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.

Green Energy BS_23Aug_Update -PDF

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (CSIR-NISTADS), invited SESEI on 6th August 2013to make a presentation on EU standards.

SESEI presented a detailed presentation on the importance of standards in relation to globalisation, emerging technologies, trade and to bring economies of scale into the market.

Presentation by SESEI generated a lot of interest, especially amongst the students, helping them to realise the role of standards in a larger perspective. Institute has asked SESEI to share an article on standards. SESEI informed the organizer that LO approval is pending and once in place an article will be shared along with a regular quarterly newsletter on EU Standards and Policy updates.

CSIR NISTADS 2013 -PDF

SESEI conducted a webinar for India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF) members on Smart Grid and efforts and the European standardisation bodies in the area. The highlights of the webinar are as under;

• During the webinar members showed interest and asked how best they can co-operate and collaborate on this subject. SESEI suggested following way forward;

• SESEI with the help of its European Stakeholders will be happy to work with ISGF and share all the progress done until now on this subject.
• ISGF shall involve all other stakeholders such as Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Industry. They shall also generate a similar report for India as done in EU and presented during this webinar. This report shall become basis of standards adoption, development, etc. for Indian Market by BIS.
• Project SESEI is also closely working with BIS. BIS shall take this subject and start working on it with ISGF and Industry.

• Copy of this webinar has been uploaded to the SESEI website, just click here.
Updates on Smart Grids in Europe -PDF

• Webinar on Smart Meter & e-Mobility is proposed for future possibilities.

• During this webinar, It is noticed that BIS is actively working with IEC/TC57 and PC118 on this subject and it appears that PC118 next meeting in March’2014 will be hosted in India by CPRI
SESEI will continue working on this subject with forums, industry and standards bodies in India and align the EU standards and excellent work done on this smart grid, smart meter and e-mobility areas.

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LTE has now been embraced as the future of commercial wireless communications by most operators in the world and India is no different, Early 2012 India has witnessed first commercial LTE launch. The number of LTE subscribers is set for dynamic growth in the next five years, as operators build and trial LTE in order to cope with the increasing demand of data traffic on their networks. The proposed successful launch of a number of LTE networks in India is driving ever greater adoption of 4G services.
Cerebral Business research organized 3rd LTE Summit 2013 on 19th April 2013 at Mumbai in association with 3rd Generation Partnership Projects (3GPP) and Broadband Wireless Consortium of India (BWCI).
3rd LTE Summit 2013 provided a perfect platform the entire LTE ecosystem to come together to search for new partners and learn from the market leaders about their deployment experiences and unparalleled breadth and depth of discussion around the positive future prospects of mobile broadband in India.
SESEI addressed an audience of 150 delegates from the industry and presented;

• 3GPP scope, approach, objective,
• RAN and SA Updates including
• Project SESEI

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M2M technologies, allows both wireless and wired systems to communicate with other devices / systems of the same ability. Innovative applications like smart cars, connected homes, smart metering, remote management and industrial data collection would be the major revenue drivers of service providers worldwide in the future.

India being one of the fastest growing & largest telecom market place in the world, realizes importance of machine-to-machine ( M2M ) market which is growing worldwide at a fast pace.

The M2M Conclave provided a world class platform for understanding business value proposition of M2M and how M2M technologies and applications will help businesses to fuel growth and productivity.

SESEI attended the M2M Conclave as an inaugural speaker organized by M/s Cerebral Business Research. More details at (http://www.cerebralbusiness.com/m2m/conference.asp) and presented M2M standards status and M2M partnership project. SESEI presentation was very well appreciated and lot of people/companies showed interest to work together.

Panel discussions were held on;

a) “India Specific Strategies for Successful Monetization of M2M Opportunities to Achieve Fast Revenues”

b) “Killer Applications in M2M Value Chain for Achieving Fast Customer Adoption in India”.

Lot of discussion focused around M2M application suitable for India, including Smart Meter, Smart Grid etc., were also held