Introduction to Telecommunication Industry
Indian Telecom Industry
The Indian Telecommunications has more than with 225 million telecom subscribers.
Today, it is the fastest growing market in the world and represents unique
opportunities for U.S. companies in the stagnant global scenario. Every month, 6-7 million new subscribers are added.
In the last 3 years, two out of every three new telephone subscribers were wireless subscribers. Consequently, wireless now accounts for 54.6% of the total telephone subscriber base, as compared to only 40% in 2003. The wireless technologies currently in use are Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). There are primarily 9 GSM and 5 CDMA operators providing mobile services in 19 telecom circles and 4 metro cities, covering 2000 towns across the country.
• Total telecom subscribers: 225.21 million (June 2007)
• Teledensity : 19.86 per cent (June 2007)
• Addition of new mobile subscribers per month (June 2007) : 7.34 million
• Annual growth rate of telecom subscribers (2006-07) :46.82 per cent
• One of the fastest growing cellular telephony markets in the world
• Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for GSM :~ US$ 6.6 per month
• More GSM subscribers than fixed line subscribers
• Telecom equipment market (2006-07) :US$ 17,100 million
• Handset market (2006-07) : US$ 4,750 million
• Expected to reach a mobile subscriber base of about 500 million by 2010 (i.e., more than one phone for every household)
The Indian telecom market generated revenues of appr ...