Industry Profile Telecommunications

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Industry Profile Telecommunications


A midst all the talk of slowdown in the Indian economy, telecom is one sector that has had a fairly good year in terms of subscriber additions and revenue growth in 2008.

Mobile service companies have managed to add subscribers at the rate of eight million a month in 2008. This makes India the second fastest growth for mobile services in the world.

However, even as this gives some reason to cheer for the telecom incumbents, there are a few trends in key metrics of the companies that suggest increasing pressure on margins.

This is not the situation only this year the subscriber base of Indian telecom industry is increasing day –by-day and year –by – year. If we just have a glance on the Indian telecom industry it is divided into 23 circles spread allover the country with 9 Operators in the country.

A large population, low telephony penetration levels, and a rise in consumers' income and spending owing to strong economic growth have helped make India the fastest-growing telecom market in the world.

The first and largest operator is the state-owned incumbent BSNL, which is also the 7th largest telecom company in the world in terms of its number of subscribers. BSNL was created by corporatization of the erstwhile DTS (Department of Telecommunication Services), a government unit responsible for provision of telephony services.

Subsequently, after the telecommunication policies were revised to allow private operators, companies such as Bharti Telecom, Tata Indicom, Vodafone, MTNL, Idea, Vodafone and BPL have entered the space as Major Operators in India. However, rural India still lacks strong infrastructure.

In 2007, an article by Business week magazine reported that India's mobile phone market is the fastest growing in the world, with companies adding some 6 million new customers a month.

The total number of telephones in the country crossed the 300 million mark on June 18 2008. The overall tele-density has increased to 36.98% in March 2009. In the wireless segment, 15.87 million subscribers have been added in March 2009.

The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL (F)) base is more than 391.76 million now. The wire line segment subscriber base stood at 38.22 million with a decline of 0.13 million in October 2008.
 
Industry Profile Telecommunications


A midst all the talk of slowdown in the Indian economy, telecom is one sector that has had a fairly good year in terms of subscriber additions and revenue growth in 2008.

Mobile service companies have managed to add subscribers at the rate of eight million a month in 2008. This makes India the second fastest growth for mobile services in the world.

However, even as this gives some reason to cheer for the telecom incumbents, there are a few trends in key metrics of the companies that suggest increasing pressure on margins.

This is not the situation only this year the subscriber base of Indian telecom industry is increasing day –by-day and year –by – year. If we just have a glance on the Indian telecom industry it is divided into 23 circles spread allover the country with 9 Operators in the country.

A large population, low telephony penetration levels, and a rise in consumers' income and spending owing to strong economic growth have helped make India the fastest-growing telecom market in the world.

The first and largest operator is the state-owned incumbent BSNL, which is also the 7th largest telecom company in the world in terms of its number of subscribers. BSNL was created by corporatization of the erstwhile DTS (Department of Telecommunication Services), a government unit responsible for provision of telephony services.

Subsequently, after the telecommunication policies were revised to allow private operators, companies such as Bharti Telecom, Tata Indicom, Vodafone, MTNL, Idea, Vodafone and BPL have entered the space as Major Operators in India. However, rural India still lacks strong infrastructure.

In 2007, an article by Business week magazine reported that India's mobile phone market is the fastest growing in the world, with companies adding some 6 million new customers a month.

The total number of telephones in the country crossed the 300 million mark on June 18 2008. The overall tele-density has increased to 36.98% in March 2009. In the wireless segment, 15.87 million subscribers have been added in March 2009.

The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & WLL (F)) base is more than 391.76 million now. The wire line segment subscriber base stood at 38.22 million with a decline of 0.13 million in October 2008.

Hey sunanda, thanks for sharing such an important information on the telecom industry profile. Well, i have also got some information from my searches and would like to share it with you regarding telecommunication industry profile.
 

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