Mobile India 2016 @ Bengaluru

Mobile India 2016 CoChairs Dr V Sridhar and Dr D Manjunath from IIIT Bengaluru strike a pose after the conclusion of the discussion forum that took up challenges facing the fledgling App Economy in India, driven by fast-paced mobile adoption, and the consequent data boom. The many pieces of Digital India including the challenging OTT-Telco relationship, the innovative start ups and the regulatory that needs to keep pace all came up for discussion.

The speaker line-up (as seen in a snapshot from one of the panels) included, Anil Kaushal, Member, TRAI, Vipin Tyagi, Executive Director, C-DOT, P.K. Garg, Former Wireless Adviser, GoI; and For- mer Member, Radio Regulations Board, ITU, Geneva, Vimal Wakhlu, Chairman & Managing Director, TCIL, T.R. Dua, Director General, Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association India and and Co- Chair ITU APT Foundation of India, Dr. Shailendra Hajela, Chairman, ITU APT Foundation of India among others from the industry from companies such as Symantec and Cisco.