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Cisco's vision for establishing Telangana as a Digital State

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Cisco has announced strategic initiatives to accelerate the digital transformation of Telangana.

In a recent development, Cisco signed MoU with Government of Telangana to boost education and local innovation, foster entrepreneurship, and accelerate economic competitiveness and citizen engagement in the state.

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The MoU was signed today as part of the IT Sectoral Policy Launch event in Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad, in the presence of the Honorable Minister of IT E&C, MA&UD, Industries & Commerce, Mines& Geology, Public Enterprises and NRI Affairs Sri K. T Rama Rao , other government dignitaries; and Dinesh Malkani, President, Cisco India and SAARC.

Dinesh Malkani, President, Cisco India and SAARC, said, “ Digitization will be key to how cities, communities and countries maintain global competitiveness, increase GDP growth, foster innovation and create new jobs. The government’s vision to transform Telangana into a digital state is visionary and will create huge opportunities for the state, its citizens and the nation. We are thrilled to partner with the government of Telangana and are committed to help make Telangana a truly digital state in India.”

Partnership to deploy Digital Zone Project in Telangana

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As part of the Digital Zone project, Cisco will deploy City Digital Platform (CDP) in the 2.2 km area near Hi-Tech City in Hyderabad, including smart Wi-Fi, smart parking, smart lighting, traffic analytics at key junctions, Remote Expert for Government Services (REGS), smart environmental sensors, smart waste management, and a smart control center to monitor and manage the city with greater efficiency and effectiveness.

Honorable Minister of IT E&C, MAUD, Industries & Commerce, Mines & Geology, Public Enterprises and NRI Affairs Sri K. T Rama Rao, said, “ Hyderabad has a rich past of attracting investors for its geographical location, its culture, the suitable weather, excellent connectivity, the infrastructure and most importantly the government’s vision to digitally transform the state and roll out initiatives to help the industry. We are happy to partner with Cisco for this transformative project, and we believe Cisco’s global experience and expertise in digitization will benefit Telangana immensely and catapult the state to the forefront of the digital revolution.’

In the Digital Zone project, Cisco will collaborate with local ecosystem solution providers to build a scalable model for the effective rollout of city services across the state of Telangana. This project will utilize Cisco’s global expertise and intellectual property in the areas of IoT, mobile technology and applications, cloud computing, data analytics, social media, energy, and lighting solutions.

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Plans to boost research and local innovation in Telangana

Cisco will set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) and a Living Lab on the T-Hub premises to foster regional innovation, and will enable partners and startups to build solutions around IoT and cyber security and engage in rapid prototyping. This will also act as a platform to bring startups, accelerators, developers, researchers, ecosystem partners and the venture community together to showcase possibilities of the Internet of Things.

The Cisco® CoE will be hosted in the IIIT campus in T-Hub, which is part of the state-of-the-art 70,000-square-foot building called Catalyst, the largest building in India to be entirely dedicated to entrepreneurship. T-Hub’s mission is to catalyze the growth of Hyderabad into one of the most vibrant startup communities in the world.

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Virtual classrooms in Telangana

Cisco will set up virtual video-based classrooms in 10 remote schools in Karimnagar district for inter-school learning. The solution will connect the district school to the remote schools for the sharing of faculty. Cisco will deploy the solution to connect these schools over HD-quality video conferencing to share the faculty across the connected schools. The solution will also enable digital sharing of content, live streaming, recording, creation of a repository and accessing the content on demand.

Digitize historical Qutubshahi tombs – in Hyderabad

Cisco will digitize one of the most important landmarks and monuments of Hyderabad - the Qutubshahi tombs close to the Golconda Fort. Cisco will deploy digital solutions to enhance the experience of visitors to the Qutubshahi tombs and boost tourism in the state. There are plans to deploy public Wi-Fi, surveillance, smart lighting and smart parking solutions to provide visitors and citizens details of each of the monuments in the area.