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Over the last 3 years, two out of every three new telephone connections
were wireless. Consequently, wireless now accounts for 54.6% of the
total telephone subscriber base, as compared to only 40% in 2003.
Wireless subscriber growth is expected to grow at 2.5 million new
subscribers every month in 2007. The wireless subscriber base
skyrocketed from 33.69 million in 2004 to 62.57 million in FY 2004
-2005. The wireless technologies currently in use ' Indian Telecom
Industry ' are Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and
Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). There are primarily 9 GSM
and 5 CDMA operators providing mobile services in 19
telecommunication circles and 4 metro cities, covering more than 2000
towns across the country. And the numbers are still growing for ' Indian
Telecom Industry '. ' Telecom Industry in India ' is regulated by
'Telecom Regulatory Authority of India' (TRAI). It has earned good
reputation for transparency and competence. Three types of players
exists in ' Telecom Industry India ' community -
The ' Indian Telecom Industry ' services is not confined to basic
telephone but it also extends to internet, broadband (both wireless and
fixed), cable TV, SMS, IPTV, soft switches etc. The bottlenecks for '
Indian Telecom Industry ' are:
Company Background:
Tata Telelservices is an unlisted entity. Tata Group and group firms own
the majority of the company, NTT docomo holds 26% while investor C.
Sivasankaran holds 8%.[2]
Senior management
The Board of Directors for TTSL includes Tata Sons Chairman Ratan
Tata, while the company is currently headed by its Managing Director,
Mr. Anil Kumar Sardana.
Market data
Network
Business areas
Tata Teleservices offers multiple tariff plans in both the Post-paid and
Pre-Paid category. It also offers Mobile Value Added Services to
subscribers.
Branding
Rural Telephony
The company joined hands with Tata Chemicals, Tata Kisaan Sansar
network, disseminating information through these centres and using
them as local distributors.
Retail
Tata Indicom also maintains an online portal for its customers i-choose
where the customers can buy Tata Indicom post-paid connections and
prepaid recharge vouchers with an upfront commitment of activation
and delivery of the handset within 72 hours.
Under its VAS bouquet, TTSL offers services such as News, Games,
Faith and Prayers, Ringtones, Streaming TV, Fun Shows, Video Zone,
Song Download Express, Cricket, Internet Surfing, Astrology, and
Mobile Office among others.
In spite of the high projected growth, teledensity in 2010 will be 11.5 per
cent, falling short of NTP99 targets of 15 per cent. Revenues would
grow, albeit much slowly, in the light of significant reductions in tariffs.
By 2006, telecom services is expected to be a Rs 66,000-crore sector,
contributing 5.4 per cent to India's GDP.
Several parts of the sector are being liberalised. Unlimited entry of new
players has been allowed in Basic, NLD, ILD, ISP and Infrastructure
businesses. ILD and Internet telephony are the latest in the deregulation
agenda, with the former being opened up in April 2002, and the
guidelines for the latter expected to be announced soon.
However, there are still uncertainties about how regulation would shape
up. Customer choice mechanisms and interconnect terms for long
distances services are yet to be finalised. The dispute regarding limited
mobility has not yet been resolved. These will result in changes in tariffs,
market share and revenue share of access and NLD/ILD players,
thereby impacting the strategies and plans of various players.
These are interesting times for the Tata Group - emerging as the largest
private sector telecom player with a significant presence across the
telecom value chain. The acquisition of VSNL is the latest in a series of
moves that the group has taken - gradually and quietly - to expand its
range of coverage and services.
The Tatas were one of the earliest (private sector) entrants into telecom
services: In 1995, Tata Cellular (TCL) won the license to offer mobile
services in Andhra Pradesh; followed by Tata Teleservices (TTSL)
which successfully bid for the basic license in AP in 1997. Tata Power
was also the first to light up a broadband network in India, using
DWDM technology in the Mumbai metro network.
TCL later merged with Birla AT&T to expand market coverage to four
circles. Birla Tata AT&T (BTAL) proposes to further merge with BPL
Mobile, thus forming the largest cellular services company in India with
nearly 1.4 million subscribers. TTSL, which recently crossed the 1-lakh
subscriber-mark in AP, has signed up licenses to rollout basic services in
four new high potential circles in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and
Gujarat).
The VSNL acquisition catapults the Tata group into a leading position
among private Indian telecom players. With a 100-per cent share in the
lucrative ILD business, a leading share in Internet services and a
favourable NLD license, VSNL perfectly fits in with the group's plans of
providing integrated telecom solutions. The Tata-VSNL team embarks
on its next challenge - ensuring a smooth transition at VSNL and
integrating business plans for ILD, NLD and Internet/date services - to
enhance value for its stakeholders: customers and shareholders.
The Tata group aims to be a market leader in the telecom services space.
The strategic intent is to capture a sizable share of customers and end
users; customer ownership will be leveraged to anchor the group's other
telecom offerings. The group will focus on providing an appropriate mix
of fixed/wireless and voice/data services to customers in select high
potential areas. The Tatas will compete on superior product quality,
customer care an innovative bundling of services. Infrastructure is
being built on selective routes; lease/swap options are being explored
elsewhere. The Tata group recognises that the strategy while being
robust has to remain flexible to respond speedily to developments in
customer behaviour, competition, technology, regulation and M&A
opportunities.
Tata Telecom and Reliance India are two of the well known
mobile service providers with CDMA technology. In the week
behind, Reliance launched the GSM services. Meanwhile, this
second largest CDMA mobile operator, TTSL (Tata Telecom
Service Limited) announces the same today.
Tata Teleservices has said it will invest Rs 8,000 crore over the
next 24 months to expand its telecom networks.Of this, about Rs
6,000 crore would go in building a pan-India GSM network, while
the remaining Rs 2,000 crore would be used to strengthen its
existing CDMA networks.
services.
Customer satisfaction in telecommunications will
reflect the service delivery process as experienced by
customers. The interaction between customers and the
delivery system is effected via alternative contact
points; each one of them will be investigated for its
impact on the overall customer satisfaction. That is, the
service delivery system can be decomposed into
alternative customer contact points that shape
customers' overall judgment about the organization.
Merger synergies
services.
Corporate Sustainability
TATA SKY:
History
It is a joint venture between the Tata Group, that owns 80% and STAR
Group that owns a 20% stake. Tata Sky was incorporated in 2004 but
was launched only in 2006. It currently offers close to 196 channels (as
of december 2010) and some interactive ones; this count includes some
numbers off HD channels offered by Tata Sky (as Tata Sky-HD) and
interactive services also.
The company uses the Sky brand owned by British Sky Broadcasting.
Tata Sky HD
Tata Sky HD was launched on June 14, 2010, and has channels
in their native resolution of 1080i or 720p. The STB is
compatible with 5.1 CH surround sound as well. The service currently
offers four HD channels - National Geographic Channel HD, Discovery
HD, Showcase HD (Pay Per View) , Star Plus HD (upscaled SD channel)
and Neo Cricket HD (Event Based). More channels such as Star Movies
HD and other popular sports channels in HD format are expected to be
added soon.
In March 2009, Tata Sky, became the first Indian direct-to-home (DTH)
service provider to be awarded the ISO 27001:2005 accreditation, the
benchmark for information security ISO 27001:2005 is an international
standard that provides specifications and guidance for the establishment
and proper maintenance of an Information Security Management
System (ISMS). The assessment for the certification was conducted by
Intertek Systems Certification, the management systems business unit of
Intertek Group. This certification confirms that every transaction
carried out through Tata Sky’s IT systems are highly secure.
It began as the "Tata Computer Centre", for the company Tata Group
whose main business was to provide computer services to other group
companies. F C Kohli was the first general manager. JRD Tata was the
first chairman, followed by Nani Palkhivala.
During 2005, TCS ventured into a new area for an Indian IT services
company - Bioinformatics[
Most companies today allow a degree of job rotation for career growth.
TAS, essentially a training programme, is perhaps the only employment
brand in Indian business that consciously recruits for lifelong mobility,
across companies, industries and functions, in order to impart that
macro view of business which is critical in preparing young
professionals for general management.
To grow and renew the Tata talent pool continuously, TAS recruits
young postgraduates from leading business schools each year and puts
them through an intensive 12-month programme. The TAS manager
has, as his or her career canvas, India's largest business house, with the
widest range of industries and functions around which to plan and build
a lifetime career of professional and personal growth.
Tata values The TAS recruitment process at campuses strives to
associate the Tata brand with values such as integrity, excellence and
nation building, while highlighting the group's entrepreneurial spirit.
Tata Telelservices is an unlisted entity. Tata Group and group firms own
the majority of the company, NTT docomo holds 26% while investor C.
Sivasankaran holds 8%., the company went through an internal
restructuring exercise that executives claim would bring about agility to
the organization.
Senior management
The Board of Directors for TTSL includes Tata Sons Chairman Ratan
Tata, while the company is currently headed by its Managing Director,
Mr. Anil Kumar Sardana
Market data
Network
Business areas
Tata Teleservices offers multiple tariff plans in both the Post-paid and
Pre-Paid category. It also offers Mobile Value Added Services to
subscribers.
Branding
Rural Telephony
The company joined hands with Tata Chemicals, Tata Kisaan Sansar
network, disseminating information through these centres and using
them as local distributors.
Retail
Tata Indicom also maintains an online portal for its customers i-choose
where the customers can buy Tata Indicom post-paid connections and
prepaid recharge vouchers with an upfront commitment of activation
and delivery of the handset within 72 hours.
Under its VAS bouquet, TTSL offers services such as News, Games,
Faith and Prayers, Ringtones, Streaming TV, Fun Shows, Video Zone,
Song Download Express, Cricket, Internet Surfing, Astrology, and
Mobile Office among others.
Modern growth
India's mobile phone market is the fastest growing in the world, with
companies adding some 18.98 million new customers in Oct 2010.
The total number of telephones in the country crossed the 742.12 million
mark on Oct 31st, 2010. The overall tele-density has increased to
62.31% by Oct 31st 2010.[5] In the wireless segment, 18.98 million
subscribers were added in Oct 2010. The total wireless subscribers
(GSM, CDMA & WLL (F)) base is more than 706 million now. The
wireline segment subscriber base stood at 35.43 million with a decline of
0.14 million as of Oct 31st 2010.
History
Introduction of telegraph
The postal and telecom sectors had a slow and uneasy start in India. In
1850, the first experimental electric telegraph Line was started between
Kolkata and Diamond Harbor. In 1851, it was opened for the British
East India Company. The Posts and Telegraphs department occupied a
small corner of the Public Works Department,[14] at that time.
Construction of 4,000 miles (6,400 km) of telegraph lines connecting
Kolkata (Calcutta) and Peshawar in the north along with Agra,
Mumbai (Bombay) through Sindwa Ghats, and Chennai in the south, as
well as Ootacamund and Bangalore was started in November 1853. Dr.
William O'Shaughnessy, who pioneered telegraph and telephone in
India, belonged to the Public Works Department. He worked towards
the development of telecom throughout this period. A separate
department was opened in 1854 when telegraph facilities were opened to
the public.
While all the major cities and towns in the country were linked with
telephones during the British period, the total number of telephones in
1948 was only around 80,000. Even after independence, growth was
extremely slow. The telephone was a status symbol rather than being an
instrument of utility. The number of telephones grew leisurely to
980,000 in 1971, 2.15 million in 1981 and 5.07 million in 1991, the year
economic reforms were initiated in the country.
While certain innovative steps were taken from time to time, as for
example introduction of the telex service in Mumbai in 1953 and
commissioning of the first [subscriber trunk dialing] route between
Delhi and Kanpur and between Lucknow and Kanpur in 1960, the first
waves of change were set going by Sam Pitroda in the eighties.[16] He
brought in a whiff of fresh air. The real transformation in scenario came
with the announcement of the National Telecom Policy in 1994.[17]
The demand for telephones was ever increasing. It was during this
period that the Narsimha Rao-led government introduced the national
telecommunications policy [NTP] in 1994 which brought changes in the
following areas: ownership, service and regulation of
telecommunications infrastructure. They were also successful in
establishing joint ventures between state owned telecom companies and
international players. But still complete ownership of facilities was
restricted only to the government owned organizations. Foreign firms
were eligible to 49% of the total stake. The multi-nationals were just
involved in technology transfer, and not policy making.[18]
During this period, the World Bank and ITU had advised the Indian
Government to liberalize long distance services in order to release the
monopoly of the state owned DoT and VSNL; and to enable competition
in the long distance carrier business which would help reduce tariff's
and better the economy of the country. The Rao run government instead
liberalized the local services, taking the opposite political parties into
confidence and assuring foreign involvement in the long distance
business after 5 years. The country was divided into 20
telecommunication circles for basic telephony and 18 circles for mobile
services. These circles were divided into category A, B and C depending
on the value of the revenue in each circle. The government threw open
the bids to one private company per circle along with government
owned DoT per circle. For cellular service two service providers were
allowed per circle and a 15 years license was given to each provider.
During all these improvements, the government did face oppositions
from ITI, DoT, MTNL, VSNL and other labor unions, but they managed
to keep away from all the hurdles.[18]
This was a gateway to many foreign investors to get entry into the
Indian Telecom Markets. After March 2000, the government became
more liberal in making policies and issuing licenses to private operators.
The government further reduced license fees for cellular service
providers and increased the allowable stake to 74% for foreign
companies. Because of all these factors, the service fees finally reduced
and the call costs were cut greatly enabling every common middle class
family in India to afford a cell phone. Nearly 32 million handsets were
sold in India. The data reveals the real potential for growth of the
Indian mobile market.[19]
In March 2008 the total GSM and CDMA mobile subscriber base in the
country was 375 million, which represented a nearly 50% growth when
compared with previous year.[20] As the unbranded Chinese cell phones
which do not have International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)
numbers pose a serious security risk to the country, Mobile network
operators therefore planned to suspend the usage of around 30 million
mobile phones (about 8 % of all mobiles in the country) by 30 April.[21]
5–6 years the average monthly subscribers additions were around 0.05
to 0.1 million only and the total mobile subscribers base in December
2002 stood at 10.5 millions. However, after a number of proactive
initiatives were taken by regulators and licensors, the total number of
mobile subscribers has increased greatly to 706.69 million subscribers as
of Oct 31st 2010.[5][22]
India has opted for the use of both the GSM (global system for mobile
communications) and CDMA (code-division multiple access)
technologies in the mobile sector. In addition to landline and mobile
phones, some of the companies also provide the WLL service. The
mobile tariffs in India have also become lowest in the world. A new
mobile connection can be activated with a monthly commitment of
US$0.15 only. In 2005 alone additions increased to around 2 million per
month in the year 2003-04 and 2004-05.[citation needed]
The results for India, point out to the fact that the stakeholders perceive
the TRE to be most conducive for the mobile sector followed by fixed
and then broadband. Other than for Access to Scarce Resources the
fixed sector lags behind the mobile sector. The fixed and mobile sectors
have the highest scores for Tariff Regulation. Market entry also scores
well for the mobile sector as competition is well entrenched with most of
the circles with 4-5 mobile service providers. The broadband sector has
the lowest score in the aggregate. The low penetration of broadband of
mere 3.87 against the policy objective of 9 million at then end of 2007
clearly indicates that the regulatory environment is not very conducive.
[27]
The total revenue in the telecom service sector was 86,720 crore
(US$18.8 billion) in 2005-06 as against 71,674 crore (US$15.6 billion) in
2004-2005, registering a growth of 21%. The total investment in the
telecom services sector reached 200,660 crore (US$43.5 billion) in 2005-
06, up from 178,831 crore (US$38.8 billion) in the previous fiscal.[28]
The value added services (VAS) market within the mobile industry in
India has the potential to grow from US$500 million in 2006 to a
whopping US$10 billion by 2009.[32]
The demand for telephones was ever increasing. It was during this
period that the Narsimha Rao-led government introduced the national
telecommunications policy [NTP] in 1994 which brought changes in the
following areas: ownership, service and regulation of
telecommunications infrastructure. They were also successful in
establishing joint ventures between state owned telecom companies and
international players. But still complete ownership of facilities was
restricted only to the government owned organizations. Foreign firms
were eligible to 49% of the total stake. The multi-nationals were just
involved in technology transfer, and not policy making.[18]
During this period, the World Bank and ITU had advised the Indian
Government to liberalize long distance services in order to release the
monopoly of the state owned DoT and VSNL; and to enable competition
in the long distance carrier business which would help reduce tariff's
and better the economy of the country. The Rao run government instead
liberalized the local services, taking the opposite political parties into
confidence and assuring foreign involvement in the long distance
business after 5 years. The country was divided into 20
telecommunication circles for basic telephony and 18 circles for mobile
services. These circles were divided into category A, B and C depending
on the value of the revenue in each circle. The government threw open
the bids to one private company per circle along with government
owned DoT per circle. For cellular service two service providers were
allowed per circle and a 15 years license was given to each provider.
During all these improvements, the government did face oppositions
from ITI, DoT, MTNL, VSNL and other labor unions, but they managed
to keep away from all the hurdles.[18]
This was a gateway to many foreign investors to get entry into the
Indian Telecom Markets. After March 2000, the government became
more liberal in making policies and issuing licenses to private operators.
The government further reduced license fees for cellular service
providers and increased the allowable stake to 74% for foreign
companies. Because of all these factors, the service fees finally reduced
and the call costs were cut greatly enabling every common middle class
family in India to afford a cell phone. Nearly 32 million handsets were
sold in India. The data reveals the real potential for growth of the
Indian mobile market.[19]
In March 2008 the total GSM and CDMA mobile subscriber base in the
country was 375 million, which represented a nearly 50% growth when
compared with previous year.[20] As the unbranded Chinese cell phones
which do not have International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI)
numbers pose a serious security risk to the country, Mobile network
operators therefore planned to suspend the usage of around 30 million
mobile phones (about 8 % of all mobiles in the country) by 30 April.[21]
5–6 years the average monthly subscribers additions were around 0.05
to 0.1 million only and the total mobile subscribers base in December
2002 stood at 10.5 millions. However, after a number of proactive
initiatives were taken by regulators and licensors, the total number of
mobile subscribers has increased greatly to 706.69 million subscribers as
of Oct 31st 2010.[5][22]
India has opted for the use of both the GSM (global system for mobile
communications) and CDMA (code-division multiple access)
technologies in the mobile sector. In addition to landline and mobile
phones, some of the companies also provide the WLL service. The
mobile tariffs in India have also become lowest in the world. A new
mobile connection can be activated with a monthly commitment of
US$0.15 only. In 2005 alone additions increased to around 2 million per
month in the year 2003-04 and 2004-05.[citation needed]
The total revenue in the telecom service sector was 86,720 crore
(US$18.8 billion) in 2005-06 as against 71,674 crore (US$15.6 billion) in
2004-2005, registering a growth of 21%. The total investment in the
telecom services sector reached 200,660 crore (US$43.5 billion) in 2005-
06, up from 178,831 crore (US$38.8 billion) in the previous fiscal.[28]
The value added services (VAS) market within the mobile industry in
India has the potential to grow from US$500 million in 2006 to a
whopping US$10 billion by 2009.[32]
Telephone
On landlines, intra-circle calls are considered local calls while inter-
circle are considered long distance calls. Currently Government is
working to integrate the whole country in one telecom circle. For long
distance calls, the area code prefixed with a zero is dialed first which is
then followed by the number (i.e. To call Delhi, 011 would be dialed first
followed by the phone number). For international calls, "00" must be
dialed first followed by the country code, area code and local phone
number. The country code for India is 91.
Mobile telephones
See also: List of mobile network operators of India
Assam
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar & Jharkhand
Chennai
Delhi & NCR
Gujarat & Daman & Diu
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Karnataka
Kerala & Lakshadweep
Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) & Goa
Mumbai
North Eastern States (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, & Tripura)
Orissa
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu excluding Chennai & Puducherry
Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Western Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand
West Bengal (excluding Kolkata), Andaman & Nicobar Islands &
Sikkim
A mobile handset
Talking of telecommunications sector in India today, we can primarily
identify two segments namely Fixed Service Provider (FSPs) and
Cellular Services. Some of the essential and basic telecom services
forming part of Indian telecom industry include telephone, radio,
television and Internet. Telecom industry in the country lays a special
emphasis on some of the advanced and the latest technical innovations
like GSM( Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA(Code
Division Multiple Access), PMRTS(Public Mobile Radio Trunking
Services), Fixed Line and WLL(Wireless Local Loop ). Especially, India
has a flourishing market in GSM mobile service, while the number of
subscribers is on rapid and dramatic increase. The Indian
telecommunications industry boasts as being one among the most
rapidly growing chunks on the globe. Experts around the world
estimate that India holds the promise of emerging as the second largest
telecom market of the world.
Over and above, a study undertaken by Nokia has brought out that the
communications sector will grow as the single largest chunk of the
India’s GDP making up about 15.4 per cent by the year 2014.
Estimates made in February 2009 show that the Indian equipment
market valued at US$ 24 billion, while Nokia was glowing as the market
leader reporting more than US$ 3.4 billion revenues in 2008-09.
Ericsson followed Nokia with revenue of about US$ 2.11 billion.
A Frost & Sullivan industry analyst has predicted that by the year 2012,
revenues from fixed line subscriptions in India will reach up to US$ 12.2
billion, while the revenue from mobile connections will reach up to US$
39.8 billion.
It is predicted that mobile number portability (MNP) will be available throughout India
by the second quarter of 2010, initially in the cities of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and
Mumbai, the four metros of India. Also, 3G (third generation) mobile services are found
being introduced in all the major cities across the nation. The country has auctioned three
3G spectrum slots to private bidders. However, the number of subscribers for broadband
connections is increasing at a slow pace.
Fixed-line Telephony
Public Players
o Subscribers
Private Players
o Subscribers
Mobile Telephony
Public Players
o Subscribers
Private Players
o Subscribers
Internet
Investment
Both fixed line and mobile segments serve the basic needs of
local calls, long distance calls and the international calls,
with the provision of broadband services in the fixed line
segment and GPRS in the mobile arena. Traditional
telephones have been replaced by the codeless and the
wireless instruments. Mobile phone providers have also
come up with GPRS-enabled multimedia messaging, Internet
surfing, and mobile-commerce. The much-awaited 3G mobile
technology is soon going to enter the Indian telecom market.
The GSM, CDMA, WLL service providers are all upgrading
themselves to provide 3G mobile services.
Aircel 48 lakhs
Bharti Airtel has the largest customer base with 31% market
share, followed by Hutch and BSNL with each holding 22%
market share.
External Factors
The growth of telecommunications in the real sense began with the late
prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi initiating the liberalisation of the sector
firstly by demonopolizing telecom equipment manufacturing in 1985.
This allowed private firms to manufacture telephones, while the
Department of Telecommunications (DOT) licensed switching
technology from various foreign firms. A simultaneous thrust was
provided to the national development of telecommunications equipment
by hiring non-resident Indian engineer, Satyen
(Sam) Pitroda to start the Centre for Development of Telematics with
the goal of designing an indigenous digital telecommunication switch,
whose manufacture would be licensed to local firms.
When actual reforms were initiated in 1994, there were three
incumbents in the fixed service sector, namely DoT (Department of
Telecom), MTNL and VSNL. Of these, DoT operated in all parts of the
country except for Delhi and Mumbai while MTNL operated in Delhi
and Mumbai, and VSNL provided international telephony.An
essential part of the entire game of privatisation is the setting up
of tariffs in order to be beneficial for all the players. This task
has been entrusted by the government to the newly formed body
for the purpose, The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TRAI). TRAI issued its first directive regarding tariff-setting
following National Telecom Policy of 1994 aimed at re-balancing
tariffs and to usher in an era of competitive service provision.
As the NTP 1994 did not fulfil many of the important areas, so
TRAI introduced a reformed policy in 1999, called the New
Telecom Policy or NTP 1999.
Telecommunication is one of the fastest growing segments in
the country with the tele-density (number of telephones per
every hundred people) reaching 14.40% at the end of July 2006,
compared to 8.6% in Dec 2004. This was primarily because of
the liberalisation of the sector by Government of India, which
made telecom services readily accessible and affordable. This
phenomenal growth in Indian telecom has drawn the attention of
the world.
–Technology
Rural Population
Age structure:
0–14 years: 30.8%, male: 188,208,196, female:
171,356,024
15–64 years: 64.3%, male: 386,432,921, female:
364,215,759
65+ years: 4.9%, male: 27,258,259, female:
30,031,289 (2007 est.)
Supply Analysis
–Degree of Concentration
–Industry capacity
Profitability
Employment Generation
As the number of licensees goes up and they start their operations with
77 networks on air, the employment opportunities in this sector will be
huge.
Key Findings
Much of the growth in Asia Pacific Wireless
Telecommunication Market is spurred by the growth in
demand in countries like India and China.
India ‘s mobile phone subscriber base is growing at a rate
of 82.2%.
China is the biggest market in Asia Pacific with a
subscriber base of 48% of the total subscribers in Asia
Pacific. Compared to that India ’s share in Asia Pacific
Mobile Phone market is 6.4%. Considering the fact that
India and China have almost comparable populations,
India’s low mobile penetration offers huge scope for
growth.
The Internet Access Market in India is all set to grow twice
the existing value what with the increase in
deregularization, literacy level, increasing consumer
awareness, PC penetration etc.
Broadband Wireless Market in India is all set to take off in a
big way. Over 70% of the households in India has no
access to wired lines and the number of mobile phone
users far outnumbers PC owners. Such a scenario
presents a very good opportunity for Wireless Broadband
Services.
The research report also addresses the issues and facts that are
critical to your success:
What are the emerging trends in the Telecom sector in
India?
What is the future Outlook of the Telecom market in India?
Who are the Key players in the Telecom Market in India?
What opportunities exist for the Telecom market?
What are the Challenges faced by the industry?
How is the market affected by other factors prevailing in
the economy?
What are the emerging technologies in the Telecom
Sector?
Research Methodology
Information Sources
Information has been sourced from namely, books, newspapers,
trade journals, and white papers, industry portals, government
agencies, trade associations, industry news and developments
and through access to more than 3000 paid databases.
Analysis Methods
The analysis methods includes the following: Ratio Analysis,
Historical Trend Analysis, Linear Regression Analysis using
software tools, Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect
Analysis.