Cellular Operators Association of India

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Cellular Operators

Association Of India

(COAI)


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COAI Mission Statement

To Help , Establish and Sustain World Class

Cellular Infrastructure and Deliver theBenefits of an Affordable Mobile

Communication Service to the people of

India.


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Vission of COAI

To facilitate the establishment of a

world class cellular infrastructure anddeliver the benefits of affordable mobile

telephony services to the people of

India.


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Role of COAI

COAI has emerged as the official voice for the Indian GSMIndustry and interacts directly with Ministries, Policy Makers,Regulators, Financial Institutions and Technical Bodies. Itprovides a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas betweenthese bodies and Service Providers, who share a common interest

in the development of cellular mobile telephony.

COAI also collaborates with other Industry Associations such asCII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, AUSPI, ISPAI, VSAT association.

COAI also interacts with various international organizations such

as ITU, GSMA, UMTS, WWRF and 3GPP etc. as well as the Press &Media to ensure that the issues in cellular industry are discussed,understood and debated on a wider platform.


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Core Members

1. Aircel Ltd.

2. Bharti Airtel Ltd.

3. Idea Cellular Limited

4. Unitech Wireless Pvt. Ltd.

5. Videocon Telecommunications Ltd.

6. Vodafone India Limited


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COAI Associate Members

1.Alcatel Lucent India Limited

2. Ascend Telecom Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.

3. CISCO Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

4. Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.

5. GTL Infrastructure Ltd.

6. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.

7. IBM India Pvt. Ltd.


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COAI Associate Members

8. Intel Corporation

9. Nokia Siemens Networks India Pvt. Ltd.

10. Polaris Wireless Inc.

11. Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd.

12. Sony India Mobile

13. ZTE India Pvt. Ltd.


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Objectives of COAI:

To improve standards and competitiveness in theCellular Industry and attain the status of world classinfrastructure.

To study the best practices & research of the industryas well as to analyse the Cellular Experienceworldwide.

To improve standards and quality of services inconsultation with GSM India.


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To maintain and upgrade services in terms of speechtransmission, access, coverage, security etc, to enableexpansion of cellular services.

To help address problems of cellular operators relatingto operational, regulatory, financial, or licensingthrough interaction with the upper bodies.

To undertake continuous efforts for customer

satisfaction.To help achieve the national objectives of increased

tele-density and improved Rural Access.

Objectives of COAI:


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Special projects of COAI:

Mobile Instant Messaging:

Instant Messaging (IM) can be broadly defined as "anInternet protocol (IP)-based application that provides

communication between users that are simultaneouslyonline". Instant Messaging is a means of textcommunication between person to person (or multi-person) / members of a predefined group. It is

characterized by various features, like interactive nature oftext dialogue box and presence, which allows users to see

whether other members on their contact list are online andavailable (or not) to engage in communication.


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COAI has played an active role in promotinginfrastructure sharing in India.

To provide better coverage and quality to the

subscribers. To avoid undue proliferation of towers by leveraging

the benefits of technological innovations to improvethe city skyline.

To make Cellular Mobile Communications moreaffordable for the subscribers by reducing the costs forService Providers.

Project MOST (Mobile Operators Shared Towers)


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Subscriber Verification

The Indian GSM Operators are making all out effortsto meet Government objectives of increasing tele-density through aggressive growth and expansion of

services.

Project Key role - Subscriber awareness & process ofsubscriber verification.

COAI also carried out some independent audits.


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Emf Health & Safety

It is most important to note that the RF radiations emittedby Mobile Communication Systems lie in the non-ionizingpart of the electromagnetic spectrum and thus do not haveenough energy to cause any genetic damage.

It is relevant to mention that for several decades extensiveRF research has been undertaken by researchers of thehighest integrity at organizations likeWorld Health

Organization, British Medical Association, thesestudies does not demonstrate any substantive link betweenhuman health risks and the use of digital mobile phones.


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Thank YouPresented by :

~Krishnan Iyer~Kushal Kharche

~Priyanka Banubakode

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