President's Message

President's Message

ITU-APT Foundation of India (IAFI) is a non-profit, non-political, non-partisan Industry foundation registered as a society under the Societies Registration Act, 1960. IAFI is working for last 18 years with the prime objective of encouraging involvement of professionals, corporate, public/private sector industries, R&D organizations, academic institutions, and such other agencies engaged in development of Indian Telecom sector in the activities of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT).

The Foundation has been recognized as an International/Regional Telecommunications Organization by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). ITU-APT is also having close working relations with similar organizations in many other countries including, Japan, Indonesia and USA.

ITU-APT Foundation of India is sector Member of the ITU Radio sector (ITU-R), ITU Development Sector (ITU-D) and ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU- T) which manifests its usefulness to the Indian Telecom industry The Foundation members are entitled to participate and contribute to the activities of ITU-R, ITU-D and ITU-T Our members include many stalwarts of the telecom sector including many previous Secretaries, Members, Advisors, Wireless Advisors, and DDGs of the DOT and Telecom Commission.

It would also encourage the industry and telecom intelligentsia to participate in the regulatory functions too. We propose to work in close co-operation with Department of Telecom
and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

ITU-APT Foundation has Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation with other ITU Associations mainly, ITU Association of Japan, and ITU Concern Group, Indonesia, World Wireless Research Forum (WWRF) and Telecom Standards Development Society of India.