FTTH Council Asia Pacific in association with Bharat Exhibitions organised the India Summit 2011 on 9th December 2011 at Shangri-La Hotel, New Delhi. The Summit with the theme of "Driving Inclusive Growth through FTTH Broadband" discussed the technology developments and challenges, business strategies and market opportunities in the current Indian Broadband landscape. Rather than merely focusing on operational or technical issues, the summit investigated how the business of broadband was being strategised; namely how companies were marketing their broadband solutions and creating their business strategy in this tough environment.

The 8th edition of this event brought together the who's who of the Telecom world, including industry leaders, customers, venture capitalists, analysts, government officials etc. It provided a detailed insight into the dynamics of the broadband industry. Sharing and gaining this type of valuable information proved to be mutually beneficial to everyone that participated in this unique event.

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Govt. of India convened the 12th meeting of ITU-R Working Party 5D from 12-19 October 2011 at Intercontinental The LaLit Goa Resort, Goa, India. Bharat Exhibitions was appointed as an Event Manager for the same.

This conference focused on the following:

• Data Center design and challenges faced by the organizations - What are the alternatives to owning and running your own data center?
• How to fine tune Data Centre performance.
• Cloud and Data Centre Architecture.
• Energy efficiency metrics.
• Optimising your IT infrastructure and network security.
• Cloud computing and virtualisation on facility and IT infrastructure configuration.
• Meeting your organisation's data centre and infrastructure needs.
• Exploring options for outsourcing - collocation and managed services.
• Avoiding interruption of power supply - the latest innovations in UPS design explained.
• Assessing business growth and IT usage and operation needs to inform you data centre strategy.
• Analysis of the financial and business benefits of outsourcing.

This conference witnessed key stake holders from across the country present their business plans, future applications, and promotion strategies. The conference offered a powerful forum to understand what service would provide the most value to the user and also the technical & policy issues that need to be considered to ensure the success of the 3G penetration in India.

Green Telecom India 2011 International Conference offered vital information which addressed adoption and deployment of energy efficient and eco-friendly telecom network infrastructure - with key focus on cost reductions, power saving, cooling and energy efficiency. The conference focused on the business opportunities and challenges associated with improving the energy efficiency of fixed and mobile telecom networks, reducing associated carbon emissions, and utilizing renewable power sources such as solar energy, wind energy, and fuel cells.

This conference focused on the following topics:

• Transforming the Enterprise into a Cloud.
• Cost Optimization as Major Architectural Considerations for Cloud Applications.
• How to Provide Business Services in a Disruptive Cloud Environment?
• Cloud Computing: Innovation Management is Key.
• Scaling Your Database in the Cloud.
• How to Get Hybrid Clouds Right the First Time?
• Monetizing the Cloud: A Fresh Look at Billing.
• How Cloud and Virtualization Are Changing the Way Business and IT Will Interact?
• Cloud Forensics: Challenges and Opportunities.

Into its successful 10th edition - the convention created Asia's best MVAS forum in India where the participants had the fantastic opportunity to experience new revenue generating strategies and learn innovative business models! It provided a useful & powerful forum for organisations to:

• Examine what types of innovative service offerings are most appealing to Indian consumers.
• Value proposition for 3G enabled Rural VAS in villages.
• Develop marketing strategies in order to incite the user to use advanced data services.
• Develop innovative marketing tools for boosting the penetration of Mobile VAS usage in smaller cities and rural areas.
• What is the untapped potential for mobile content and entertainment in India?
• Mobile games - location tracking - mobile banking - mobile advertising - content security.

Keeping in mind all the market trends Mobile Payment India 2011 conference brought together industry experts and representatives from leading financial institutions, mobile operators and solutions' providers, providing a strategic insight into m-payments and m-banking market, exploring collaborative business models, innovative applications, technologies and strategies.

Recently there had been much talk about the evolution of mobile telecommunications systems to the next generation and about the applicability of a series of new standards in India. The evolution proposed was of GSM / UMTS / HSPA towards LTE and LTE-Advanced. The responsibility for the creation of the specifications rested within the standardization body 3GPP. The Workshop informed the Indian Telecom Industry about the latest developments taking place within the 3GPP Specifications Groups and give the status of Release 10 and Release 11 work.

This conference provided an update on the mobile broadband, current capabilities, the eco-system, drivers and directions for future evolution to the next generation/LTE and beyond. It highlighted and discussed services and applications, business models, and challenges including solving spectrum needs for capacity and coverage requirements.

The CTO Panel Discussion titled "The Future of Wireless" was organized by Bharat Exhibitions in association with CNBC TV18. It was an exclusive gathering of select invitees to address opportunities and challenges facing the Indian telecom industry.

India's only business event on Managed Services provided a useful & powerful forum for organisations to:

• Examine the current potential & development of Managed Services in India.
• Evaluate opportunities for reducing OPEX and CAPEX through network sharing.
• Develop managed service and outsourcing models that optimise the balance between costs, quality of service and flexibility.
• Gain proven industry insights on cost impacts and the value proposition of Managed Services for Operators in India.
• Analyse & understand a sustainable business model for Managed Services and Network Sharing in India.
• Understand Regulatory & telecom ministry perspective on governing the Managed Services in India.
• Evaluate effective SLAs and measurable KPIs on Managed Services in India.

Wireless VITAE is the only international conference broadly addressing the wireless developments in the world by merging the communities from four different IEEE societies. The theme of the Second International Wireless VITAE conference was Global, Personalised, Cloud and Green Communications. The conference addressed the trends, challenges and future roadmaps within a conglomerate of existing and novel wireless technologies, including cellular, short-range, sensor and embedded ones. Cognitive and self-organizing networks, Internet of Things, positioning and localization, recent advances in information theory and its applications, space technology for very high data rates, and techno-economic aspects of telecommunications were part of the scope, among others.

The Infofriend South ICT Awards acknowledged the companies and individuals that pushed the boundaries of excellence - rose above competition and demonstrated outstanding performance in the Information and Communications Technology sector in India. The Awards attracted leading names in technology onto a single platform to compete for the most coveted titles in the ICT sector.

The 9th Successful Edition of the Convention offered a useful & powerful forum for organisations to discuss:

• Mobile games - location tracking - mobile banking - mobile advertising - content security
• Worldwide Trends in VAS & the implications for India.
• The Role of Mobile Operators in delivering mobile content.
• Future Models for mobile content commerce & distribution.
• The Role of Aggregators, Labels & third party content providers.
• VAS as a tool for improving customer & brand loyalty.
• 3G & Mobile Broadband as a tool for boosting Mobile VAS usage in India.