C-DOT’s product gets excellence awards

C-DOT wins Recognition of Excellence Award for GyanSetu at ITU Telecom World 2015

Question: Recently C-DOT bagged the Excellence award for which of its product at the ITU World Telecom 2015 held at Budapest, Hungary?

(a) Terabit Router
(b) Gyansetu
(c) 100G OTN platform
(d) Telecom Geo-Intelligence Solutions

Ans (b)

Related facts:

  • According to a release issued by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on 2 November 2015, C-DOT (Centre for Development of Telematics) product Gyansetu has been recognized for excellence award given at the ITU World Telecom 2015 held at Budapest, Hungary.

Gyansetu

  • GyanSetu is made to facilitate Prime Minister’s Digital India Initiative and for outstanding contribution in the information technology.
  • Gyansetu was launched by Honorable Minister of Ministry of communication and Information Technology, Sh. Ravi Shankar Prasad on 25 December 2014 i.e. on ‘Good Governance Day’ last year in New Delhi.
  • It is an innovative product for rural India it will facilitates for connecting rural masses to internet in local language.
  • The product links rural and urban areas together by providing multi-lingual text, audio and video based solution.
  • It is selected for the award for its innovative approach and social impact.
  • Gyansetu is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) base user friendly device.
  • In addition, Terabit Router, 100G OTN Platform, GPON – Fiber to the Desk Solution and Telecom Geo-Intelligence Solutions were also demonstrated by C-DOT at the event.

Reference:

http://www.cdot.in/itu-conference-oct-2015.pdf

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=130138

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/cdot-product-bags-award/article7833217.ece