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Introduction •In early 1881, Oriental Telephone Company Limited of England opened telephone exchanges at Calcutta (Kolkata), Bombay (Mumbai), Madras (Chennai) and Ahmedabad.

•On the 28th January 1882 the first formal telephone service was established with a total of 93 subscribers.

•From the year 1902 India drastically changes from cable telegraph to wireless telegraph, radio telegraph, radio telephone, trunk dialing.

•In the year 1975 Department of Telecom (DoT) was responsible for telecom services in entire country after separation from Indian Post & Telecommunication.

• In 1990s the telecom sector was opened up by the Government for private investment. In1995 TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) was setup.

•This reduced the interference of Government in deciding tariffs and policy making.

•The Government of India corporatized the operations wing of DoT in 2000 and renamed Department of Telecom as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

•Decade later Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) was chipped out of DoT to run the telecom services of Delhi and Mumbai

Overview of the Telecom Industry in India • From 2001 to 2011, the total number of telephone subscribers has grown at a

Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 35 per cent.

• The comparable rates in the 1980s and 1990s were 9 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively.

• Demand side factors—ultra low cost of handsets, low tariffs and ultimately the ease of using a phone—as well as supply side factors have made mobiles popular in India.

The regulatory reforms in the telecom sector from 2000 to 2011 can be broadlyclassified into the following three distinct phases.

• Phase 1 – 2000–2003: Telecom sectors were opened up to competition.

• Phase 2 – 2004–2007: Regulator encouraged competition and also set the stagefor future growth.

• Phase 3 – 2008–2011: More choices were brought in for consumers in terms oftechnology and services.

The total number of telephone subscribers in India stood at 943.49 million in

February 2012 as against 28.53 million in April 2000.

India is the world’s fastest growing industry in the world in terms of number of

wireless connections after China, with 811.59 million mobile phone subscribers.

According to the world telecommunications industry, India will have 1.200

billion mobile subscribers by 2013.

SWOT Analysis on Telecom Industries in India

PERCENTAGE OF GDP

India is 4th largest market in Asia after China, Japan and South Korea.

India is the 5th largest in the world and 2nd largest among emerging economies of Asia.

Contribution of telecom sector in terms of revenue is 2.1 % of GDP as compared to 2.8% in developed economies.

Problems faced by Telecom Industry

• Subscriber Growth

• Profit Margin

• Network

• Number of Operator

• MNP

• Spectrum Management

• TRAI directive VAS

• Tax disputes with Govt.

Leading Telecom Companies in India 1 | Airtel

• Bharti Airtel Limited is India’s largest telecom company .Founded by Sunil Mittal in 1986 the company is fourth largest mobile operator in the world. Products offered by company includes mobile commerce , 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, fixed line services, IPTV, high speed DSL broadband, DTH and enterprise services.

2 | Reliance

• Reliance Communications a flagship company of Reliance Group was established in 2004 and the company has more than 150 million subscribers. The company’s product offerings include wireless, broadband, national and international long distance services.

3 | Vodafone

• Vodafone is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in over 30 countries . Headquartered in London, the company ranks amongst the top 4 telecom companies globally in terms of subscribers and revenues. Company owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, the largest mobile telecom company in the US measured by subscribers.

4| Idea

• An Aditya Birla Group Company with over 121 million customers . Idea is India among of the top 5 telecom companies which is offering 2G and 3G services with a traffic of about 1.5 billion minutes a day.

Conclusion

• Lower spectrum prices

• Special Tax Benefit

• New VAS services

• Government policy regarding tariffs

• Not only Pvt. Players dominant market

• Technology of Tower Industry

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