Growing Telecom Sector of India

1.  Oct 14,2015
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2. I. History of Telecom Sector in India
II. Different service segments in Telecom Sector
III. Overall Turnover of Telecom Sector
IV. Effect of Telecom Sector on economy
V. Top companies with their Turnover
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3. Date (Year-
wise)
Historic Event in Telecom Sector
1851 First military landline was established from Fort William to Lal
Bazaar(Calcutta) by British Govt.
1881 First Civil landline was introduced for British Governor and his team
1932 Formation of Indian Radio Telegraphic Cable Company(IRTC)
1985 Department of Telecommunication(DOT) was established
1995 1st call on Mobile phone by Telecom Minister Sukh Ram(Delhi) to Joyti
Basu(Calcutta)
1997 TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) was created
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5.  Fastest growing Sector with average monthly addition of
16-18 million subscribers
 Current subscriber base of over 875 million and active
subscribers of about 588 million
 Second largest mobile network with over 840 million
wireless subscribers
 Addition of over 225 million connections last year
 12-14 mobile operators in most of the circles
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6. 142.09
205.87
300.49
429.73
621.28
846.32
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Total telephones (million)
6Source: DoT, TRAI

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Basic Services Operators
BSNL
MTNL
Different segments of Indian telecom Industry
Reliance
TTSL
GSM Services Operators
Airtel
Vodafone
Idea
Reliance
TTSL
BSNL
CDMA Services Operators
Reliance
Internet Services Operators
BSNL
MTNL
Reliance
TTSL
BSNL
Airtel
TTSL – Tata Teleservices Ltd.
MOBILE SERVICES
BSNL – Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
MTNL – Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Ltd.

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Revenue (Total) USD 33,350 million
Total telephone subscribers 1,002.05 million (May 2015)
Mobile subscribers 975.78 million (May 2015)
Fixed line subscribers 26.27 million (May 2015)
Monthly telephone additions 2.34 million[(May 2015)
Tele density 48.60% (May 2015)
Internet users 300 million (June 2015)
Internet Service Providers 161 (May 2013)
Television channels 813 (September 2014)
Radio stations 247 (March 2012)

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Indian
Telecom
Industry
Direct Benefits
Indirect Benefits
Increase GDP ,Government
Revenue and Employment in
country
Lower Transaction costs,better
access to information
,healthcare and educational
services.Increases productivity
of business through voice and
data services

10. The major contributions to this revenue are as follows :-
 Airtel (Revenue : US $990mn)
 Headquartered in New Delhi, India, this leading Indian telecommunications
company has its operations spread across 20 countries in Asia and Africa.
 Subscriber Base: 229.5 million
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11.  Vodafone India (Revenue : US $870mn)
 Vodafone India Ltd, formerly known as Vodafone Essar Ltd, is headquartered in
Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 The second largest mobile network operator in India offers both pre-paid and
post-paid services.
 Vodafone ‘Zoo-Zoo’ ad campaign is quite famous.
 Subscriber Base: 183.8 million
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12.  Idea Cellular (Revenue : US $833)
 This Mumbai based Indian mobile network operator offers GSM based 2G and 3G
services.
 Idea’s ‘Honey-Bunny’ and ‘What an idea’ ad campaigns became widely popular on
television.
 Subscriber Base: 157.8 million
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13.  Reliance Communications (Revenue : US $780)
 Reliance Communications Ltd, commonly known as RCOM, is a frontrunner
company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
 Subscriber Base: 110.6 million
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14.  BSNL (Revenue : US $636)
 Incorporated in 2000, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) is a government owned
telecom company.
 Subscriber Base: 93.6 million
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15.  Tata Teleservices (Revenue : US $480)
 Based in Mumbai, Tata Teleservices (TTL) represents the Tata Group’s presence in
the Indian telecom sector.
 It operates in about 18 circles in India under the brand name of Tata DoCoMo.
 Subscriber Base: 68 million
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16.  With the government’s favourable regulation,policies
and 4G services hitting the market, the Indian
telecommunication sector is expected to witness fast
growth in the next few years.
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18.  A landline telephone (also known as land line, land-line, main line, home
phone, landline, fixed-line, and wireline) refers to a phone that uses
a metal wire telephone line for transmission as distinguished from
a mobile cellular line, which uses radio waves for transmission.
 Fixed wireless refers to the operation of wireless devices or systems in
fixed locations such as homes. Fixed wireless devices usually derive their
electrical power from the utility mains electricity, unlike mobile wireless
or portable wireless, which tend to be battery-powered.
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19.  Telephone density or teledensity is the number of telephone connections
for every hundred individuals living within an area. It varies widely across
the nations and also between urban and rural areas within a country.
Telephone density has significant correlation with theper capita GDP of
the area.It is also used as an indicator of the purchasing power of
the middle class of the country or specific region.
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20.  An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services
for accessing, using, or participating in theInternet. Internet service
providers may be organized in various forms, such as
commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise privately owned.
 Internet services typically provided by ISPs include Internet
access, Internet transit, domain name registration, web
hosting, Usenet service.
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