Telecom Industry in India

Aniket Bushal
IPER PGDM
 Contents
• Introduction
• Major Players
• Subscriber & Market Share
• Subscriber Growth
• Growth of Telecom Industry
Wireline
Wireless
Internet
• Prospects and Problems
• Conclusion
 Introduction to Indian Telecom Industry – Recent facts & figures

 The total wireless subscriber base {GSM, CDMA} stood at 391.76 million at
the end of financial year.
 Wire line subscribers on 31st March 2009 was 37.96 million.
 More than 10 million subscribers were added every month.
 There were 13.54 million internet subscribers on 31st March 2009 as
compared to 11.09 million on 31st March 2008.
 The number of broad-band connections on 31st March 2009 was 6.22
million compared to 3.87 million for the same period during previous year.
*Source : http://www.trai.gov.in/ Annual Report
Major Players in different segments of Indian telecom industry

Basic Services Operators

MOBILE SERVICES GSM Services Operators
BSNL
Airtel
MTNL

Vodafone
Reliance

Idea
TTSL

Reliance

BSNL
Internet Services Operators

BSNL
CDMA Services Operators

MTNL Reliance

Reliance
TTSL
TTSL
BSNL

Airtel

MTNL – Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd. TTSL – Tata Teleservices Ltd.

BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
Subscribers (Rural & Urban) & Market share (GSM & CDMA) - 2009
Growth of Subscriber base from 1999 to 2009
Growth of Indian Telecom Sector

Wirelline Subscriber in Million

Growth of Indian Telecom Sector

Wireless Subscriber in Million

Growth of Indian Telecom Sector

Internet Subscriber in Million

 Prospects and problems of Indian Telecom sector

 Fifth largest telecom network in the world; second largest among the
emerging economies after China
 On an average, about 6–7 million new users added per month
 FDI limit increased.
Problems:
 Lowest call tariffs in the world
 Market strongly regulated by Government body – Governing both ISP and
Telecom sectors
 Low cost service providers – no possibility of breaking even in short term
 Conclusion
• World fastest growing wireless market
• Rural market is untapped market
• Decline in wireline subscribers
• Low cost market
Thank You