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The 6th Meeting of the Conference Preparatory Group for WRC-23 (APG-6) will be held in Brisbane, Australia, from August 14th to August 19th, 2023, and the deadline for submission of contributions to the APG-6 meeting from administrations is August 7th, 2023.
Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) has invited contributions for APG-6 meetings from administrations on various WRC-23 agenda items and issues related to RA-23, if any, to finalize the preliminary APT Common Proposals (PACPs). This will be the final APG meeting before WRC-23, which will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from November 20 to December 15, 2023.
To facilitate efficient preparation of input contributions by the Indian administration, IAFI will hold its 6th preparatory workshop for WRC-23 on July 13 and 14, 2023. This workshop has been planned to discuss these contributions and arrive at a consensus industry draft for submission to the Indian Administration. This workshop will also focus on an overview of WRC-23 preparatory activities, and satellite services at WRC-23, along with the future agenda items for WRC-27.
The event will bring together Senior Government Officials from DoT, TEC, ISRO, DOS, BSNL, etc. along with top-level executives and decision makers from following industries:
He is presently working as Senior Deputy Wireless Advisor in the Satellite Division of Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing in the Department of Telecommunication, Government of India. He has 25 years of experience in spectrum management and has worked in almost every domain of Spectrum Management including wireless monitoring. He is a Graduate Engineer in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering and also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Policy Management. He has relentlessly worked to bring Government closer to the people. Mr. Pattanaik was instrumental in leading a team to develop the necessary spectrum planning and Pan-India frequency deployment plan for private FM Broadcast expansion in 2015. Currently, Mr. Pattanaik is the Co-Chair of APG-23 Study Group 4 on Satellite Related issues, and vice chair of ITU Study Group 3.
Amit Gulati is a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from the North Maharashtra University and Masters in Business Administration from Faculty of Management Studies. He is an officer from the Indian Radio Regulatory Service and has over 22 years of experience in spectrum management in various domains including Spectrum monitoring. He is currently the Senior Deputy Wireless Advisor in the Satellite Division of the Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing in the Department of Telecommunications, looking after key issues such as policy issues relating to frequency assignment of existing and new satellite networks, and Satellite Network Filing.
"Currently, he is working as a Senior Deputy Wireless Advisor in the WPC Wing. He coordinates on various radio-frequency spectrum issues with stakeholders to frame our country views for International bodies, such as ITU-R, APT etc. He has played an important role in formulating National Frequency Allocation Plan-2018. He was involved in drafting Indian contributions to WRC-19 and has also participated in WRC-19 He also worked in Wireless Monitoring Organization, DoT where he was involved in carrying out monitoring of radio-frequency spectrum.
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Purwar focuses his practice on Infrastructure in general and Communications/Broadcasting and IT/ITES in particular. Currently, he is involved in helping develop an appropriate Regulatory environment, Corporate Restructuring and Dispute Resolution in the Telecom sector. He also handles Debt Financing, Refinancing, Mergers & Acquisitions and licensing of Telco’s. Having worked for over three decades and grown to the top in the Department of Telecom, which was till recently the policy maker, the regulator & the operator, all rolled into one, Purwar has had exposure in all aspects of Telecom functioning. He has played a key role in the process of Telecom privatization as also in the development of the Regulatory regime. He has closely monitored the development of number portability regulations and has attended consultation processes. He, when in Department of Telecommunications in senior positions, advised on setting up of telecom regulator created in 1997, called TRAI, has overseen privatization of telecom in India for which he was sent to attend a crash course in 1992 in Washington DC. He has been involved in formulation of first National Telecom Policy (NTP) in 1994 and contributed a great deal in bringing about required changes in NTP in 1999 to address the challenges faced by new telecom service providers. He also assisted in revision of TRAI Act in 2000 to separate its administrative functions from the judicial leading to setting up of Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal. After retirement he has taken up a career in law as an expert corporate lawyer in telecom and has been contributing in the development of appropriate regulatory regime through active and regular participation in the activities for a strong regulator
S Somanath joined ISRO in 1985 and has since then served in many positions at LPSC and VSSC including Project Manager-Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), Deputy Director for Structures Entity/Propulsion & Space Ordnance Entity, and Project Director, Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV Mk-III).
He was associated with Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) project during its initial phase and was the Deputy Director of Propulsion and Space Ordinance Entity till November 2014.
In June 2015, he served as the Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) which is responsible for the design and realization of liquid propulsion systems for launch vehicle and spacecraft programs.
S Somanath was previously associated with the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) as its Director. VSSC is the lead centre of ISRO responsible for the design and realization of launch vehicles.
Jitendra Singh has been working with Qualcomm since 2009. His responsibilities include interfacing with regulatory and policy making agencies in the region on behalf of Qualcomm. Jitendra has more than 30 years of experience in the field of communications management. Prior to his appointment at Qualcomm he served in the government. He has been actively involved in National Working Groups of the ITU-R in India and has been a key contributor in all the Standards related activities of the Industry. This includes the advocacy and planning of identification of additional spectrum for IMT and mobile broadband at various forums – National as well as Global. He had been an active contributor by introducing a number of papers in ITU-R on behalf of India. He plays a key role in APT region telecom industry coordination activities. He is part of many industry associations. He has created and submitted many spectrum policy related papers in ITU and APT on behalf of India. He also heads GSA India team.
Dr. Sendil Devar is currently responsible for leading standardization and spectrum engagements in India. He works closely with the national, regional and global working groups related to standards and spectrum matters. He actively contributes towards national preparatory views towards the ITU-R, APT, AWG and WRC.
He actively contributed in the IMT-2020 process. At Ericsson, he is focused on future spectrum that are subject of the World Radio Conference and support for technical studies.
He was awarded Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Wireless Communication from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Prior to Ericsson, he worked with research organizations including Samsung R&D, Centre of Excellence of Wireless Technology and Telecom Centre of Excellence. He had contributed to standardization development in both 3GPP2 and 3GPP for HRPD, HSDPA, LTE. He also has a career stint as a mentor in a patent service organization dealing with patents for 4G standards and high-tech industries.
She has global responsibility for licensing and authorisations and participates in related ITU-R work. She has a PhD in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy) and many years of experience working in the industry and academic/research world. Her experience covers satellite/terrestrial telecommunication systems and spectrum management and engineering. She is the author of several research papers in the area of radio propagation and she has worked for Inmarsat, British Telecom, NASA and Polytechnic of Turin.
Peng is heading the APAC Government Affairs team in OneWeb. He is an experienced telecom public policy executive, with focus on licensing and spectrum policy for both mobile and satellite industries, advising governments and telecom industry globally.Before joining OneWeb, Peng was responsible for the GSMA's global campaign ensuring optimal licensing conditions for mobile operators. He was leading a team of policy experts across Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle-East to engage policy makers and regulators, and advocated for industry's best practices on telecom policy.He recently obtained an Executive MBA at London Business School. He has an engineering background, and hold an MS in Telecommunication Systems from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne. Besides English, he speaks French and Mandarin fluently.
Cristian leads the APAC regional engagement with governments on policy and regulatory matters as part of the Viasat team. He has over 20 years of experience in wireless policy and spectrum regulation. Prior to joining Viasat, Cristian held senior policy and regulatory roles within the ITU Radiocommunication Bureau, the mobile industry and the New Zealand spectrum regulator. He has represented New Zealand at WRCs and Asia Pacific regional forums including APT.
Had been a senior ITS officer with DoT/BSNL/MTNL and also with private sector after retirement, with deep and broad experience of 53 years in Telecom/Networking field encompassing all functions.
Shiro Fukumoto is the Director of Standardization Department at SoftBank Corp. and assumes a similar role at HAPSMobile, responsible for spectrum-related international standardization activities in ITU-R, APT and 3GPP for both companies. He has around 15 years experience in the telecommunications sector addressing regulatory and technology standardization aspects. He played a leading role in key discussions on HAPS at WRC-19, ITU-R and APT, making major contributions to the establishment of WRC-23 agenda item 1.4 (additional identifications of HAPS frequency bands) as an APT rapporteur, and he is now leading the discussion of ITU-R proposals in HAPS Alliance Telecom Working Group as a leader of ITU Taskforce.
Bashir Patel is Inmarsat’s Regional Advisor for the South Asia, Middle East and Africa (SAMEA) region. He is widely recognized as a highly experienced executive in ICT, satellite systems and defence aerospace. He has over 35 years experience in the high tech industry, working mainly in the telecom sector including satellites and defence industries, both in management consulting as well as in regional regulatory policy, business and market development. He has been working with the Governments throughout the regions and launched satellite communications technologies as far back as mid 1980’s. He is a passionate technologist with experience gained from his time spent in advance aerospace projects in BAe Systems, Inmarsat, ICO Global Communications and prior to re-joining Inmarsat in 2013 as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), dealing with 54 Commonwealth Governments around the world.
The total experience of Mr. Dua accounts to more than 35 years in the telecom sector. His experience includes all facets of telecom be it Product Development, Business Development, Telecom Licensing, Regulatory issues with respect to interconnection / roaming / unified licensing and infrastructure sharing / Mobile Number Portability, Spectrum Management, Spectrum Related Issues Like Spectrum Pricing, Efficient Utilization and Spectrum reframing, finalization of joint ventures, Technical collaboration, Introduction of new product, Launch of cellular services in India and finalization of licence agreements / interconnect agreements etc.Over the years in the industry, Mr. Dua have held prestigious positions as Director in leading telecom companies like Bharti Airtel Ltd., Shyam Telecom Ltd., Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Vice Chairman and Global ICT Standardization Forum for India.Mr. Dua is an engineering graduate with diploma in Business Management and export Marketing.
Mr. Bharat Bhatia has over 45 years of experience in Telecom and ICT policy, regulations and spectrum management.He is the President of ITU-APT Foundation of India and Vice Chairman of the World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF) for the Asia Pacific. Mr. Bhatia also chairs the PPDR working groups under ITU and APT. Earlier he was also the President of TEMA – India’s Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association and Vice President of ATIS -Association of Telecom Industries of Singapore. Mr. Bhatia was earlier heading the international spectrum team of Motorola Solutions Inc. where he worked for over 20 years. Prior to that, he was a senior regulator with the Indian Government for 22 years as a spectrum regulator and Telecom policy specialist and was actively involved in opening of the Indian telecom to the private sector, including the licensing of first ever GSM metro cellular in India through a beauty contest in 1992. He was also a key architect of India’s first ever National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) in 1981 and the first ever published NFAP in 2000. Mr. Bhatia actively participates in various ITU and APT meetings and has attended all World Radio Conferences during the last 20 years.He was the key originator of ITU World Radio Conference Resolutions on PPDR, which were adopted at WRC-2003 and WRC-2015.Mr. Bharat Bhatia holds a B. E. degree from University of Delhi in Electronics and Telecommunications and is a fellow member of IETE, the Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers. He did his Foundational Course from Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in 1976.
Prof. N K Goyal is President, CMAI association of India Associated with several industry associations.Former GM HP Electronics Dev Corpn. & President HFCL.Actively engaged in ICT, Mobile, Telecom, Education, Alternate Energy, Multimedia, Infrastructure & Education Sectors.Known for delegations to various Countries and receiving incoming delegations. Representing on more than 180 Government Committees, Groups and very deeply involved in Policy Formulations on Telecom, Mobile, IT, Education.Industry Academic Interface, Guest Speaker, National Vocational Courses with AICTE/MHRD in InstitutesSignature events are NTA ICT World Communication Awards and National Education Awards (at National and State Levels), presented by Secretary General, International Telecom Union, Geneva; Head of Commonwealth Telecom organisation, UK, Ministers from India, Africa etc. And ICOMM, the only exhibition for mobiles held every year in India, China at Shenzhen and Shanghai.In technology field, known for induction of CDMA, Cordect, 3G, 4G, Broadband, Cyber Security etc.
