From:

Mihir Patel

Kartik Pachotiya

INDIAN TELECOM INDUSTRY

This Project comprises of the following sections; 1. Introduction 2. Overview of the Telecom Industry in India 3. SWOT Analysis on Telecom Industries in India 4. Problems faced by Telecom Industry 5. Leading Telecom Companies in India 6. Conclusion

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.

Later moved to digital microwave, optical fiber, satellite earth station. During British period all major cities and towns in India were linked with telephones.

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

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

Introduction

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).

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 broadly classified 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 stage for future

growth. Phase 3 – 2008–2011: More choices were brought in for consumers in terms of technology and

services.

Overview of the Telecom Industry in India

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

Subscriber GrowthProfit MarginNetworkNumber of OperatorMNPSpectrum ManagementTRAI directive VASTax disputes with Govt.

Problems faced by Telecom Industry

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 y 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. Tata docomo

A Tata Group company providing cellular service on the GSM, CDMA and platform . It is among the top telecom companies in India and the first Indian telecom company to launch 3G services in India.

Leading Telecom Companies in India

4 | 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.

5 | 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.

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