tele.net is organising its eighth annual conference on Telecom Infrastructure in India – Trends and Outlook, Issues and Opportunities. The conference will be held on April 29-30, 2014 at The Leela Ambience, Gurgaon.

The conference will have key sessions on topics such as key trends, policy framework and market outlook; Universal Service Obligation Fund?s (USOF) perspective on rural telecom infrastructure; current infrastructure status; infrastructure providers? perspective; rural telecom infrastructure and benefits of ramboll towers and cultural obstacles in developing countries; update on local issues: zoning and right of way.

The key speakers at the conference include N. Ravi Shanker, Administrator, USOF; B.S. Shantharaju, Chief Executive Officer, Indus Towers; Umang Das, Chief Mentor, Viom Networks and, Director General, Tower And Infrastructure Providers Association; B. Ramanand, Chief Operating Officer, ATC India; Devendra Singh Rawat, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bharti Infratel; A.K. Bhargava, Director, Operations, Bharat Broadband Network Limited; Anil Jain, Chief General Manager, Network Planning, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited; Rade Kovacevic, Vice President, Operations, Uninor; Pankaj Agarwal, Director, Capitel Partners; Ashish Basil, Partner, Transaction Advisory Services and Head, Telecom  Practice , Ernst & Young; and Trond M Bredesen, Director, Telecommunication, Ramboll Towers India ; among others.