Bharti Airtel, IIT Delhi to set up CE
New
Delhi,
Oct
16:
Country's
dominant
mobile-phone
operator
Bharti
Airtel
Ltd
and
Indian
Institute
of
Technology
(IIT),
Delhi
today
announced
they
will
set
up
a
Telecom
Centre
of
Excellence.
The Bharti-IIT Delhi Telecom Centre of Excellence will be established at the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management, IIT Delhi.
''This is another major initiative by the Government to support growth of telecom sector in the country,'' IIT Delhi Director Surendra Prasad said in a statement.
The objective of the centre is to promote innovation in the telecom sector and capacity building through knowledge towards achieving Telecom Vision 2010.
The Centre will also work towards providing support to the industry in planning future telecom growth in the country and reducing the rural urban digital divide. It will promote focused R&D in the area of telecom and also work development of India specific telecom applications, the statement added.
''The telecom sector is today playing a crucial role in the development and progress of the country. We are delighted to further strengthen our partnership with IIT-Delhi through this major initiative by the DoT to develop India as a world-class telecom hub,'' Bharti Airtel Ltd President Manoj Kohli said.
UNI