What TCIL can do for accelerated development in Africa

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What TCIL can do for accelerated development in
Africa

• WITFOR-2005
• Gaborone, Botswana
• By
• P. Ganesh
• Director (Technical)
• Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd. (TCIL)
• (A Govt.of India Enterprise)

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About TCIL

• TCIL was set up in 1978 by the Department of
  Telecom., Govt. of India to share the Indian
  expertise in Telecommunications globally.
• An ISO 90012000 certified, profit-making
  multi-national company with operation in over 50
  countries
• Presently offering consultancy and project
  execution services in Telecommunications and
  Information Technology
• Annual turnover US 150 million

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Objectives

• To provide world-class technology and Indian
  expertise globally in all fields of
  telecommunications and information technology.
• To sustain, expand and excel its operations in
  overseas/Indian markets by developing proper
  marketing strategies.
• To acquire State-of-the-Art technology on a
  continuing basis.

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Strengths of TCIL

• Efficient Project Management
• Experience of successfully managing a variety of
  projects in different cultural and physical
  environments in over 50 different countries,
  spread over the 5 continents
• Adaptable Cohesive Manpower
• Executed projects in extreme environmental
  conditions and hostile terrain in India abroad

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TCILs Range of Services in Telecommunications
IT

• Feasibility Studies
• Design
• Engineering
• Network Planning Development
• Turnkey Project Implementation
• Project Supervision
• Operation Maintenance
• Training
• Civil Architectural Consultancy

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Countries operated in

• AFRICAN CONTINENT
• Algeria Benin Botswana
  Cameroon
• Chad Comoros Ethiopia Ghana
• Ivory Coast Libya Madagascar Malawi
• Maldives Mauritius Mozambique Nigeria
• Niger Somalia Tanzania Zimbabwe
• EUROPEAN AMERICAN REGION
• Germany Ireland Netherlands U.K.
• U.S.A. Switzerland
• OTHER REGIONS
• Australia Bangladesh Bhutan Indonesia
• Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait
• Nepal Oman Palestine Saudi Arabia
• Singapore Sri Lanka Syria U.A.E.

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TCIL Operation in Africa

• ITU PROJECT
• Feasibility Study and preparation of business
  plan for RASCOM
• ALGERIA
• Consultancy to SONELGAZ for study, design and
  preparation of tender documents fore
  telecommunication network.
• Executing the major contracts awarded for Supply
  Installation of OPGW-based Network, Lashed
  Cables, Power Transmission Lines for Sonelgaz
• Architectural Consultancy for construction of
  four buildings in Ministry of Posts and
  Communications (MPTIC) cyber park.
• MOZAMBIQUE
• Executed project for Maintenance of Telephone
  exchanges.
• Local Line Network project, Pemba, Lichinga and
  Machipanda for USD 2.5 Mn.

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TCIL Operation in Africa

• BOTSWANA
• Executed several projects worth US 6.4 mn till
  date for Bostwana Telecommunication Corporation.
• Supply and Installation of Primary Secondary
  Cable Networks at Gaborone, Ramotswa and Lobatse
  .
• Upgradation of Local Network for the Southern
  Region in Botswana.
• ETHIOPIA
• SDH Microwave Transmission Projects for USD 3.5
  Mn.
• Outside Plant Network in NIFAS SILK Exchange USD
  3 Mn.
• Supply of Digital UHF Radio System for USD 3 Mn.
• Supply of VSAT Antenna Systems

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TCIL Operation in Africa

• MADAGASCAR
• Modernization of Telecom Network at Antananarivo
  and Toamasina and Supply and Installation of WLL
  system for USD 9 mn
• MALAWI
• External Plant Network valuing USD 19 mn funded
  by African Development Bank.

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TCIL Operation in Africa

• MAURITIUS
• Installation Testing Commissioning of Local
  Cable Network for USD 45 Mn.
• Supply Installation of Transmission Equipment
  (SDH System) for Mauritius Telecom Network
  Expansion Phase - II for USD 2 Mn.
• Subscriber Connections Installation of
  pair-gain systems for USD 2 Mn.
• Communication Cabling Infrastructure project for
  Prestigious
• Ebene Cyber City
• Consultancy for Crime Occurrence Tracking system
  for Mauritius Police Force

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TCIL Operation in Africa

• ZIMBABWE
• Telecom rehabilitation project for ZPTC.
• Provided Experts for Network Planning, Operation
  
• Maintenance.
• Matabeleland Digitalization Project for USD 70 M
  has been commissioned in 2000 OSP in 13 exchange
  area,
• Computerization of network including Customer
  Care
• Billing System, Switching Transmission
  during 1999 2002.

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TCIL Operation in Africa

• NIGER
• Modernization and extension of network in Niamey
  to build the civil engineering infrastructure for
  six exchange areas, for Euro 2.5 million.
• SWAZILAND
• Billing Mediation and Customer Care Billing
  System for Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications
  Corporation for USD 3.5 Mn in year 2003.
• TANZANIA
• Executed contract for External Plant Network
  valuing USD 11Mn funded by African Development
  Bank.

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TCIL Operation in Africa

• NIGERIA
• Establishment of Telecom Training Centers in Kano
  and Lagos, 1982-1986
• Training of 400 Nigerian Telecom Engineers and
  Technicians in Advanced Level Telecom Training
  Centre, New Delhi, India
• Maintenance of Telephone Exchanges.
• Rehabilitation and expansion of external plant
  network in Lagos Ikoy,for USD 12 Mn,funded by
  World bank.
• OFC Cable link Project along with Siemens.
• GHANA
• Telecommunication Expansion Project-II, External
  Plant Network, for USD 22 Mn. In 1993
• External Plant Project in Dansoman for USD 12 Mn.
  
• Design, Supply, Installation, Testing
  Commissioning of Copper Subscriber Access Network
  for USD 50 Mn.

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What TCIL can do !

• Pan-African Network
• e-Governance Infrastructure Projects
• Call Centre for farmers
• Computerization of post offices
• Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH)
• Supply of technically trained man-power
• Training and setting up of telecom/IT training
  centres

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Pan- Africa Project

• 53 PAN-African countries are to be connected
  through Satellite and Fiber optics links budget
  US50 Million for installation, initial
  operation and maintenance for 3 years.
• To provide Tele-education, Tele-medicine,
  Internet, Video-conferencing and VOIP services
  and
• To support e-governance, e-commerce,
  infotainment, resource mapping and meteorological
  services connectivity.
• HUB linked to Internet backbone through an ISP.
• VVIP Connectivity - Internet, VoIP and
  video-conferencing.
• 20 concurrent voice (VoIP) and 4 concurrent
  video-conferencing sessions.
• The network will connect
• - 5 universities to 53 learning centers
• - 10 Super Specialty Hospitals to 53 Remote
  Hospitals (Patient-End locations) in rural
  areas.

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• 43 Tele-medicine terminals are fixed terminals
  installed in Remote Hospital and 10 are mobile
  terminals installed in mobile vans.
• 10 Super Specialty Hospitals to will have the
  capability to provide the Continuing Medical
  Education (CME).
• 5 Tele-education studios with post-production set
  up, Non-linear editing facility at each of the
  universities and the appropriate Data centers.
• The network is designed to have 169 terminals and
  a central hub to deliver the services
• Use of INTELSAT/Other till INSAT capacity is
  available
• The Pan-African Hub will be linked with Indian
  Universities and Super Specialty Hospitals
  through Under-Sea Cable (Fiver Optics).
• VSAT hub Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa
  and Botswana.

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PAN-African Network
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Tele-medicine
Delivery of healthcare services

• To the rural and remote population
• By specialist doctors
• From a distance
• Using ICT for the exchange of information

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Patients end configuration
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Doctor-end Configuration
C Band Antenna and ODU
Multimedia Computer
IP Based Videoconferencing Equipment
LAN Switch
VSAT IDU (IP Based)
VOIP phone
UPS
CME Facility
Telemedicine Server
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Tele-medicine Benefits to Society

• Improved Access
• Health care to distant remote areas
• Accelerate diagnosis treatment by reducing time
  for
• the needy patients without long
  travel,waiting, etc.

2. Reduced necessity/cost of travel for
patient relatives 3. Reduced professional
isolation for rural doctors 4. Improved
quality of care enhanced decision-making between
patients and specialist doctors
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Major Applications of Telemedicine Technology

• Tele-consultation
• Tele-diagnosis
• Tele-treatment

Patient with the local doctor consults the
specialists for treatment
Continuing Medical Education, training for
doctors paramedics

• Tele-education
• Tele-training

• Tele-monitoring
• Tele-support

• Emergency care
• Disaster Management/Relief

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What TCIL will do

1. Establish the network for tele-medicine.
2. Provide technical infrastructure and training for
   effective utilization.
3. Provide satellite resources and technical support
   to run and maintain the network for three years
4. Provide connectivity to selected Super Specialty
   Hospitals in Africa/India.

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What recipient countries are required to do

• Identify and prioritise specific Remote Hospitals
  and Super Speciality Hospitals to be linked by
  Tele-medicine
• Identify the services to be provided by each
  Super Speciality Hospital.
• Plan for optimal utilisation of the network and
  resources
• Obtain regulatory clearances of the recipient
  country for setting up the network

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Tele-Education Concept

• Quality education in primary, secondary and
  collegiate levels in developing countries is
  constrained by non-availability of skilled
  teachers.
• Space communication, which is broadcast in nature
  can be used to spread education to any part of a
  country quickly and cost effectively.
• Broadcasting or interactive network
• The interaction could be audio/video.The schemes
  used are one-way video and two-way audio or
  two-way video and audio.
• Broadcast Network is used for primary education
  since the size of the network is large.
• Interactive network for teachers training and
  higher levels of education

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Tele-education network architecture
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Tele-education Teachers end
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Tele-education Remote classroom configuration
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Benefits of Tele-education to Society

• High quality education can be imparted uniformly
  from a central teaching-end/studio where good
  quality teachers can be brought together.
• Teachers can be trained periodically in the
  distance education mode.
• University education through a space-based
  network can make learn from the place you want
  and at the speed you want a reality.
• This can be used for informal education and adult
  literacy to improve the literacy levels of the
  community.

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What TCIL will do

• Establish the network for Tele-education.
• Provide technical infrastructure and training for
  effective utilization.
• Provide satellite resources and technical support
  to run and maintain the network for three years
• Provide connectivity to selected centres of
  excellence in Africa/India.
• Assist in content generation, if required.

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What recipient countries are to do

1. Identify and prioritise specific sectors to be
   addressed by tele-education
2. Prepare and provide appropriate educational
   material
3. Select the location of the uplink facility and
   the teaching end.
4. Select the locations of the various student end
   nodes
5. Plan for the optimal utilisation of network by
   full time utilisation
6. Regulatory clearances of the recipient country
   should be obtained

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e-Governance Infrastructure projects

• Consultancy services for setting up
• e-Governance networks covering voice, data and
  video for the Govt. of Indian states of
• Gujarat, Rajasthan,Tripura and Karnataka.
• e- Governance/ e-Commerce networks solution
  covering
• Information Kiosks which provides access to all
  limited information on services/products
  Anytime, Anywhere, Anyone
• Transaction Kiosks which provide facility to
  carry out on-line transactions for
  services/products offered.
• Web Portal

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TCIL e-Governance Projects

• Government of Gujarat
• Establishment of Gujarat State Wide Area Network
  (GSWAN)
• Third party inspection of Gujarat State Wide Area
  Network (GSWAN), etc.
• Integrated communication network in Gandhi Nagar
  for Gujarat Govt.
• Government of Jharkhand
• Modernisation of Jharkhand Police Communication
  System
• Implementation of Jharkhand State Information and
  Communication Network
• Government of Tripura
• Implementation of Tirpura State wide Area Network
• Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India
• Operation of Call Centre for Farmers

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State Wide Area Network for e-Governance
Voice Extension to local remote offices
VSAT
Video Conferencing Equipment
Internet/ Other Networks
Hotline
EPAX
1 to n Data Ckts to local remote offices
State level
1 to n Dial up Ckts
State Centre
NMS
Voice Extension to local remote offices
Hotline
District Level
E1 Fiber/Copper Links
EPAX
...
1 to n Data Ckts to local remote offices
District Centre 1
District Centre 25
2 Mbps leased lines (8 Mbps)
1 to n Dial up Ckts
Video Conferencing Equipment
Voice Extension to local remote offices
Taluka Level
64 Kbps leased lines (2 Mbps)
Taluka Centre n
Taluka Centre 1
1 to n Data Ckts to local offices
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State Wide Area Network
Design

• Single backbone for Voice, Data Video
• Industry standard protocols
• Scalability
• No. of Centres
• No. of Interfaces per Centre
• Bandwidth
• Redundancy
• Network elements to avoid single point failure
  causing total disruption of service
• Alternate Routes by connecting adjacent DCs
  whenever required
• Security
• Physical access
• Logical access

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Call Center for farmers (Toll free number 1551)
PSTN
Internet
Toll free lines
ACD
Switch
IVRS
Web server
ACD- Automatic Call Distributor IVRS- Interactive
Voice Response System
Agent
Agent
Level-1 Support
Agent
Voice communication through Conferencing
PSTN
Level-2 Support
Agriculture Experts at different locations
Level-3 Support
Respective Administrative Directorate through
letters/post
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Computerization of post offices

• TCIL and India Post have introduced new services
  like money transfer through satellite
  communication, satellite post, express parcel
  post, corporate money transfer etc.
• Consultancy for setting up Automatic Mail
  Processing Centre for INDIA POST
• Executed projects in Uzbekistan and in Maldives
  for computerisation of Postal service covering
• - Front office operation
• - Back office operation
• - Postal banking etc.

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Fibre-To-The-Home

• TCILs Fibernet solution, Fiber to the home
  (FTTH) is the ideal fiber optics architecture in
  which fiber deployment is carried all the way to
  the customer premises for high-speed data, voice
  services and high quality video services from a
  single source.
• Symmetric broadband services-
• Video conferencing, Intranet, Tele-consulting
• Asymmetric broadband services-
• High speed Internet,
• Digital broadcast services,
• Video on demand,
• Distance learning,
• Telecommuting, Telemedicine,
• Content based services.
• TCIL has commissioned FTTH for MoC Kuwait, and
  has order worth US17.85 million for FTTH project
  based on G-PON technology.

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Training

• Infrastructure to provide world-class ICT
  training to a large number of personnel at very
  low cost.
• TCIL provides training at
• ALTTC( Advanced Level Telecom Training Centre),
  Ghaziabad,
• RGMCTTC (Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Circle Telecom
  Training Centre), Chennai and
• CETTM (Centre for Excellence in Telecom
  Technology and Management), Mumbai.
• Trained engineers of Afghanistan, Ethiopia and
  Nigeria.
• Set up training centres in Afghanistan and Nigeria

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Supply of technically trained manpower

• TCIL can supply skilled ICT manpower at very
  competitive rates.
• TCIL has supplied the manpower for telecom and IT
  projects in Libya, United Nations, Kingdom of
  Saudi Arabia

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Thanks for the attention