Telecom India 2006

First time ever an international exhibition and conference being organised by Department of Telecommunications (DOT), Govt. of India in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Telecom Equipment Manufacturers' Association (TEMA) scheduled from December 14 - 16, 2006 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi which will focus on technology development & advancement in the Telecom sector including the equipment suppliers, component manufacturers, hardware & software solution providers. The possibilities for collaboration in the networking system shall also be explored where the local networking service providers can join hands with the global players in this field. Special emphasis will be given to the highly advanced telecommunication systems in defence sector (see www.getit.org for links to the official site where this info was taken from).

When I was in Tunisia at WSIS, what really fascinated me was not the booths from Intel or Microsoft displaying technologies they felt were useful to developing countries, but rather booths tucked away in corners that had small attempts by developing country companies to display technologies they had developed. Here are some photos of Indian companies. I had previously posted one regarding Wi-Fi Mesh technologies from South Africa.

Check out Tejas Networks from India photos with this post (equipment to light dark fiber) . They will also be exhibiting at World telecom in HK. Another company I met there was into DECT phones for "broadband access" and yet another village kiosks.