Thursday, 19 November 2015

Connect Broadband Set Up Advanced Communication Lab at PEC University

By 121 News

Chandigarh 19th November:- With an aim to enhance the standard of education in our country and in line with Government's vision of Digital India, Videocon Connect, have taken a huge initiative to ensure that students get more practical education, making youth more employable. Connect Broadband has established and set up a Videocon Advanced Communication Lab at Department of Electronics & Communication of PEC University of Technology premises.

Arvind Bali, Director & CEO, Videocon Telecom and Connect Broadband, and Manoj Arora, Director PEC University of Technology inaugurated the prestigious lab facility amid media, students and faculty members at PEC today. As technology leaders in the domain, Quadrant Televentures Limited has taken this major initiative for introduction of industry best practices with the budding engineers.

Videocon Advanced Communication Lab is equipped with latest technologies viz., FTTH (Fiber to the Home) with all network elements, GSM live BTS (Base Transceiver Station), CDMA live BTS (Base Transceiver Station) and WBB (Wireless Broadband). This would enable the PEC community to experiment on these technologies. Earlier this year in February, MoU was signed between Connect Broadband, operating under brand names of Connect Broadband and Videocon Telecom; and PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh for collaboration in sharing advancements in communication technology. As technology leaders in the domain;

Speaking on the occassion, Arvind Bali, Director and CEO of Videocon Telecom and Connect Broadband said that we strongly believe that industry and academics have to work closely to establish centres of excellence. In international markets this has been the trend and we want to lead this culture in India as well. These engineering students are going to be the drivers of technology in future. We strongly believe that it is our responsibility to expose them to the technological developments around the globe. We have taken this initiative to ensure closer coordination with one of the most prestigious technology institutes in the region. He further said that this is the second such lab set up by QTL (Connect Broadband & Videocon Telecom). Earlier the company has already established an advanced technology lab in Chitkara University. Plans for setting up two more labs are in the pipeline i.e. Thapar University and Rayat and Bahara University. In the next 12 months Connect and Videocon propose to establish 10 more such labs in all the leading engineering institutes. An investment of Rs 5 Cr has been earmarked for the same.

Manoj Arora, Director PEC University of Technology said that we appreciate Videocon Connect for this initiative. It will help our students keep pace with the technological advancements in Communication Engineering. 

 

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