SUMMIT
BULLETIN Issue 05 | June 22
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Safety, Our Mindset
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Sales
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Dhananjay’s Message
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Marketing & Communication
Operations
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IT
COO Message
Finance
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Telecom Trivia
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HSSE Content
HR
Safety is not just a value, it’s our entire mindset. Building a safe ecosystem for the entire community is paramount to compounded growth and success. Maintaining a ‘Zero Harm’ policy and ensuring safety, health, and well-being of everyone associated is embedded deep in Summit Digitel’s DNA.
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FROM THE CEO’S DESK
DHANANJAY JOSHI MD and CEO, Summit Digitel
One quarter into the new Financial Year, Summit Digitel is already powering ahead of expectations. As we set new goals, face new challenges, and create new plans, it fills me with pride to see you all bring your trademark energy and enthusiasm to the table so that we can all move forward as a team. The great ideas that have been flawlessly executed over the past few months stand testament to the fact that we are here to stay. Together, we have achieved so much. It is exciting to witness our new offices opening in Pune and Bangalore, with our Kolkata and Delhi ones slated to begin operations soon. I am also thrilled to welcome new employees to our team - we are sure that your ideas and drive will take Summit to greater heights in the years to come. While every organisation seeks to catch up with the latest technology, Summit has already captured the future. Our sites are already ready for the rollercoaster that AI, ML, IoT, and 5G will bring. Thus, as we closed last year with two huge partnerships Airtel and BSNL - I anticipate that the coming Financial Year will bring with it more opportunities for collaboration that will ultimately help us in our vision of sharing happiness by enabling connections. The various functions of Summit have, over the past quarter, worked hand in hand to deliver some outstanding results. With our offsites, internal events, and the imminent launch of the annual report, the sense of teamwork and a clear vision are unmistakable. With our consistency and hard work, I am sure we will continue to not only succeed, but to exceed all expectations in the years to come. As we approach our second anniversary this August, we have much to look forward to. I look forward to all of us walking hand-in-hand towards a connected India together.
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FROM THE COO’S DESK
SACHIN NAIK Chief Operations Officer, Summit Digitel
With every passing quarter, Summit Digitel cements its place as one of the leading providers of passive telecom infrastructure in the country. This is only possible because of the tremendous efforts put by our hardworking and committed team. At Summit Digitel, we are proud to have crossed the milestone of 152,000 sites. These towers, spread across the length and breadth of the country, embolden us to think even bigger as we dream of a connected India. To realise this dream, a lot of hard work must happen behind the scenes. I am proud to say that the Operations team at Summit has not only stepped up to the task, but has outperformed. For instance, the speed of deployment has not only significantly improved, but has exceeded the customer expectation on the delivery side. On the Network Performance front, our overall network uptime stands at an all-time high. The Operations and IT team also had its offsite recently in Goa, the theme of which was ‘Operational Excellence’. During this time, not only did the team bond in the land of sun and sand, but also discussed the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) and the strategy for the future. Despite having worked together for almost two years, many of our colleagues met face-to-face for the first time due to the pandemic. I truly believe the offsite went beyond business - the sense of camaraderie and cohesion it brought about will go a long way in us functioning as One Summit in the years to come. Leaping forward towards achieving its goal of Operational Excellence, the Operations Team also announced ‘Project Utkarsh’, which promises to be an exciting initiative. The last quarter has been significant for the telecom regulatory landscape of India. Notably, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) completed 25 years of existence. Summit Digitel actively participated in the silver jubilee celebrations of the regulator. We were also present on the sidelines of the launch of the ‘Gati Shakti Sanchar’ portal by the hon’ble Minister for Telecom and Electronics & IT and Railways, Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw. On the IT front, there has been great rigor to automate manual business processes to increase efficiency and productivity. Whether it is the initiation of automation projects like the SDIPL Mobile App and the NFA Portal, or the successful end-to-end BOOST integration with RPPMSL, we are well on track to becoming a digital-first organisation. As a part of our ESG commitments, our three-fold mission of protecting our employees and workers, mitigating impact to the environment and conducting business ethically, will continue to hold the top position in the list of our priorities. We are especially proud to announce our commitment against single-use plastics at all Summit offices from Oct 2022 onwards. I cannot wait to see what the future holds in store for Summit - may bigger, brighter things continue to be the norm and not the exception for all of us!
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HSSE
Keeping up with Summit Digitel’s commitment to the causes of safety, sustainability, and a Zero Harm workplace, we completed 46872 man-hours of customized HSSE training to field personnel involving our O&M partner. This included refresher trainings on Working @ Height, Electrical Safety, and Road Safety. Additionally, Summit delivered 2530 man-hours of training internally to its employees under the ageis of Summit Safety Program and weekly HSSE training programs across all our Circles.
HSSE inspections during each site visit have proven to be extremely helpful in preventing workplace injuries, as high risks are proactively identified and mitigated. In this quarter, leadership HSSE site inspections were also initiated at Summit. Our CEO, CRO, COO, and CSMO conducted detailed HSSE site inspections, wherein they reviewed the HSSE requirements, interacted with field personnel, and reemphasised our committment towards injury prevention and safe work. Summit HSSE team continued their site inspections and conducted 1045 HSSE site inspections between April 2022 and mid June 2022. Around 5429 unsafe acts / conditions were reported during these inspections. 3397 observations were closed by the O&M partner and validated by Summit’s HSSE team.
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Competition
HSSE
Safety Poster Competition
Safety Slogan & Poem Composition
Summit safety program Ko thik se karo follow Durghatna aapko Karegi unfollow Work at height pe na Karo koi bhul Warna aapka jeevan Ho sakta hai gullll Ppe peheneke kaam karna Hai labhdayak
Competition for Energy & Barriers
Jisse aap ban sakte ho Suraksha ke nayak Bina gyan ke na karo Bijli pe kaam Warna ho sakta hai Aapka kaam tamam Drive karte samay na karo Phone pe baat Warna durghatna se hogi Aapki mulaqat
Field-level engagements included safety culture wave across circles, identifcation of Safety Value Champion, job safety planning on critical risks, emotional connect programs with field personnel.
National Safety Month concluded with rewards and recognition. Some of categories which were recognized were Best Circle, Best Region, Safety Value Champion, Best JSP, Best poster and Best slogans. Additionally, as an example of collaboration between Summit Digitel & our O&M Partner circle teams, 7 joint initiatives focusing on improving safety of field resources and reduction of fire incidents at site were organised.
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HSSE
Proactive risk identification, mitigation, and elimination is key to injury prevention. With this intent, Summit’s HSSE team worked extensively and shared customized safe-work technical solutions on below mentioned activities / situations with O&M partner for field deployment: provisioning of secondary fall protection for RTT/RTP sites (with DG mounted on rooftops), safe working on sites located extremely near HT/LT power lines, and safe access and working on GBM 2nd door. Additionally, 12 joint collaborative initiatives and 7 best practices were shared with our O&M partner to improve workplace safety. Enhancing safety measures helps us to ensure that every worker associated with Summit Digitel goes home safely each time, every time. Keeping in mind our commitment to the environment conservation and society, we observed World Environment Week between 6-10 June wherein series of employee engagement initiatives like digital pledge sign-off, awareness sessions on home gardening, & ESG and Green Champion awards were organized. We further underlined our commitment to the cause by pledging “No to Single Use Plastics” at all Summit offices from Oct 2022 onwards.
To make each Summitian risk-aware, compliant and HSSE level 1 certified, the Summit Safety Program (SSP) was launched in December 2021 sucessfully completed its first phase of deployment. SSP is a program designed to assist employees in understanding the safety risks associated with their roles and preparing them to mitigate them. All the 8 courses of level 1 certiciation were delivered successfully and attended by Summit employees as per the training plan. All qualified employees shall be issued a Safety Passport showcasing their credentials and Level 1 certification. Some of the other key initiatives driven by HSSE team include: HSSE Hand-Over-Take-Over (HOTO) assessment of new Summit offices, release of weekly state-wise CRR (Covid Risk Rating) to enable safe and compliant business travel during COVID, ongoing HSSE advisories on multiple pertinent topics, observance of Fire Service Week at circles to reduce / lower the number of fire incidents.
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RISK SUMMIT Risk Summit 2022 Aligning with the four core values of Safety, Respect, Entrepreneurial Mindset and Excellence of Summit Digitel and to invigorate the spirit of team bonding which was pending as all the team members had joined remotely owing to COVID, we organized an off-site for all the Risk Summit functions, at Fariyas Resort, Lonavala between 27th April to 29th April 2022. The participation of employees was almost 100%, which exemplified the excitement and the commitment of the Risk team members. Our CRO, Sunil Panjwani, gave the opening remarks and kicked off the event with the context setting, that targeted team building and exploration of synergies between the Risk functions.
Summit Digitel recognized the significance of team building – to further this objective, and exploring synergies, we put together cross functional teams and engaged a professional trainer who conducted many engaging activities for these teams throughout the duration of the offsite. The SDIPL’s CSMO, Devesh Garg, provided insights on the Telecom industry and the future in the light of upcoming 5G roll out to the participants, which was followed by a robust Q&A session. Day two involved, insights by the Functional Heads of Internal Audit Head / ERM, Legal /Compliance and HSSE, providing an overview of their areas of accountabilities to the cross functional team members. We also invited Antony Vaughan,(Chief Engineer for Brookfield) to address the group, who connected from Australia, to give the Risk function the background of the Summit’s acquisition and the focus that Brookfield places on Risk. The last session of the day was conducted by our MD & CEO, Dhananjay Joshi, who embraced the occasion with awareness talk about the commitment and future of Summit followed by the interactive session with the team. The interactive Q&A session was also joined by SDIPL’s COO, Sachin Naik. Each team was assigned certain tasks and challenges by the CRO, the problem statements were picked up from the real challenges faced by the Risk function and the teams presented their ideas and / solutions on it Day three : This was an innovative way to manoeuvre the challenges by combining creative thinking and analytical analysis of the data to address real issues. The offsite achieved its stated goal of team building, cross- functional awareness of all Risk functions and identification of synergies. The Risk team members left with learnings, memories along with a packet of delicious, trademark chikki of Lonavala.
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SALES
Our Sales team has had exciting few months of engagement with customers to make Summit their most trusted and preferred partner for their Iinfrastructure requirements and improve last mile connectivity with their subscribers. Customer meets were organised with key stakeholders across many circles to effectuate this. South circles launched “KYT Project Hunting”, an initiative to identify the potential sites for Airtel where our existing sites are available for sharing and Airtel is not present within a distance range of 1 km or more. All the Summit team members in South circles have come forward and are visiting and validating the potential of these sites by interacting with local retailers, customers, and panchayats to capture their voice, and to further be able to generate demand for Airtel’s network presence in that location.
In the Andhra Pradesh / Telangana circle, we conducted a meeting with the APTS Airtel commercial & planning team regarding a relocation opportunity.
Meanwhile, in Kerala, we celebrated the milestone of hitting 150 RFI sites with Airtel.
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Similarly, in our Delhi circle, we hit 60+ RTT RFAI and celebrated with the Airtel Circle Leadership Team.
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Our Corporate leadership team members have also travelled extensively during this period to further strengthen our customer connect. Our commitment and untiring support to our customers was acknowledged as our team members received Certificates of Excellence and Appreciation from Airtel in Rajasthan and Bihar circles.
During this quarter, we also conducted our first Sales Meet at Goa where all the SMC Team Members came together and showcased some of the innovative ways and best practices being imbibed in their respective work locations to enhance business opportunities and spreading happiness. This was followed by multiple team building and fun activities where everyone enjoyed and participated with full zeal and exuberance. Another big achievement during the quarter was the opening of our South Regional Office in Bangalore & Maharashtra Circle office in Pune. All in all, it has been an eventful quarter, and it has truly set the stage for the rest of the financial year to come!
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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION
Summit Digitel has grown rapidly to become a much more significant business entity nationally and internationally, attracting the attention of a wide range of stakeholders. This prompted us to revamp our website and introduce a fresh new look. Our new website provides a comprehensive view of all functions, enhanced appearance and user efficiency, as well as improved navigation. The new website has surely deligted drawn in various stakeholders, and we are delighted with the response we have received. We have also implemented several SEO campaigns in order to further promote the brand and improve its our website’s ranking on Google. With this development, we are giving ourselves a significant boost in our mission of becoming the most preferred provider of digital infrastructure.
Our leadership positioning strategy calls for us to consistently amplify the points of view of our leaders’ on external platforms and establish them on equal footing with industry veterans. Accordingly, our MD and CEO, Mr. Dhananjay Joshi's article, 'Safety Culture: A Primary Focus in Telecom Industry', was also covered in Tele.net, and received some attention from industry experts. Additionally, our Chief Sales and Marketing Officer (CSMO), Mr. Devesh Garg, was featured in an article, "Accelerating the Digital Revolution: A critical factor for all businesses," published by The DataQuest. This article helped us gain visibility among various stakeholders.
The partnership formed with a key Mobile Network Partner last quarter was a significant milestone that needs to be highlighted on a deeper level. It was through this partnership that we embarked on the development of a series of digital videos that garnered the attention of the industry.
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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION
Due to our collaborative efforts with our workforce on various marketing initiatives, homogeneity and collaboration were accomplished. The internal communications effort has been established and strengthened through collaboration with various departments. The Support was extended to several teams, including the Risk, Operations, and HR, and operations teams, to carry out their offsite with branding, leading to a sense of pride and accomplishment in team members. Besides these initiatives, the branding and communications team supported various environmental efforts and tracked the attention of the public on World Environment Day and Yoga Day.
In addition, our marketing and communications team works closely with BBN to provide assistance across a range of marketing and public relations initiatives. As part of our quarterly newsletter, we summarized the key highlights from several of our operating companies, such as HSSE, Business Updates, Employee Engagement, etc. Newsletters serve as a tool to keep all of the OpCos in contact, allowing them to stay informed of each other's activities and provide a platform for communication. Furthermore, a top highlight from the Brookfield Football League was promoted through the marketing communications.
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FINANCE
We are glad to announce that we have successfully completed another milestone - the annual Statutory Audit for the financial year 2021-2022. Our joint independent statutory auditors issued a clean audit report on Summit’s financial statements. The new regulatory amendments introduced during the year, such as Schedule III, Companies Auditors, and Record (CARO) and SEBI LODR listing regulations were implemented. The audited financial results were published in the Financial Express on 25 May 2022. It is a proud moment for us as for the first time, the Data InvIT trust’s financial statements – which also received a clean report from the statutory auditors - included the financial statements of the newly acquired company Space Teleinfra Private Ltd. The statutory auditors also issued a clean report on the financial statements of Data InvIT. These results are published and available on our website (www.towerinfratrust.com). The annual audit is a large exercise which involves the entire finance team and other key stakeholders. These excellent results have been possible because each team member worked exceptionally hard, and every other function also ensured smooth collaboration. We are thankful to all other teams for their support in meeting the stipulated timelines of you!
We are also very delighted to mention that Summit has raised INR 10 Bn through issuance of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) in the domestic markets and listed it on the National Stock Exchange. This is in line with the debt strategy finance and will help Summit in optimizing its interest cost. A greenfield implementation of a new ERP system i.e. SAP S/4 HANA is complex and time consuming. Even after facing several challenges and difficulties in the journey, Finance continues to drive the SAP S/4 HANA Implementation (ERP system). SAP S/4 HANA is expected to streamline processes, and automate, unlock insight and innovation. We have progressed well and achieved project milestones in collaboration with our IT team and IBM (System Integrator). We are pleased to share that we have completed around 90% of system integration testing, a key milestone ahead of the user acceptance testing before go-live. The S/4 HANA SAP system implementation is critical and will provide easy access to financial information. The finance team is working diligently as the next few weeks are critical for timely Go-Live of the new SAP system.
With so many successes under our belt, full annual audits for the last financial year, it was indeed about time for the team to rejuvenate and celebrate. What could have been better than a football and cricket match to unwind, refresh, and get to know the rest of their team better? for the team to unwind and refresh. Finance is a highly motivated and cohesive team and team bonding keeps us going as we prepare ourselves to meet new challenges and scale greater heights together.
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HUMAN RESOURCES As Summit Digitel continues on its growth journey, a talented, dedicated, and intelligent team is one of its most important assets. Over the past quarter, the HR team has been hard at work ensuring that our people, values, and culture continue to be on track.
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS FY21-22 Successfully completed Annual Performance Management process including Board Approvals. Issued revised compensation and ACB letters to eligible employees. Conducted a session with all People Managers on how to issue appraisal letters by having a fruitful discussion with team members.
VISION, MISSION, VALUES & CULTURE (VMVC) As part of initiating the communication series for VMVC, a video was released to all employees, which was followed by a comprehensive emailer detailing each element of this initiative. The objective was to familiarize all Summitians with the ethos behind this initiative and also how to imbibe and display these elements in day-to-day work life.
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS As a company, we strive to ensure that employees' birthdays are celebrated in a joyful manner. We have a monthly celebration in which all employees whose birthdays fall during that month get together to cut cake and a have a small celebration. There is a lot of camaraderie and joy at work for employees who celebrate their birthdays during the month. Such events serve to strengthen team relationships and allow for people to establish a rapport within and across teams.
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NEW OFFICES We are excited to have inaugurated the M&G Circle office at Pune, and South Region & Karnataka Circle office at Bangalore. With new office openings upcoming in Kolkata and Delhi, we are thrilled to see our teams grow across India!
NEW JOINEES We are proud to have several new additions to our teams in the last quarter. Each individual adds a unique dimension to Summit and we are looking forward to working together for many years to come. They include: At Corporate office:
Vaishali Patil
Nishtha Goel
Assistant ManagerAccounts Payable
Sr. Executive– Treasury
Soumasis Muhuri
Manish Khetan
AM - RF Planner
DGM - Taxation
At Region: Ajay Kumar Sinha
Akash Gupta DGM Regional Sales - North
Manager Real Estate
At Circle: Shailendra Kumar Awasthi
Rohit Gupta Senior Manager O&M
Manager Deployment
Summit Summary
Diversity
Ratio
Gender
Count
Diversity Ratio %
Male
165
91.67%
Female
15
8.33%
Total
180
100%
SUMMIT DIVERSITY RATIO
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with 165 male and 15 female members at Summit now, the present diversity ratio of Summit is 91.67 to 8.33
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OPERATIONS
The Operations team has the daunting task of ensuring smooth functioning, day in and day out. At Summit Digitel, summer preparedness has given us the comfort to position our network with minimal effect, despite severe stress owing to summer impact the heat wave across many parts of the country and power availability crunch due to coal shortage in India. The consistency in the network performance has been maintained by our Operations Team on the overall scale through meticulous planning and prompt alertness. We’re proud to announce that our diverse portfolio has now crossed 152k sites. With certainty, we can state that a steady flow of service requests through circles and the RFIs are taking place. A good deal of work is being completed within SLAs, including timelines for determining the sites feasibilities for sharers. Moreover, the speed of deployment has not only significantly improved, but has even exceeded the customer expectation on the delivery side. The sharer business has substantially increased in the organization, crossing 4K+ count of RFI deliveries till this quarter. It is also noteworthy that all our circles have crossed a half-century milestone. In terms of improving efficiency, we have made significant headway. CapEx was optimized for the outdoor cabinets by standardizing the circuit breaker design and U-space allocation. Additionally, several new initiatives were undertaken along with the Revenue Assurance team and Sales team to plug the revenue leakage gaps. A workshop on SR Parameters was conducted to ensure improvement in understanding and optimize the current feasibility lead time. Focusing on health and safety activities, actions have been taken to develop a digital platform for ‘Permit to Work’ and ‘Site Audits’ through a mobile application for which a cross-functional team is working on a third-party engagement. Development of mobile applications is in the pipeline for the same. Several special projects have also sharpened the safety adherence drive in the field.
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OPERATIONS Our team was thrilled to attend the Operations Conclave, which with focused on operational excellence, was held at offsite location to identify and discuss future opportunities and challenges accompanied by Team Building activities. Held in Goa, the Conclave started by the CEO-MD in his address appreciatinged the significant contribution of the Operations and IT teams for its impressive achievements in the FY 2021-22, while at the same time emphasizing upon building a strong culture of safety, respect, entrepreneurship, and excellence in line with Vision, Mission and Values statement of the organization. Significant
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insights on financial aspects and market scenario were shared by CXOs. Essential exposure of regulatory framework and IT interventions, including cyber security concerns, was were an arenas of interest to all participants that was emphasized on. Leaping forward towards achieving its goal of Operational Excellence, the Operations Team announced ‘Project UTKARSH’ which was launched by our CEO-MD. The Best performing circles under various categories were awarded by Summit’s Leadership team. The involvement of all participants in various team building exercises made this event exhilarating and memorable.
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IT IT continues to work towards developing new projects and improving existing applications, processes, and relevant systems. At the same time, IT infra enablement and automation at new Regional and Circle offices have been the focus. There has been great rigor to automate manual business processes to increase efficiency and productivity.
AUTOMATION PROJECTS INITIATED The SDIPL Mobile App has been envisaged for field-level HSSE & O&M Processes, helping businesses to digitize the process and improve monitoring, tracking, and Site Compliance activities. The app also helps in improving the Regular and Ad hoc Maintenance Activities. The digitization of Site Audits accompanied by the Planned and Unplanned Site Visits is carried out by the application. HSSE Activities, including PTW (Permission to Work), are handled by the mobile application. In this way, Summit is able to provide innovative solutions in a sustainable way. The NFA (Note for Approval) Portal for Summit Digitel is specifically used for landlord rent increase specific to NFA Applications. Landlord rent increase cases are quite common
BOOST INTEGRATION WITH RPPMSL The BOOST order management application is the backbone of our business, where tenants request orders and all the order tracking from start to end is captured. Here, end-to-end integration of all SR-SP-SO-RFAI-RFS processes with RPPMSL was a key challenge. However, we successfully moved beyond the hurdles that came our way, as we are committed to excellence in every aspect of our operations. Today, end to end Boost Integration with RPPMSL has been taken live and is working perfectly. Around 2478 SRs, 2220+ SPs and 1249 SOs have already been processed through Boost Integration.
with the increase of Sharing on a Site. These require processing via a complete workflow, tracking, and approvals. A portal catering to all these requirements will be developed and delivered to relevant teams like RPPMSL, Site Compliance, Finance, etc. Automation within Compliance Audit Forms and respective reporting are monitored through this portal. Here, 5-6 Audit Forms are to be created with the auto flow of information via master data maintained. This robust management system manages information populated in Forms to be stored in our database and to be used for necessary reporting and dashboarding. Credit Note or Debit Note specific requests are also handled here. Additionally, the portal ensures that budget-specific approvals are managed efficiently.
OPERATIONS & IT CONCLAVE For the first time, the IT Team had face-to-face interactions with PAN India Operations & deployment teams and RBHs which helped us connect with them closely and understand their business challenges and expectations. Rajesh Mittal, Head of Information Technology, took all the participants for the development in technology deployment at Summit. Various IT Projects / Automations were delivered to the participants. They were also made aware of the current focus areas and the latest IT strategies to move forward. The participants were trained to reach excellence in every aspect of their operations.
IT INFRASTRUCTURE ENABLEMENT – SDIPL OFFICE EXPANSION As a part of SDIPL geographical presence expansion, setting up offices helps Regional and Circle employees to serve customers better. We are glad to mention that IT Infrastructure and automation have been deployed at Bengaluru and Pune offices and made live.
Its salient features are: • Setting up Server Room for Secure connectivity • Internet dual connectivity from Tata & Airtel for load sharing and redundancy • Futuristic cloud-based Software Defined Cisco Meraki Network (WAN/ LAN/ Wi-Fi) • WebEx Video Conferencing devices integrated with Microsoft Teams in Bangalore Office We faced several challenges along the way. However, our commitment and dedication towards our goals helped us in overcoming them. We made timely material delivery possible from Cisco, despite stiff challenges from OEM due to chip shortage in the international market. We closely coordinated with ISPs for internet connectivity due to feasibility constraints. We also successfully configured key IT services within project timelines of office inauguration.
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TELECOM TRIVIA
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PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF TELECOM TRIVIA!
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Question 1 Which was the first network operator of India? a. BSNL
c. Loop Mobile
b. MTNL
d. Bharti Airtel
Question 2 What was the tele-density target of the first National Telecom Policy (NTP) 1994?
Question 3
a. 20%
c. 14.5%
b. 1.2 per hundred persons
d. 0.8 per hundred persons
What was the previous rate of IUC before being lowered to 6 paise/minute? a. 21 paise
c. 17 paise
b. 14 paise
d. 10 paise
Question 4 Who introduced the concept of PCOs in India?
Question 5
a. R. L. Dube
c. Mahesh Shukla
b. Sam Pitroda
d. N.K Yadav
For what amount did Vodafone buy the mobile phone business of its partner Essar? a. $2.98 billion
c. $4.35 billion
b. $8.26 billion
d. $5.46 billion
Question 6 Which was the first phone that uses the Android mobile device platform ?
Question 7
a. Dell Mini3i
c. Motorola i1
b. HKC Pearl
d. HTC Dream
Which is the world's largest individual mobile operator? a. Vodafone
c. Bharti Airtel
b. Orange
d. China Mobile
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