Telecom Industry

Industry Classification   {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} Life cycle position   The Telecom Industry in India is in its growth stage. Telecom is one area in India where significant improvements have happened. Now the private operators also are providing services which is giving rise to more choice.
The Telecom sector in India is experiencing a stage of Mature Growth. The growth in sales is still above normal. Due to rapid growth of sales and profit margins, new players are getting attracted to the Industry giving rise to more and more competitors.This is leading to an increase in the level of supply and lower prices. Profit Margins will start declining over time.
The new players in the industry are:
Datacomm
S Tel Ltd
Unitech* Wireless Ltd*
*ByCell* Telecommunications*
Swan Telecom Pvt. Ltd**
**Alcatel Lucent**
**ATC Tower Company of India Pvt. Ltd.**
**Aster infrastructure Pvt. Limited*
Nokia Siemens Networks
{text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end}   Business cycle   Telecom is one area in India where significant improvements have happened. Even in the current scenario, where most of the industries are suffering due to global economic recession, telecom is one sector which is still going strong.   {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end} External Factors   {text:bookmark-start} {text:bookmark-end}   ' Government & Social   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... [continues]

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