Sunday, August 21, 2011

6th CMAI ICOMM 2011 and 7th AEF 2011 opens in Delhi

NEW DELHI, INDIA: The 6th CMAI India International Communications Fair (ICOMM 2011) and 7th Asia Electronics Forum (AEF 2011) were opened at the NSIC Expo Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi.

The most-awaited mobile and communications technology fair (ICOMM 2011) of the year, targeted at boosting the localized production, strategic tie-ups and technology promotion for telecom trade in India was inaugurated by international commercial representatives and trade experts along with NK Goyal, president, CMAI Association of India.

Some of the VIPs on the inauguration dais included Jai Gopal, ITS advisor-DOT, Ministry of Communications & IT, Government of India; Uday Kumar, director,
NSIC; Peng Gang, Commercial Counselor, Embassy of China, New Delhi; Monir Agbaria, Economic Counselor, Embassy of Israel, New Delhi; Grant Kuo, MD, MediaTek India; SN Rai, director, Lava Mobiles; Sudhir Gaur, director, Videocon Mobiles. It was remarkable to see the commercial representatives of China and Israel on the same stage with CMAI.

ICOMM 2011 boasts of more than 60 exhibitors from various fields of telecom & communications technology representing countries like China, Taiwan, HongKong, Japan, Korea and India. The 7th AEF that also began with ICOMM 2011, the two-day exhibition-cum-B2B event, also had leading international trade representatives.

Some of the VIP participants to the 7th AEF were Johny Yeung, chairman, Fujikon Industrial Holdings Ltd, Hong Kong; Somboon Hotrakool, president, Electrical & Electronics Institute, Bangkok; Hiroaki Takeichi, vice chairman, CIAJ, Japan; Shoichi Inoue, deputy director of International Affairs Deptt., JEITA, Japan; and Liu Shunguang, vice secretary general, CECC, China.

Till the afternoon on Day 1 of the event, it is reported that contracts worth $65 million had been finalized. It is also learnt that five companies have committed to start manufacturing facilities in India for handsets/tablets with an approximate investment of $250 million.

The show also witnessed the launch and announcement of “Indo-Global Digital Devices Association”, jointly by India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan for promotion of Mobile/Tablet/Digital Devices in India. This association will help in facilitating FDI Investments and strategic-tie-ups in the Indian market.

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