• The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the premier telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay) for the development of ‘Optical Transceiver Chipset for High-Bandwidth 6G Wireless Links’.

• The agreement was signed under the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF).

Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme

• The government launched the Telecom Technology Development Fund (TTDF) scheme on October 1, 2022.

• It aims to fund R&D in rural-specific communication technology applications and form synergies among academia, startups, research institutes, and the industry to build and develop the telecom ecosystem. 

• It will promote technology ownership and indigenous manufacturing, create a culture of technology co-innovation, reduce imports, boost export opportunities and creation of Intellectual Property. 

• It supports domestic companies and institutions involved in technology design, development, commercialisation, trials & use cases of telecommunication products and solutions, to enable affordable broadband and mobile services in rural and remote areas. 

• The scheme will help create the ecosystem for research, design, prototyping, use cases, pilots, and proof of concept testing, among others. 

• It entails grants to Indian entities to encourage and induct indigenous technologies tailor-made to meet domestic needs.

• Proposals for support under the TTDF scheme are invited from companies, startups, R&D and academic institutions, singly or in partnership, focused on R&D in telecom products and technologies.

• The proposals could be for R&D in next-generation technologies involving generation of IP and demonstration of proof-of-concept prototypes.

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)

• Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) is an autonomous telecom research & development body funded by the department of telecommunication. 

• It was established in 1984 under the Society Registration Act XXI in 1984 to design and develop indigenous switching technology.

• C-DOT is presently engaged in developing state-of-the-art telecommunication technology to meet the needs of the Indian telecommunication network. 

• It has offices in New Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata.

• As a torchbearer of indigenous telecom R&D, C-DOT continues to develop latest technology products in areas like optical, switching, wireless, security and network management while working on technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence, etc.

• C-DOT is appraised at CMMI Level 5 for its process practices for the development projects.

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