Digital revolution is helping India march towards a digitally connected nation by harnessing
power of technology led innovations. Our citizens are increasingly getting connected via cutting
edge technologies like 4G and WiFi which are helping them in improving and empowering their
lives.
As per latest estimates, India has deployed around 125,000 public WiFi hotspots thanks to
government and other industry stakeholders. These initiatives of providing broadband
connectivity particularly in rural India has helped tremendously in providing digital centric
information and services to our citizens. Besides, there are multiple initiatives driven by the
stakeholders for providing broadband access in schools, hospitals, hospitality, of�ices, homes
which is helping in boosting the uptake of WiFi led technologies in the country.
However India still has a long way to go since there's a sizeable population spread across the
country which needs to be connected via broadband. Therefore the vision laid down by the
Government in National Digital Communications Policy 2018 for deploying 10 million WiFi
hotspots by 2022 needs to be realized for connecting the un-connected and creating a new age
India.
Keeping this in view, some of the recent announcements by Ministry of Communications and
Electronics & IT appear to be in the right direction and much needed. These initiatives are focused
namely around providing high speed broadband access by installing 500,000 WiFi hotspots in
rural India, Commissioning 100,000 digital villages and Providing digital delivery of services. All
these steps will help in creating a robust digital infrastructure for empowering & transforming
lives of citizens in rural India and act as a powerful medium for creating a new age India.
DigiAnalysys, being a knowledge led news platform has been covering every single development
related to India's WiFi sector over the past few years. We are also the proud organizers of India's
largest conference on WiFi sector held annually in New Delhi. The event is an excellent platform
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which highlights key trends and developments of the WiFi sector via thematic knowledge based
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KEYINDUSTRYSTATISTICSBharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) has installed 44,140 WiFi hotspots in Gram
Panchayats with an aim to deploy additional hotspots across the country via Bharatnet project.
BSNL has already deployed 47,000 public WiFi hotspots till date. The company has announced an
initiative to increase access to its WiFi footprint in the country by partnering with Google so that
people across the country will be able to enjoy BSNL's free WiFi services.
Reliance Jio has deployed more than 10,000 WiFi hotspots pan-India. The company plans to
deploy around 1.5 million WiFi hotspots at stadiums, housing complexes, bus stops, public parks
and tourist spots, schools and colleges, government buildings and other places in the country.
RailTel has provided free public WiFi service at 1,400 railway stations. The company has provided
high speed WiFi at 985 stations. In the next phase RailTel has roped in Tata Trust for providing
WiFi at remaining 4,791 B,C,D and E category stations across country. MTNL has deployed 5,000 WiFi hotspots in Mumbai and Delhi circle. These hotspots are deployed
in Government institutions as we as public places.
Facebook has deployed 700 Express WiFi hotspots in states of Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, and
Gujarat by signing with local ISPs. The company has also partnered with Bharti Airtel to launch an
additional 20,000 hotspots.
Around 4,000 WiFi hotspots were deployed at Kumbh Mela 2019 for providing high speed WiFi for
all pilgrims and visitors in the mela area.
Recently, Telecom Commission has also given a go ahead to in�light connectivity. With this, the
airlines and the telecom service providers can offer voice and data services in Indian airspace once
an aircraft reaches an altitude of 3,000 metres.
Globally, total public WiFi hotspots (including homespots) will grow 6-fold from 2016 to 2021
from 94 million in 2016 to 541.6 million by 2021 as per Cisco VNI report.
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REGISTRATION08:30 - 09:30
Inaugural Session & WiFi Leadership Awards
Theme: Leveraging WiFi for Building a New Age India- Where do we stand on WiFi hotspot deployment in the country?
- Steps taken by the government, large operators & other industry stakeholders
- Regulatory and policy framework
- How to make public WiFi interoperable?
- New WiFi technologies like WiFi6 which are secure and reliable
- Infrastructure sharing related to WiFi equipment such as WiFi router, access point and backhaul
- Expediting allocation of E-Band (71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz) and V-Band (57-64 GHz)
Panel Discussion I:12:20 - 13:20Theme: Wi-Fi Hotspots in Rural: Opportunities and Challenges
- Present status of WiFi Hotspots in Rural
- Provide WiFi hotspots in gram panchayats
- Utilizing infrastructure of digital villages
- Provide digital delivery of services using WiFi
- Applications which can be useful for public WiFi in villages
- Challenges which needs to be overcome for deploying WiFi Hotspots in rural
09:30 - 11:30
NETWORKING TEA/COFFEE BREAK11:30 - 11:50
Industry Presentations11:50 - 12:20
- Dinesh Tyagi, CEO, CSC SPV
- A Seshagiri Rao, CMD, TCIL
- TV Ramachandran, President, Broadband India Forum
- Ashwani Rana, Director – Public Policy, Facebook
- Rajat Kathuria, Director & CEO, ICRIER
- Vivek Banzal, Director – CFA, BSNL
- TR Dua, Director General, TAIPA
Speakers:
- Sarvesh Singh, CMD, BBNL
- Vipin Tyagi, Executive Vice President, C-DOT
- Puneet Chawla, CMD, RailTel
- Rajan S Mathews, Director General, COAI
- K Alagesan, CMD, ITI
- Sreeram GC, Advisor - Technology, Tata Trusts
- Aiyappan Pillai, Consultant - Technology, Tata Trusts
- Rajesh Chharia, President, ISPAI
- Shivaji Chatterjee, Senior VP, Hughes Communications India
- SN Gupta, Chairman, Bluetown India
- Abhishek Singh, COO, CSC Wi-Fi Choupal Project
- Sukrita Kaul Gupta, CTO, LMES
- Ankush Malhotra, Director & CEO, Maksat Technologies
Panelists:
Moderator- Pravin Prashant, Editor, DigiAnalysys
- Sunil Shinde, GM – Solution Consulting, D-Link India
- Sudarshan Boosupalli, Director & Country Head, Ruckus Networks
NETWORKING LUNCH 13:20 - 14:20
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Panel Discussion III:Theme: Public Wi-Fi Hotspots in Urban: Opportunities and Challenges- Learnings from Public WiFi hotpspots model deployed in different parts of India
- Learnings from WiFi deployment in Smart Cities Project
- Verticals where Public WiFi has done well say Railways, tourist, education, health, metro and others
- Will PDO Model work for public WiFi hotspots in urban?
- Successful international models which can be replicated in India
15:50 - 16:50
Industry Presentations14:20 - 14:50
Theme: Enterprise WiFi hotspots: Exploring Monetization and EnhancingCustomer Engagement
- Can enterprise WiFi act as a catalyst for increasing sales for hospitality, retail, education, sports & others?
- Can enterprise WiFi help in increasing consumer engagement as well as customer experience in
all verticals?
- Disruptive technology innovations by start-ups and leading WiFi players through ad-tech & analytics
- How enterprise WiFi can be made secure and reliable?
- Successful international models which can be replicated in India
Panel Discussion II:14:50 - 15:50
- Yugal Sharma, CEO, ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT
- Harish Chandra, CTO, Sarovar Hotels
- Udit Mehrotra, MD, Shyam Spectra
- JS Sodhi, Group CIO, Sr VP, Amity Education Group
- Paramjit Singh Puri, Global Senior Director, Wireless Broadband Alliance
- Natraj Akella, Head - Growth, i2e1
- Deepanshu Tyagi, Founder, Quantifi
Panelists:
- Shubha N Bhambani, Principal General Manager, BSNL
- Sridhar Kris, COO, Tikona Infinet
- Raj Sethia, CEO, Firefly
- Rakesh Kumar, CTO - Homes, Bharti Airtel
- Siddhartha Sastry, Business Head – Airports, D-VoiS Communications
- Vasudevan Venkatakrishnan, Business Development Director APAC, Ruckus Networks
- Divya Khemani Wadhera, Growth Manager, Facebook
- Rahul Johri, GM-Broadband, MTNL
Panelists:
Moderator- Anil Jain, Consultant
Moderator- Pravin Prashant, Editor, DigiAnalysys
- Sai Chakrawarthy, Founder & CEO, XiFi Smart Networks
- Paramjit Singh Puri, Global Senior Director, Wireless Broadband Alliance
VALEDICTORY REMARKS17:50 - 18:00
Panel Discussion IV:Theme: E-SIM/Inflight Connectivity/ Wi-Fi on the Move: Connecting the Dots- Inflight Connectivity in both commercial as well as chartered airlines
- Opportunities in Railways/ Metro WiFi, Commercial road mobility
- Maritime vessels connectivity for both Indian as well as International vessels
- Monetisation models related to E-SIM/Inflight Connectivity/WiFi
- Successful models which can be replicated in India
16:50 - 17:50
- N Jairam, Sr. Director - Enterprise Marketing, Hughes Communications India
- Raminder Singh, DGM-Engineering, Air India
- Nanda Kumar Krishnan, Electronik Lab
- Pradip J Nath, CEO, Nelco
Panelists:
Moderator- Pravin Prashant, Editor, DigiAnalysys
NETWORKING TEA/COFFEE 18:00 Onwards
PROGRAM AGENDA
WiFi Leader of the Year – RS Sharma, Chairman, TRAI
Best WiFi Startup – CSC Wi-Fi Choupal Services India
Best WiFi Service Provider – QuadGen Wireless Solutions
Best WiFi System Integrator – TCIL
Best Enterprise WiFi Product – Ruckus Networks
Best Cloud WiFi Solution – XiFi Smart Networks
Best Carrier Grade WiFi Product – UTStarcom India Telecom
Best Home WiFi Product – D-Link (India)
Best WiFi Innovation – Reliance Jio and Sterlite Technologies
Best Public WiFi Project – BSNL
Best Smart City WiFi Project – L&T SW&C
Best Enterprise WiFi Project – Amity University
Best Social WiFi Project – ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT
Best Make in India WiFi Company – Maksat Technologies
Best WiFi Monetisation Solution – BSNL and LMES
Best WiFi OSS/BSS Solution – Inventum Technologies
Most Promising WiFi Brand – Shyam Spectra
Editor’s Choice for Best WiFi Security Brand – Aruba (A HPE Company)
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