In addition, telecommunications in India has become one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world. Urban tele density now exceeds 100% and rural tele density is steadily growing. In 1994, mobile cellular was introduced and as of 2013, it has 893,862 million subscribers, and telephone main lines totaling 31.08 million in 2012 according to the CIA database. In 2011, broadcast media had more than 100 million homes that had access to cable and satellite TV.…
Indian telecom is more than 160 years old, beginning with the commissioning of the first telegraph line between Kolkata and Diamond Harbour in 1839. In 1948, India had only 0.1 million telephone connections with a telephone density of about 0.02 telephone per hundred population. By June 2006 there were 153.42 million telephone (including cellular mobile) connections in the country with a telephone density of 13.96 telephones per hundred population.…
Internet-capable phones are on the rise in India. Telecom companies are developing 3G licenses and access to provide to the citizens. A surge in number of users connecting to the internet through their mobile phone will be expected for the over the next few years. India’s internet traffic on mobile devices will surpass desktop devices significantly over the next few years. Various devices such as tablet computers, smartphones, and laptops will increase internet traffic and mobile applications will be the main focus for the next few years. Mobile payments and mobile commerce should be a big part of India’s economic growth in the next few years.…
India’s current cell phone population exceeds the total amount of cellular users within the United States of America. However, India has a substantially higher population and an ever-increasing younger generation. The market size is in the hundreds of millions.…
India is the fourth largest telecom market in Asia after China, Japan and South Korea. The Indian telecom network is the eighth largest in the world and the second largest among emerging economies. At current levels, telecom intensiveness of Indian economy measured as the ratio of telecom revenues to GDP is 2.1 percent as compared with over 2.8 percent in developed economies. Indian telecom sector has undergone a major process of transformation through significant policy reforms. The reforms began in 1980s with telecom equipment manufacturing being opened for private sector and were later followed by National Telecom Policy (NTP) in 1994 and NTP'1999. The liberalization of the industry has created an impressive forward-momentum in India, resulting in a vigorously competitive and fast growing sector. Moreover, the government had relaxed significantly the foreign investment norms in the sector. According to the Department of Trade, India’s investment policy framework permits foreign direct investment (FDI) in a number of key sectors of the telecom markets. The benefit of this liberalization has been the drastic reduction in call charges. Where a 1 minute trunk call cost Rs. 30 earlier now it costs on Rs. 1. Due to the entry of BSNL and MTNL, cellular telephony costs have also come down rapidly. According to the latest data issued by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry association representing all GSM operators, the number of India's GSM subscribers had touched 136 million as of the end of June 2007-recording an addition of 5.4 million during June, or a growth of 4.12% when compared to 130.1 million at end-May 2007…
India, the world’s fastest-growing mobile services market, has added a record 16.02 million new wireless subscribers in March 2009, which are the highest ever additions in a single month till now. As the country continues to add around 10-11 million new connections each month, the target of 500 million telephone subscribers by 2010 is expected to be met in advance.…
The telecom expert’s view at a 3G India Mobile Operators Executive Summit was that the new service could lead to explosive 3G growth in India with low cost UMTS enable mobile phones. It would enable cheaper download of several applications like Mobile TV, Video clips of films and Sports like Cricket, Education network Gaming and Entertainment; for hi-end users, voice and video callings would be cheaper on 3G. The State run telecom operator Bhart Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) who have been providing 3Gmobile services for some months and still only licensees to provide the 3G mobile and broadband service in India, enlightened the operators assembled with their own experience in the much hyped 3G domain.…
It is clear that Information Technology (IT) relates to telecommunications industry directly, thus, it is not surprise to see the advance of technology contributes the growth of telecom business increase significantly. Especially, in India, where the technology is well-known as one of the best in the world, therefore, telecom business can exploit such competitive advantages extremely.…
This gradual and thoughtful reform process in India has favored industry growth. Today, there are more than 225 million telecom subscribers in India. Every month, 6-7 million new subscribers are added. Upcoming services such as 3G and WiMax will help to further augment the growth rate. Furthermore, the Indian economy is slated to sustain its 7-9 per cent growth…
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| The telecom industry has brought revolution in the societies of India in the field of communication. It is decreasing the cost and the time-period for the transfer of messages. In 2005 there were 110…
The Indian telecommunication sector has seen something of a swansong in the past decade. It has been one of the fastest growing sectors in India and has grown to become the second biggest telecommunication industry in the world, second only to China. It now has a subscriber base of almost 937.7 million as of September 2012 and is expected to service over 1 billion people by 2014. The present cellular mobile industry alone is estimated to be at Rs. 1, 48,792 crore without including the wire-line connections which number around 35 million.…
50 Years of Growth, Innovation and Leadership Frost & Sullivan Whitepaper On Mobile Broadband in India – The Next Telecom Revolution TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................... 3 2. Why Mobile Broadband? ...................................................................................... 4 2.1 Advantage Mobile Broadband ...................................................................... 5 2.2 Availability Of Affordable Devices .............................................................. 5 2.3 Government Efforts To Increase Broadband Penetration ......................... 6 2.4 Social Impact ................................................................................................ 6 3. Market Potential…
Industry Analysis As per the latest reports, number of mobile subscribers in India has crossed the 250 million mark. Mobile phone production in India was expected to grow from 31 million units in 2006 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.3 per cent to reach 107 million units in 2011. Handset Market Share Nokia: 59.5% Sony: 8.1% Samsung: 7% Motorola: 5.9%…
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