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By Harmeet Singh Slide 2 When India became independent in 1947,it already had about 82,000 telephone connections which rose upto 3 million in year 1985. Slide 3 The telecom sector in India was under the government monopoly until the year 1994 when liberalization was gradually started. In year 1995 for the first time the cellular services were launched in Kolkata. Slide 4 Statistical data also reveals that the telecommunications industry is going to be a dynamic and increasing industry in the near future. Slide 5 Figures published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), reveal that the number of telecom connection subscribers in India reached 562.21 million in December 2009, marking a 3.5 percent increase over the number 543.20 million reported in November 2009. Slide 6 The Indian telecommunication industry is second largest in Asia. It continues to increase with leap and bounds and is the main driving force in pushing Indian economy. Slide 7 Telecom industry in India is placing special attention on latest technologies like GSM( Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA(Code Division Multiple Access), PMRTS(Public Mobile Radio Trunking Services), Fixed Line and WLL(Wireless Local Loop ). Slide 8 The Indian government is pushing some effective telecom policies and regulations for the infrastructural growth of telecommunication industry. In 1997, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was formed to facilitate the growth of the telecom sector in India. Slide 9 India is a developing country.Therefore it provides ample opportunities for new investors to get successful. New india has spending power and can be lured by using new technologies. Slide 10 A study undertaken by Nokia has brought out that the communications sector will grow as the single largest chunk of the Indias GDP making up about 15.4 per cent by the year 2014. Slide 11 India has large population which in itself provides big opportunity to companies. Business Monitor International has stated that at present, India is adding up about 8-10 million mobile subscribers every succeeding month. Slide 12 Estimates have revealed that by June2012, almost half Indias population will have their own o mobile phone. This will result in about 612 million mobile subscribers, making up a teledensity of about 51 per cent by the year 2012. Slide 13 The new internet technologies like 3g spectrum will give huge boost to this industry. Due to technological advances the mobile phones are becoming faster, smaller and more efficient. This will also improve the industry. Slide 14 There are three types of players in telecom services: State owned companies (BSNL and MTNL) Private Indian owned companies (Reliance Infocomm, Tata Teleservices,) Foreign invested companies (Hutchison- Essar, Bharti Tele-Ventures, Escotel, Idea Cellular, BPL Mobile, Spice Communications) Slide 15 It was established in 1986. MTNL with a market share of about 13% of the National telecom Network has a customer base of 5.92 million. Slide 16 MTNL was set up by the Government of India to upgrade the quality of telecom services, expand the telecom network, introduce new services and to raise revenue for telecom development needs of Indias key metros. Slide 17 MTNL has formed a Joint Venture company in Nepal by the name of United Telecom Ltd. (UTL) in collaboration with Telecom Consultants India Limited (TCIL) in 2001 for providing WLL based basic services in Nepal. Slide 18 It was established in 1996. Tata Teleservices is a part of the $12 billion Tata Group, which has 93 companies, over 200,000 employees and more than 2.3 million shareholders. Slide 19 Tata Teleservices collection of telecommunication services includes Mobile services, Wireless Desktop Phones, Public Booth Telephony and Wireline service. Slide 20 Other services include value added services like voice portal, roaming, post- paid Internet services, 3-way conferencing, group calling, Wi-Fi Internet, USB Modem, data cards, calling card services and enterprise services. Slide 21 India is a developing country so this means that there is still a lot of opportunities to improve.This means the new investors have a bright prospect of improving. Slide 22 The Indian government is welcoming investors with open arms. The investors can benefit from technology improvements in the market. The small town market has lot of potential. Slide 23 The competition is very stiff and fierce in the telecommunication industry. The telecommunication market is already saturated i.e theres no place for new companies. Slide 24 The Foreign direct investment (FDI) is limited to 49 percent which means the foreign investors will have to search for partners. Slide 25 As of present there is no tax exemption for any investor. The license fees is 8- 14 percent on annual gross revenue Slide 26 Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) came into existence in May, 2000. TDSAT has been empowered to adjudicate any dispute between a licensor and a licensee between two or more service providers Slide 27 between a service provider and a group of consumers hear and dispose of appeal against any direction, decision or order of TRAI Slide 28 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Department of Telecommunications Slide 29 In order to become successful in the market the investors must keep tariffs low. This might decrease the profit margin but the large market can compensate for it. Slide 30