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COAI
Formation1995; 28 years ago (1995)
TypeNon-governmental trade association
Legal statusActive
PurposePolicy advocacy
Headquarters14, Bhai Veer Singh Marg, Sector 4, Gole Market,
New Delhi, India[1]
Region served
India
FieldsTelecommunications
Chairman
Ajai Puri[2]
Vice Chairman
Pramod K Mittal[2]
Dr. S.P. Kochhar[3]
Websitewww.coai.com

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is an Indian non-governmental trade association and advocacy group focused mainly on telecommunications industry. COAI was constituted in 1995 as a registered, non-governmental society.[4] As of 2017, COAI has been (jointly) organizing the India Mobile Congress with the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.[5][6][7]

About COAI

Over the years COAI has emerged as the official voice for the Indian telecom industry and interacts directly with Ministries, Policy Makers, Regulators, Financial Institutions and Technical Bodies. It provides a forum for discussion and exchange of ideas between these bodies and the Service Providers, who share a common interest in the development of mobile telephony in the country. COAI collaborates with other Industry Associations such as CII, FICCI, ASSOCHAM, ISPAI, VSAT, IAMAI association etc., with the objective of presenting an industry consensus view to the Government on crucial issues relating to the growth and development of the Indian telecom Industry. Recently the COAI has set up the 5G India Forum (5GIF).[8][9]

COAI expanded its membership base to include four other telecom companies, namely CISCO India, Huawei Technologies, Qualcomm and Alcatel Lucent as associate members.[10]

Members

The core members of the COAI are:

The associate members of the COAI are:

Events

COAI organizes the India Mobile Congress in association with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on an annual basis in New Delhi, India. The event attracts international attention and participation. So far, the following events have been organized: India Mobile Congress 2017, India Mobile Congress 2018 and India Mobile Congress 2019.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Cellular Operators Association of India". Cellular Operators Association of India.
  2. ^ a b "Leadership". Cellular Operators Association of India.
  3. ^ "DoT allows telcos to digitise CAFs; subscribers may soon get to update their data online". mint. 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ "About us". Cellular Operators Association of India. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  5. ^ "PM Modi to virtually inaugurate India Mobile Congress on Dec 8". Hindustan Times. 7 December 2020.
  6. ^ Thakur, Tanay Singh. "COAI Says Amendments in Indian Telegraph RoW Rules to Help With 5G". TelecomTalk.
  7. ^ "India Mobile Congress 2020 to be held from December 8-10". HT Tech. 9 November 2020.
  8. ^ "5G India Forum". Cellular Operators Association of India. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  9. ^ TDSAT Seminar on ART (Adjudication, Regulation, Telecommunication) of Convergence (PDF). Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (Report). 6–7 February 2016.
  10. ^ "COAI expands membership base; includes four telecom companies". The Economic Times. PTI. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

External links

COAI website

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