SESEI was invited by the FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organizations) to give a talk and make a presentation on the European Standards, Policy & Regulations for Indian Exporters. SESEI as key speaker at the session covered European Standards, Policy & Regulations and through this presentation provided a comprehensive view of the European Standards, policy and legislation. Also used this opportunity for clarifying issues concerning regulatory and policy environment and the Trade barriers. SESEI plans to maintain a continuous dialogue with FIEO for such activities in future.

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SESEI was invited to participate as a speaker in the panel discussion/session on ‘Standards Development for M2M’ during the event of India M2M Forum 2014 as organized by http://m2mpaper.com/

This event gave an opportunity to present before the gathering “Importance of standards in M2M” and the need to have globally harmonized open standards in M2M.

SESEI discussed and presented the latest standardization work being developed at ETSI, and in the oneM2M partnership project. SESEI also urged the Indian standardization community and Ministry to join OneM2M as soon as possible for actively participate in this global M2M development initiative. SESEI will continue to work towards spreading information and awareness on ETSI’s M2M standards.

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This annual ETSI Security Workshop has built a reputation of being a premier event on Security. It brings together the latest from those developing International Standards and security experts to discuss recent developments, share knowledge, identify gaps and co-ordinate on future actions and work areas.

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The 6th ETSI Workshop on Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is scheduled for 12-13 February 2014. The event, kindly hosted by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (DE) will take place in the city of Berlin, Germany.

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On the occasion of India Telecom 2013, an annual event hosted by the Ministry of Communications & IT and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry [FICCI] from 5th to 7th December 2013, Mr. Joachim Koss, Director Standardization M2M, Gemalto & ETSI Board Member was invited to present and deliberate ETSI view and work in the field of standardization during the session on “M2M Standardization , Smart Cities and Internet of Things”.

On 5th December 2013, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, inaugurated the “India Telecom 2013”, at Vigyaan Bhavan, New Delhi. This year the theme of the show was “From Internet of People to Internet of Things”. Mr. Koss along with SESEI attended the inaugural ceremony, which provided Mr. Koss an opportunity to meet with many Government and Industry representatives associated with M2M and ICT. Following up the inaugural session, the conference kick started with Mr. Joachim Koss participation in the Session I panel: “Realizing the benefits of M2M, Smart Cities and The Internet of Things”. The session was chaired by Mr. M.F. Farooqui, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Government of india (GoI) and moderated by Mr. R M Agarwal, DDG (NT), Department of Telecommunications. Mr. Koss gave an update on ETSI’s M2M activities and the recent establishment of the OneM2M Partnership Project, an initiative supported worldwide by different regional standardization communities and presented an overview of its work program. Session had a good deliberation around the list of questions/clarification compiled by Department of Telecom after reviewing the feedback/response submitted by Industry towards the open consultation Questionnaire – M2M communication in India of DoT, launched in September 2013. Mr. Koss also attended the Session II on “Enabling policy framework for next phase of telecom revolution” and found the deliberation between the Policy maker, academia and Industry association extremely interesting.

On 6th December 2013, SESEI arranged a meeting with Mr. R. M. Agarwal, DDG (NT), Department of Telecommunications, GoI to have detailed discussions on the M2M Standards and to assess how India could participate in global initiatives such as the oneM2M project. Mr. Koss further highlighted the progress made by oneM2M project and advised DoT to study all the work done by this oneM2M project and wait for the closure of M2M Architecture expected to be released by Mid of next year. During this meeting Project SESEI was also introduced highlighting ETSI’s local presence in India as SESEI and updated the participants on its progress made. Meeting was attended by Director (NT), DoT, DDG (S&D) from Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) with their team members responsible and working on this subject of M2M in India. A lot of queries raised and answered by both Mr. Koss and Mr. Sharma. SESEI assured all its support on this subject being available locally. Meeting ended with a very positive note from DDG (NT).

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On the occasion of The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (“ETSI”) General Assembly held on 22nd November 2013 at Mandelieu France a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between ETSI and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). Mr. Rajan S. Mathews, Director General COAI and Mr. Louise Jorge Romero, DG ETSI, formally signed the MoU representing their respective organisations.

ETSI undertakes pre-standardization and standardization activities in areas common to telecommunications, information technology, sound and television broadcasting. ETSI aims to produce globally applicable standards and is the recognized European Standardization Organization for telecommunications. Whereas the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is one of the leading Indian Industry association dedicated to the advancement of modern communication through the establishment of a world-class cellular infrastructure and to delivering the benefits of affordable mobile communication services to the people of India.

The main aim of signing the Memorandum of Understanding between ETSI and the COAI is the commonality of purpose and objective to perform and promote, directly or indirectly, regional and international standardization with the aim of contributing to the establishment of a global information infrastructure.

ETSI and the COAI have a reciprocal interest in avoiding duplication of technical work and would both benefit from adopting a complementary approach to the standardization process in the domains of mutual interest especially Green Energy / Energy Efficiency, Telecom Security, Smart Grid / Smart Meter, M2M, Intelligent Transport, etc. ETSI, through their local representative SESEI based in New Delhi, and COAI will work together through entering into the MoU to strengthen their relationship and foster a closer co-operation on common agenda items between them and promote ETSI-India cooperation on standards related issues.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Luis Jorge Romero, ETSI Director General visited India on 7th and 8th November 2013 to attend the formal launch of TSDSI (Indian Telecom Standards setting organization) and participate in the Joint global SDOs (ETSI, ARIB, TTC, TTA and CCSA) Letter of intent (LoI) Signing Ceremony. To optimally utilize the visit of ETSI Director General, it was decided to organize meetings with important Indian stakeholders.

In view of the availability of limited time and the objective to be achieved, SESEI organized meetings with the Mr. Rajan S Mathews, Director General, COAI (Cellular Operators Association of India) and other senior officials in COAI and standardization experts from the vendor and operator community who are also the members of COAI. A meeting with the H.E. Mr. Joao Cravinho, Ambassador- Head of Delegation of the European Union to India was also scheduled to discuss the Project SESEI and seek cooperation and support for future activities such as the ETSI Seminar EU-INDIA dialogue planned for March 2014. An evening reception with senior officials from vendors and selected operators was also organized. On the second day of the visit ETSI DG, participated in the launch ceremony of TSDSI as one of the distinguished keynote speaker apart from signing a joint LoI. (Read more here).

All meetings were very successful and highly interactive. During the meetings held at COAI, operators and vendor representatives indulged in lively discussions on need for prioritizing specifications and standards setting procedures. All of these meetings and interactions provided an opportunity for the ETSI DG and SESEI to highlight the planned ETSI event and the future activities.

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The 77th General Meeting of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) was hosted by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi, India from 21st to 25th October 2013. On this occasion, a number of representatives from the 33 National Committees of CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization), their network and representatives from the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre (CCMC) participated in the IEC General Meeting in India. To utilize this visit most optimally SESEI organized a meeting between the CENELEC officials and the Indian Electrical Equipment Industry stakeholders in co-operation with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on ICTE Manufacturing.

The objective of the Interactive Session was to create awareness about the SESEI Project based in New Delhi, to raise awareness about the principles and functioning of the European Standardization System amongst the stakeholders, to explore areas for potential cooperation and to discuss open issues around standardization, trade etc.

The Interactive session was presided over by Mr. Tore Bloch Trondvold, CENELEC President, Ms. Elena Santiago, CEN and CENELEC Director General, and Dr. Ajay Kumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & IT, who very graciously agreed to be the Guest of Honour For the” Interactive Session”.

A consolidated list of more than 200 participants was prepared jointly by SESEI and CII from Indian Industry, Relevant Indian authorities/administration, and Relevant representatives of European interests in India. Confirmation of Participation received from 75 delegates and 65 delegates turned out for the session.
The Interactive Session was very successful with equal participation from both the European as well as Indian community. The presentation from Ms Elena Santiago, Director General, CEN and CENELEC and Mr Tore Bloch Trondvold, President CENELEC were well received by all delegates. Delegates also appreciated the standardization project initiated by European Standardization bodies i.e. Project SESEI on standards. During the open interaction, delegates asked many questions to the esteemed panel and expressed their appreciation for establishing Project SESEI

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SESEI attended the Pacific Telecommunications Council India Foundation (PTCIF) seminar as a speaker in the inaugural session held on 27th September 2013 and presented Machine to Machine (Machine Type Communication) status update as done by ETSI TC M2M, OneM2M partnership project and 3GPP. It was well received and appreciated by the participants.

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SESEI attended event on Green Energy India, 2ndInternational Conferenceas a ‘distinguished Inaugural Speaker” and talked about Smart Economy – Role of standards “covering:

• European prospective and progress on Green Energy related efforts with world context, EU policy initiative
Information as shared during this presentation by SESEI was very well acknowledged and lot of interest was developed especially on standards from Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Telecom Engineering center.
SESEI will continue working with TEC on this subject of Energy Efficiency and with BIS, ISGF and Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for Smart Grid, Meter and Electrical Vehicle etc.

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