Lok Sabha Question No. 953 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: R&D in Telecom
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.953

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## R&D IN TELECOM

953. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government promotes or proposes to promote research studies in the area of telecom and relevant technology;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether educational institutions and other research institutes in the country are also involved in R&D in the sector; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the results achieved thereof so far?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)  &  (b):  Madam,  apart  from  Centre  for  Development  of  Telematics  (C-DoT)  which  is  the Telecom  Technology  Development  Centre  of  DoT  under  Government  of  India,  eight  Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOEs)  have  been  established by bringing together  Academic Institutions,  Telecom  Service  Providers  and  Government  with  the  objective  of  promoting development of new technologies to position India as a global leader in telecom innovation and a hub of telecom equipment manufacturing. Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) an attached office of  DoT  has  been  entrusted  with  the  functions  of  preparing  fundamental  technical  plans  and specification  of  common  standards  with  regard  to  Telecom  network  equipment,  services  & interoperability.  Moreover, Telecom Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI) has also been  formed  to  contribute  to  development  of  next  generation  telecom  standards  and  drive Intellectual Protection Rights (IPR) creation.
- (c) C-DOT constantly interacts with user industry sectors like Defence, IT, Telecom etc. to understand their emerging technology requirements and also interfaces / engages with other research institutions, premier academic institutions for joint development. Apart from C-DoT, the Department  through  TCOEs  has  organized  four  innovation  meets  by  bringing  together  the government, industry/associations, academic institutions, Venture Capitalists and entrepreneurs. These TCOEs have been co-located at 6 IITs ( Mumbai, Delhi, Madras, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Roorkee),  IISc  Bangalore  and  IIM  Ahmedabad  to  facilitate  constant  interaction  with  the Educational Institutes.
- (d) C-DoT  has  developed  and  transferred  the  technology  for  the  products  like  Terabit Router,  Giga-bit  Passive  Optical  Network  (GPON)  and  100  Gbps  Optical  Transport  Network (OTN) to be manufactured in the country. The TCOEs are involved in 89 R&D projects, out of which  42  have  been  completed  and  5  start-ups  incubated.  TCOEs  have  produced  80 technologies  out  of  which  four  have  been  commercialized.    TCOE  India  has  also  initiated  a venture  capitalist  supported  programme  called  Innovation  in  Mobile  Application  Development Ecosystem. TSDSI members have submitted India Specific requirements resulting in technical contributions  to  3 rd Generation  Partnership  Project  (3GPP)  which  are  being  discussed  in  the framework of 4G and Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) standards for possible adoption.

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