1. Center for Telecom Management & Studies (CTMS) By Dr T.H. Chowdary Director, Center for Telecom Management & Studies Fellow: Tata Consultancy Services & Satyam Computer Services * Chairman, Pragna Bharati (Intellect India), AP * Former Information Technology Adviser, Government of A.P Chairman & Managing Director Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., Bombay T: +91 (40) 2784-6137/6667-1191(O) F: +91 (40) 2789-6103/6667-1111 (O) thc@satyam.com Presentation # IA C.T.M.S OVER VIEW At BUPT, Beijing on Monday, the 15 th October, 2007 INDIA NAMASKAR 你好

2. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 072 C.T.M.S Founded: 1988 Objective: Intellectual campaign to demonopolise; corporatise & privatise; corporatise & privatize telecoms; competition; Independent Statutory Regulation Consumer Interests: QOS, Choice; Company Response; Consultation. Work Program: Talks, Seminars, workshops, Round Tables; Memoranda, Policy papers inclusion in Manifestos of political parties; Deposition before Parliaments Committees; FICCI, CII drawn into the movement INDIA

3. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 073 C.T.M.S Draft Bills ( TRAI….) & Policies ( NTP-’94,’99…) Membership of (a) National Task Force on I.T & Software (b) Government of India’s Committee to amend ITA I.T Adviser GOAP Publication of the monthly journal JCTMS/ICTs and Society INDIA

4. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 074 Remaining Tasks Disinvestment of BSNL & MTNL Winding up Telecom Commission National Mission to bring forth Indian “Bell Labs” & creation of IP Manufacturing (to have the likes of HUAWI, ZTE) Quality of Services Public Internet Kiosks (PITICs…) like ISD/STD booths Winding down: Revenue shares, entrée fees, spectrum auction/bids for 3G Societal concerns about mobile telephones/Internet; life styles and work methods Evolution of an Information/knowledge Society – Policies & Programs INDIA

5. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 075 How Sustained Corporate Membership (Rs. 5000 /$125); life-time) Interest on Deposits Savings from conduct of Seminars Donors INDIA

6. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 076 We are an ICT Think Tank To realise Communicate for work Commute for pleasure Haath haath mein telephone (A telephone in every one’s hand) Gaon gaon mein Internet Kiosk (An Internet Kiosk in every village) INDIA

7. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 077 TCS & Satyam Whose FELLOW I am No. of employees 2006-07 sales in mln $ No. of countries where they operate and no. of offices No. of cities where they operate in India Founded when TCS (The first largest software company) One lakh +4.3 bln $ More than 50 countries more than 175 offices across the globe. 17 cities Over 85 offices 1968 Satyam Computer Service Ltd. (The fourth largest software company) 42,000 +7.57 bln $60 + ( 25 time zones) 311987

8. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 078 Dhanyawad: Thank You INDIA

9. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 079 JCTMS/ICTs & Society Free, Fair and Fearless A rain-bow of subjects 1992 thro 2007 INDIA

10. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0710 1992 The Indian Telegraph Act Telecommunications for the Nation Benefits of Competition Financing & Pricing of Telecommunications Telecoms and Political Parties National Telecommunications Policy. INDIA

11. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0711 1993 Bring in the Telecom Regulator. Telephone Rate Rises. The Hidden Intentions Telecoms & Human Development Telecom Rate-Rises- A fraud on Subscribers Local Telephone Service- Natural Monopoly or Competition. Independent Regulation Alternative to DOT's Corporatization / Privatisation INDIA

12. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0712 1994 Can Telephone Companies Lose ? Telephone Service Tax & Surcharge on delayed payments Telecom strike - Unjustified & irresponsible Licence Conditions for Service Providers How can Telecom Competition Survive and Thrive INDIA

13. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0713 1995 National Telecom Policy and the Customer Basic Telephone Service Bids Telecom Tenders - The Risks and Inequities Licence Fees from Private Telcos The Spectacle of Telecom Tendering MTNL- Extinction or Transformation Private Sector Entry into Indian Telecoms - Its effects on DOT How justified are the telecom licence fees Telecoms- Retraining staff is essential Resisting Competition is Reactionary Telecom Regulatory Authority of India- Who should be there ? DOT & the challenges of competition Basic Telephone Licence Fees- Fantabulous Why Auction the spectrum INDIA

14. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0714 1996 Distortion of the National Telecom Policy Telecom Licence Fees Subvert NTP The Internet Access Monopoly Must End The Plight of Telecom Employees C-DOT Triumph and Tragedy Pricing Radio Spectrum The TRAI Ordinance Must Lapse Postalising Telecom Tariffs Welcome Members of 11th Lok Sabha of India The Inequity of the Interconnect " Agreement" Telephony on Internet Telecom Liberalisation - And Scams Galore International Call-back-Questionable payment Restrictions Telephone Users Charter The Cost and Consequence of Doing Business with DOT INDIA

15. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0715 1997 The Universal Service Obligations Some Perspectives DOT's Wireless Local Loop Tender Government in Enterpreneurship and Business Spectacular growth of Mobile Telephony The Telephone Advisory Committee - An instrument for division of Spoils and distribution of favours FCC is right- VSNL is not Is VSNL: A Cry-Baby PSU ? Monopoly or Competition Overpriced International Telephony Injuring the Indian Telecom Industry Creating Indian Telecom Manufacturing Champions INDIA

16. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0716 1997…contd.. WTO and Persisting Monopoly in India Hail the TRAI VSNL -BT’s Telecom Hub Politics and Economics of Telecom Liberalisation in India Telecom De-monopolisation: Confound and Obstruct Technology Leads and Policy Lags Telecoms- Differentiation between Infrastructure and Services Internet Service Provision (ISP) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd ( MTNL) A Corporation – True or False Indian Technology Ignored – Foreign Equipment Fancied by DOT Inexpensive Elections Through Information Technology DOT’s Final, “Final” Concessions to P-Telcos Telephone Tapping Universal Service Obligations in Developing Countries Wireless Local Loop Choices in India INDIA

17. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0717 1998 Telecom Accounting Rates Telecom User’s Group of India I.P.Telephony A Telecom University I.S.P Licences at last INDIA

18. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0718 1999 Death of Distance and Time National Telecom Policy 1999 Competition in Domestic Long Distance Telephony ICT in the Election Manifestos I.T Telecoms & Elections International Internet Gateways INDIA

19. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0719 2000 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, (1997) (Amendment of) Telecom User Groups I.T. Enabled Services and Telecom Infrastructure Global Shortage of IT Professionals- India’s Opportunity Telecoms to the Villages Paswan’s Populist Gift I.T and the Rich –Poor gap Telecom Regulation- Quality of Service and Rates INDIA

20. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0720 2001 Internet for the Masses Public Service Broadcasting Destroying PSU Wealth – Union Style Approach to the 10 th Plan for Telecommunications The Convergence Bill INDIA

21. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0721 2002 Three Cheers to Sri Promote Mahajan Rob Subscribers and Reward Staff: BSNL Bridging the Digital Divide Tariff Re-Balancing INDIA

22. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0722 2003 Universal Access Fund and Administration Radio Frequency Spectrum use and Regulation in India A Million Mobiles in Andhra Pradesh Limited Mobility-Unlimited Troubles Convergence and Migration to Unified Multiple Service Telecom Licences INDIA

23. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0723 2004 Reliance and the Mullahs International Calls “Treated” as Local Calls Telecom Equipment Production in India INDIA

24. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0724 2005 The Communist Onslaught on the TRAI and P-Telcos ITC’s E-Chaupal Pitroda’s Ascent and Decline Destruction of the BNSL 100 Million Phones INDIA

25. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0725 2006 People-Oriented Disinvestments in Bharat Sanchar How India Neglected Telecom R&D and Manufacturing Internet Access Bringing Social Economic Benefits Globally Information Society –E-Governance Making India a Knowledge Economy-2006 Rajiv Internet Kiosks Money making By Sale of 3G Spectrum ICTs and Family Life INDIA

26. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0726 2007 Who profits by Pivatisation Customer Behaviour- Problems Taxing the Telephone Service Economics of the Internet R&D in the Telecom Sector Access of Affordability INDIA

27. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0727 CTMS Publications 1. Are You Listening ? (1990) - Pages; 237 (The story of his struggles in the DOT to deliver service and not merely administer rules ) 2. Issues In Telecom De-Monopolisation In India (1999) - Pages 170 3. P-Telcos In India: Why Did India Get Them So Wrong? (2000) - Pages 720 4. ICTs for Classes and Masses ( 2004) - pages 352 5. India Under Strain (2002) - Pages 328 6. India! Speak Up !!( 2003) -Pages 344 7. India: Explorations(2004) -Pages 350 8. In True Conscience (2006) - Pages 314 & Journals: 1. ICTs and Society (formerly Journal of the CTMS) ( since Jan 1992) INDIA

28. THC_CTMSS359A_Oct 0728 Dhanyawad: Thank You INDIA