Centre for Development of Telematics

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) is an Indian Government owned telecommunications technology development centre. It was established in 1984 with an initial mandate of designing and developing digital exchanges. C-DOT has expanded to develop telecom equipment, both wireless and wired, since the 1980s. It has offices in Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata. It is one of the few government organisations in India which have been appraised at Maturity Level 5 of CMMI-DEV v1.3.

In February 2014, United Telecoms Limited, the technology licensee of CDOT, had won a GPON order from BBNL to a value of approximately Rs 1000 Cr. This is the biggest win by any CDOT partner in global competitive bidding in recent years. For the same project National Optical Fibre Network, C-DOT won the NMS tender. CDOT has contributed significantly to the telecom sector, and it is known as the temple of technology in India.

Presently, CDOT is implementing Common Alert Protocol for India by developing a location-based Integrated Disaster Early Warning System for the National Disaster Management Authority. In this project, Forecasting agencies like IMD, CWC, INCOIS, GSI, SASE, and national to state-level disaster management authorities in a common platform for the dissemination of early warnings for cyclones, floods, thunderstorms, sandstorms, tsunamis, landslides, and avalanches to the public over multiple media like mobile, internet, TV, radio, social media, etc. With the completion of the project, it will not only save precious human lives but also make the country disaster-resilient.