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1. TELECOM INDUSTRY
IN
INDIA

2. Pre liberalization
Historically telecom network in
India was owned and managed by
Government as it is considered as
a strategic service. At that time
the Telecom industry was
monopoly in nature.
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3. Current Scenario in Telecom
Industry
 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.
 Lowest tariff charges in the world.

4. REFORMS IN TELECOM
SECTOR
 Reforms in telecom sector began in 1980 with
telecom manufacturing being opened for
private sector followed by national telecom
policy(NTP) in 1994 and 1999.
 In 1990 telecom revolution in many countries
which resulted in better quality of service with
lower tariff rates force Indian policy makers to
open up telecom sector for private players.

5. POLICY REFORM
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PHASE 3

6. Phase-1
The decade of 1980's saw private sector being
allowed in telecommunications equipment
manufacturing.
 Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)
and Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL)
were formed.
 A telecom commission was set up to give
focus to telecommunications policy formation

7. Phase-2
 In 1990s, telecommunications sector also benefited
from the general opening up of the economy.
 NTP 1994 was the first attempt to give a comprehensive
roadmap for the Indian telecommunications sector.
 Availability of telephones on demand (targeted by 1997)
 Universal service covering all villages and one pco per
500 persons in urban areas at the earliest (targeted to
be achieved by 1997)
 Telecom services at affordable and reasonable prices

8. Phase- 3
NTP 1999 brought in the third generations of reforms in the
Indian Telecommunications sector.
FDI increase from 49% to 74%.
Internet telephony in 2002.
Launch of cdma technology.
3-6 operator in each circle.
Intra circle merger guidelines.
Broadband policy 2004.

9. Declinging Tariff – Rising Revenue

10. MAJOR PLAYERS IN TELECOM SECTOR- 2010
Service provider
No of subscribers CDMA
No of subscribers GSM
Reliance
1.5CR
11.35CR
Tata
2.35CR
7.25CR
Airtel
14.45CR
MTNL
24.98LAC
Bsnl
7.98CR
Vodafone
10.35CR
Idea
6.58CR
Aircel
2.35CR

11. MARKET SHARE MAJOR PLAYERS IN
TELECOM SECTOR

12. Net Sales(₹Cr)- 2010

13.  TRAI is the regulatory authority for telecom sector in
India.
 The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India was
established on 20 February 1997 by an act of
parliament called "Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India Act 1997".
 The mission of TRAI is to create and nurture an
environment which will the enable quick growth of the
telecommunication sector in the country

15.  Airtel was Established in 1985, Bharti (Airtel) has
been a pioneering force in the Telecom Sector.
 Bharti Airtel is one of India's leading private sector
providers of telecommunications services
 An aggregate of 15,00,00,000 customers in that
13,00,00,000 are under GSM (Global System for
 MobileCommunications) mobile and 1,656,031
broadband & telephone Customers.
 Bharti airtel is planning to invest about $14 billion
by the year 2013.

16. Different services available at airtel
 Wireless Services
– 2G/3G
– Rural Market
 Telemedia Services
– Fixed Line
– Broadband
– DTH
 Enterprise Services
– Carrier
– Corporate
 Passive Infrastructure
– Bharti Infratel
– Indus Tower

17. Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel,
Sunil Bharti Mittal.

18. Industry Analysis

19. Challenges
• India centric – Major revenues from India
• Falling ARPU(Average Revenue Per User)
• Intense Competition & Shortage of
Bandwidth
• New Players coming in India
• Uncertain Economic conditions
• Mobile Number Portability - upcoming
Challenge.

20. FUTURE PROSPECT OF TELECOM
SECTOR
Telecom sector targets announced by
Government of India
 650 million subscribers by 2013
64.5 million broadband subscribers by 2013
Usage of internet based mobile services in More than
11,000 remote villages by 2015.

21. THANK YOU