IIT-B leads charge to develop 4G technology

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IIT-B leads charge to develop 4G technology

The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) has made a significant contribution to international standards in wireless communications, a first by India.


The development has been made possible by Tata Teleservices -- IIT Bombay Centre for Excellence in Telecom (TICET), which is part of the government's Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE).


Set up in the public-private partnership mode, the centres were established in the IITs, IISc-Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad last year to contribute considerably to the telecom industry nationally and globally. Each centre is associated with a service provider; for
instance, IIT Bombay is collaborating with Tata Teleservices which is funding Rs12crore over five years.


"The broad objective is to develop technologies to help Indian operators, to contribute to and participate in international standards.


Though we have the biggest telecom market, India is not perceived as a driver of technologies but as a consumer," said Abhay Karandikar, professor in IIT Bombay's electrical engineering department. He is the coordinator of TICET.