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Kolkata , Jan. 3

THE full scope of wireless and broadband applications in India is expected to be unleashed within the next one-and-a-half and two years.

While 2.5 million wireless gadgets in India were being added every month, there was some gap between the broadband and wireless segments which was expected to take some time to bridge, according to participants at the 18th International Conference on VLSI Design and the 4th International Conference on Embedded Systems that was inaugurated here on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Bobby Mitra, Managing Director of Texas Instruments India, said Texas Instruments was working on key technological areas such as digital subscriber lines, cable and broadband. In the days ahead, there would be a confluence of broadband technology, he said.

Mr Mitra said the Indian Semiconductor Association was seized of the growing needs of the design industry and it has proposed to facilitate training in design for at least 10,000 professionals across the country annually.

Mr Manabendra Mukherjee, West Bengal's Minister for Information Technology, said the State Government would extend all assistance to IT academies with a view to facilitating the creation of appropriate manpower with skills required by various facets of the IT industry.

Mr Mukherjee stressed the imperatives for bridging the digital divide and said the State Ggovernment was keen to see that the hardware sector grew as well.

Prof C.L. Lio of National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan, spoke of how technology had helped in bringing down the cost of computer chips drastically over the years. Between 1960 and 1997, the cost of such chips had come down by around a million times, he said.

According to him, technology has also helped in bringing down the cost of DVDs as well. With costs down, the number of DVDs manufactured and sold has gone up drastically between 1998 and 2004.

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