics in agriculture and

environment.

This includes electronic nose, region, smell and tongue

acknowledges for quality monitoring of agricultural

products such as turmeric, Cheney, Rice etc.

BharatiyaAFISautomated fingerprint identification system

E-Nayana

Software

for mobile tele-ophthalmology.

It allows doctors to examine eye patients via

videoconferencing in rural and tribal areas,

Softwares helps transferring electronic health records

of patients and providing them expert consultation

immediately

PARAM Supercomputer built by C-DAC, Pune.

STPI

software technology Parks of India

established in 1991

for promotion of software exports from India

NIELIT

National institute of Electronics and information technology

Formerly known as DOEACC society

offers computer courses such as DOEACC O/A/B/C etc.

CCC: course on computer concepts, launched in 99, gives 80 hours of basic

computer literacy.

This course is recognized for job application under State and central services.

ERNET

Autonomous scientific society

It is a mix of terrestrial and satellite based Wide area network (WAN)

Serves institutions in health, agro, education, sci-tech and other sectors.

Media lab Asia


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Not-for-profit organization

To bring the most advanced ICT technologies for the benefit of common man

ICT for health, edu, livelihood, rural connectivity and empowerment

NIXI

National internet exchange of India

Not for profit organizationTo facilitate domestic internet traffic between ISP member.

This helps in efficient use of international bandwidth, save foreign exchange.

Now lets check some stuff from economic survey ch10.

Business Services

It includes computer-related services, R&D, accounting services and legal services,

and renting of machinery.

IT and ITeS

has four major sub-components:

1. IT services,

2. business process outsourcing (BPO),

3. engineering services and R&D

4. software products.

IT sector: Challenges

Slowdown and protectionism

global slowdown has impacted the revenues of Indian IT companies.

Outsourcing has also become a national/election/political issue in several

developed countries, like the USA and the UK. Their governments are now

supporting their local/domestic BPO industry through various means e.g. giving

tax benefits to companies to dont outsource work.BPO industry in the UK employs 800,000 British workers and is emerging as a

vital part of the economy.

Competition

Largest exporters in Computer and IT services

1. EU

2. India


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3. USA

But in recent years, many new competitors like China, Israel and the Philippines have

emerged.

Indias new competitors in Voice contracts / BPO service segment

Asia China, Philippines Malasia

Africa Egypt, Morocco

Latin America Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Columbia

Europe Poland, Ireland

According to NASSCOM, in the last five years, India has lost about 10 per cent

market share to the rest of the world in the world BPO space, most of which is in

the voice contract segment.

Language proficiency

China BPO sector faces challenges in English accent and language proficiency,

but their government is spending lot of public funds to improve English at

schools and vocational training and thus China may eventually emerge as a threat

to India. (means we too need to start a Rajiv Gandhi English proficiency Yojana:

RGEPY lolz).

Philippines is a serious competitor of India in both hardware and software

segments of IT

To address the rising wages in the urban BPO space, there is a need to move

more towards rural areas, for which skill development, and English language

training with American and different European accents is necessary.

12th FPY: Telecom and IT

Spectrum Trading

Recall that 2G scam revolves around the controversy that certain companies

(like Swan telecom) bought the spectrum but did not start telecom operation.

They merely sold it to third company at a higher price (similar to black cinema-tickets)

Historically, in most countries, the Regulator has used a command and control

mechanism to decide allocation of spectrum.

However, it is being increasingly felt that this system does not allow the

spectrum licence holders the flexibility to respond quickly to changes in market

demand and technology,

This results in chunks of spectrum lying underutilized, and thereby creating an

artificial scarcity.

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countries have permitted spectrum trading in the secondary market. (just like

how shares and bonds are traded).

Spectrum trading is likely to improve spectrum efficiency, boost market

competition and provide incentives to innovation to service providers

12th FPY targets for Telecom

1. By 2017a. Provide of 1200 million connections

b. increase rural teledensity to 70%

c. Broadband connection of 175 million

2. Commissioning of National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)

3. Making India a hub for telecom equipment manufacturing

4. Provide preferential market access for indigenously manufactured products.

5. Adopt green policy in Telecom

6. incentivize use of renewable energy sources.

12th FYP: Themes for IT

1. e-Government

2. e-Learning

3. e-Security

4. e-Industry (Electronics System Design and Manufacturing)

5. e-Industry (IT-ITeS)

6. e-Innovation/R&D

7. e-Inclusion

Timeline: Telecom and IT

1851 1st Telegraph line: Kolkata and Diamond Harbor

1881 Telephone service introduced in Kolkata

1913 1st automatic exchange @Shimla

1945 WIPRO

1968 TCS- Tata Consultancy Services

1976 NIC

1981 Infosys

1986 MTNL

1987 SATYAM

1988 C-DAC

1991 software technology Parks of India

1997 TRAI

2000 BSNL

2005 National knowledge Commission


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2008 122 licenses for 2G spectrum auctioned on first-come-first-serve basis

(@2001s prices) and thus came the 2G scam.

2009 Satyam accounting scandal

2010 National knowledge network

2012SC cancelled the 122 licenses for 2G given by the totally awesome you

know who.

2012

World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai.

more details already covered in old article click me2017 Increase rural tele-density to 70

2020 Increase rural tele-density to 100

Mock Questions

1. Correct Chronological order (older to newer)

a. BSNL, MTNL, TRAI

b. TRAI, BSNL, MTNL

c. MTNL, BSNL, TRAId. None of Above

2. Rahul Khullar is the chairman of

a. CCI

b. BSNL

c. MTNL

d. TRAI

e. None of above

3. Which of the following is not related with National Telecom Policy 2012?

a. Mobile number portability

b. Broadband penetration

c. IPV6

d. Electronic System and Design and Manufacturing

4. National Telecom Policy 2012, wants to increase Rural tele-density to 100 by

a. 2015

b. 2020

c. 2017

d. 2025

5. Teledensity is measured as

a. No of telephones per 100 personsb. No of telephones per 1000 persons

c. No of telephones in the given area

d. No of telephones in the given telecom circle

6. National optical fiber network aims to provide broadband connection to

a. Institutes of higher learning

b. Primary and secondary schools

c. Courts

d. Gram Panchyats

7. M-Appstore belongs to
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a. Google

b. Apple

c. DEITY

d. Blackberry/RIM

8. India Development Gateway is an initiative of

a. FICCI

b. Commerce Ministry

c. Ministry of MSMEd. Department of Electronics and IT

9. What is the purpose of India Development gateway?

a. Raise funds for Development of MSME

b. Provide vocational skills to Rural entrepreneurs

c. provide e-knowledge and ICT apps for Rural empowerment

d. None of Above

10. NIC falls under

a. DEITY

b. National knowledge Commission

c. National knowledge networkd. Dept of Telecom

11. NICEMAIL is a service of

a. NIC

b. Yahoo

c. Blackberry/RIM

d. None of above

12. VAHAAN is

a. a software for automated vehicle registration

b. a voice based GPS navigation system for vehiclesc. a software to track cargo-trucks via GPS

d. None of above

13. What is SAARTHI?

a. a robot to drive vehicles for physically handicapped persons

b. a voice based GPS navigation system for vehicles

c. Software to issuing driving licenses

d. None of above

14. Correct statements about National knowledge network

a. It is a high level advisory body to PM of India

b. Sam Pitroda is its chairmanc. It aims to interconnect institutions of higher learning with highspeed

internet connection

d. None of above

15. BOSS operating system is meant for

a. Desktop PC

b. Servers

c. Both

d. None


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16. Which of the following org. is/are related with Dept. of electronics and IT?

a. SAMEER

b. C-DAC

c. Media lab Asia

d. All of above

17. which of the following software is not Developed by CDAC?

a. GARUDA

b. Meghdootc. Meghdoot millenium

d. E-nayana

18. E-Nayana software is meant for

a. Tele-ophthalmology

b. doing retinal scans for UID

c. both

d. none

19. What is the new name of DOEACC society?

a. C-DAC

b. C-DOTc. NIELIT

d. NIXI

20. What is the purpose of Media lab Asia

a. Telecast doordarshan programs in South east Asian countries

b. Produce documentaries from neighboring countries for Prasar Bharti

c. Bring ICT technologies for benefit of common man

d. None of above

21. NIXI falls under

a. NASDAQb. SENSEX

c. DEITY

d. None of Above

22. Among the following, which company is oldest?

a. TCS

b. Infosys

c. WIPRO

d. SATYAM

23. Among the following, which company is youngest?

a. TCSb. Infosys

c. WIPRO

d. SATYAM

24. Correct Chronological order (older to newer)

a. NIC, National Knowledge Commission (NKC), National knowledge

network (NKN)

b. NIC, NKN, NKC

c. NKC, NIC, NKN


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d. None of above

25. Bharatiya Automated fingerprint identification system is developed by

a. DRDO

b. C-DAC

c. CSIR

d. None of above

26. World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) 2012 was held

ina. Quebec

b. Dubai

c. Doha

d. None of above

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