Overseas Sites:
The other overseas deployment of corDECT is in Egypt, South Africa, Madagascar, Kenya, Fiji, Iran, Nigeria, Tunisia, San Diego (USA) and Angola.
Disaster Management:
When a disastrous earthquake occurred in Bhuj, Gujarat State on 26 January 2001, corDECT was deployed to restore communication so as to help the quake victims.
Conclusions & Recommendations:
India’s statistics in telecommunication connectivity is getting better all the time. There are several other schemes going round the Country towards general upliftment. As mentioned elsewhere in this paper, development and growth has been taking place only around the metropolitan towns. Further improvements in the fields of education, hospitals, transportation and housing seem to be too slow in the rural towns of India. For any Country, particularly one like India, simultaneous growth of rural and urban areas is essential for uniform development to maintain sustained economy. As metros get crowded and saturated, smaller towns show increased potential for growth and development. This is what is happening precisely in India. Hence it is recommended that regional centres be established in these smaller and rural towns where some of the industries can be located. Also, certain relevant government departments, both State and Central, may also be located so that growth and development can be liaised and monitored simultaneously. Departments like the Cottage Industries, Housing, Education, Rural Development, Transport and Communication may initially be considered for relocation. The uniform development of all the areas – rural and urban alike will help a balanced economic growth of the Country. India is placed in such a strategic position to enable a strong growth that would aid the growth of the regional neighbouring Countries. For the theme of the conference, “let us grow together”, it is essential to have a strong South and South East Asia by transferring technology, technical know-how and the expertise. For example, India is strong in software, which can be shared around and another Country, which is stronger in another field can share that etc. That way the entire Asian region can grow together. In order to achieve this it is further recommended that a network of working groups in RS, GIS, GPS and Telecommunications from all the regions be set up. These groups should meet at regular intervals and exchange views and arrange for technology transfer as and when required. It is important to note that corDECT will facilitate a fast e-governance administration which is also essential for healthy and sustained economic growth. The advantage of e-governance has already been highlighted in the cast studies section of this paper.
Modern techniques like the RS, GIS and the GPS are certainly very useful technologies available for the growth and development of a Country. But, without telecommunication, the growth and development circuit doesn’t close and remains an open circuit. In order to close the circuit, a telecommunication network - corDECT designed and developed by Midas Communication Technologies and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT, M) will be the most suited system as it is inexpensive, easy to install and maintain. Above all it is the only system in the world, which offers simultaneous voice and Internet data.
Thus the information gathered by the RS, GIS and the GPS will be able to flow through the Wall Set (WS) i.e. subscriber’s unit to enhance the growth of the region substantially.
Thus let us communicate and grow together i.e. Grow and let us all grow together philosophy.
Acknowledgements:
The author feels indebted to the organisers of Map Asia 2002 Conference for accepting his paper for presentation. Also, he is grateful to the Director of Midas Communication for his encouragement to write this paper. The author also wishes to acknowledge the help of his colleague, Mr. N. Srinivasan for going through the paper critically and making some useful suggestions. During the course of writing this paper several of his (author's) previous papers and the Net were referred to and this is gratefully acknowledged here.