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ORGANISER
Digital Empowerment Foundation: www.defindia.net
Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) is a Delhi based not-for-profit organization which attempts to find solutions for bridging the digital divide. It endeavours to offer and facilitate ICT and digital solutions to diverse groups in India’s rural areas. It aims to sensitize and provide knowledge inroads to government and corporates which would enable the delivery of inclusive ICT solutions. Timely interventions of ICT in inaccessible, alienated areas and communities can give crucial impetus to their upliftment and empowerment.
PRESENTER
VODAFONE: www.vodafone.in
Vodafone Group plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.It is the world’s largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world’s second-largest measured by subscribers (behind China Mobile), with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of November 2010.It operates networks in over 30 countries and has partner networks in over 40 additional countries.The name Vodafone comes from voice data fone, chosen by the company to “reflect the provision of voice and data services over mobile phones”.
CO-PRESENTER
OnMobile: www.onmobile.com
OnMobile is a leading provider of mobile Value Added Services and products in India with an expanding international presence. Its products are targeted at mobile subscribers with an increasing focus on leveraging the convergence between wireless and wireline telecommunication services, media, internet, mobile marketing and mobile commerce. onMobile has a broad range of applications that are delivered by its service provider, media and OEM customers to their end-user subscribers, which enable them to use their mobile phones for business, entertainment and accessing information.
CORE PARTNER
NOKIA: www.nokia.co.in
Nokia has played a pioneering role in the growth of cellular technology in India, starting with the first-ever cellular call a decade ago, made on a Nokia mobile phone over a Nokia-deployed network.Nokia started its India operations in 1995, and presently operates out of offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,Jaipur,Lucknow,Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Ahmedabad. The Indian operations comprise of the handsets business; R&D facilities in Bangalore and Mumbai; a manufacturing plant in Chennai and a Design Studio in Bangalore.Over the years, the company has grown manifold with its manpower strength increasing from 450 people in the year 2004 to over 15000 employees in March 2008 (including Nokia Siemens Networks). Today, India holds the distinction of being the second largest market for the company globally.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
IAMAI: http://www.iamai.in/
The Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) is a not-for-profit industry body that seeks to expand and enhance the online and mobile value added services sectors. It is dedicated to presenting a unified voice of the businesses it represents to the government, investors, consumers and other stakeholders. The association’s activities include evaluating and recommending standards and practices to the industry, conducting research, creating platforms for its members, communicating on behalf of the industry and creating a favorable business environment for the industry.
Department of Information Technology: http://www.mit.gov.in/
Department of Information Technology (DIT) is a department under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Indian government. It strives to facilitate and promote e-governance through a multi-pronged strategy of e-infrastructure creation, promotion of electronics & Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITeS). It intends to provide support for the development of the Knowledge network and securing India’s cyber space.
One97: http://www.one97.com
One97 is a leading provider of telecommunications value added services, offering products and services to meet the needs of Telecom service providers, consumers (i.e., mobile phone users) and enterprises worldwide. One97 works with all telecom service providers in India and have a rapidly expanding international presence with offices in Nigeria, Afghanistan, Dubai, Kenya and Bangladesh.
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Mint: http://www.livemint.com/
Mint is a business newspaper from HT Media, launched in collaboration with The Wall Street Journal in 2007. It is a premium business news publication targeting the decision and policy makers of the country. Along with the print edition, Mint also has specialized online and mobile editions. It is widely considered to be the most comprehensive and technically evolved news portal in the country that has introduced many multimedia enabled engagement platforms which give its readers the opportunity to express their point of view and interact with Mint’s editors and columnists.
Vodafone India Foundation: http://www.vodafone.in
Vodafone’s social investment in India is delivered by Vodafone India Foundation through it various social investment programmes. These Programmes respond to the needs of the communities in which Vodafone operates and we celebrate their diversity and the tangible contribution and difference they make to peoples lives.
One97 Mobility Fund: http://www.one97mobilityfund.com/
One97 Mobility Fund (OMF) is a $100 million fund set up to support entrepreneurs who are making, or are ready to make game changing companies in the mobile ecosystem. Initiated by One97 Communications and SAIF Partners, the fund will support companies that are focused on serving the Indian markets and will leverage mobile as a key delivery medium for customers and enterprises. The vision of One97 Mobility Fund is to provide meaningful access for mobile-eco-system entrepreneurs capital, mentorship, industry relationships besides significant industry experience and wisdom.
COUNTRY PARTNERS
Bytes4all Pakistan: http://bytesforall.net
D.Net: http://www.dnet-bangladesh.org
CAN: http://www.can.org.np
ICTA: http://www.icta.lk
P@SHA Pakistan: http://www.pasha.org.pk
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