4. The Indian telecom industry has witnessed
phenomenal growth.
The Indian telecom services can be
divided predominantly into
• Basic
• Mobile
• Internet services
5. Fifthlargest telecom network in the world;
second largest among the emerging
economies after China
On an average, about 6–7 million new users
added per month, making India the world’s
fastest growing wireless services market
The government promoting telecom
manufacturing by providing tax benefits and
establishing telecom specific Special
Economic Zones
6. The telecom companies are booming with
the effect of the growing telecom industry
Large number of mobile handsets are
been sold every year providing a growth
for the handset industry
10. Estimates of Mobile Operators’ Revenue
No. of Mobile Revenues GDP Mobile
mobile ARPU per from (Rs. in billion at revenue as a
subscribers year mobile factor cost at percentage of
(in million) (Rs.) services current prices) GDP
(Rs. in
billion)
2005-06 90 4500 405 32000 1.3
2010-11 433 3600 1559 57600 2.7
2015-16 899 3600 3236 103680 3.1
Rapid increase in mobile subscriber base and mobile
spending
will have equally important implications for the government
revenue
particularly in the form of regulatory charges (license fee
including universal service obligation and spectrum charges)
and service tax.
12. • Huge Customer potential
• High Growth Rate
• Allowed FDI limit ranging from 74% to
100%
• High return on Investment
• Liberalization efforts by Govt.
• Lower capital expenditure
13. WEAKNESS
• Poor Telecommunication Infrastructure
• Late adopters of New Technology
• Most competitive market
• A market strongly regulated by
Government.
• Difficult to enter because of requirement of
huge financial resources.
14. • 3G Telecom services and 4G services
• More Quality Service
• Value added Services (VAS)
• Boost to Telecom Manufacturing
Companies
• Telecom Equipment Exports
15. • Telecommunication Policies
• Declining ARPU (average Revenue per
user)
• Partiality on the part of the Govt.
• Content Piracy
16. Future Mobile Subscriber Base in India
It is projected that almost 350 million new mobile subscribers
will
be added between 2005-06 and 2010-11 and more than 450
million
will be added between 2010-11 and 2015-16.
1000
899
900
808
No. of mobile subscribers (in million)
800
715
700
620
600 526
500 433
400
300
200
90
100
4
0
2000-01 2005-06 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Note: Future population of India is taken from the United Nations
Population Division publication.