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Executive Summary…………………………. 3

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Advantage India………………………..….… 4

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Market Overview and Trends…………..….. 6

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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis……………..22

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Strategies Adopted…………………………24

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Growth Drivers……………………….…….. 26

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Opportunities……………………….……… 39

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Success Stories…………………………… 43

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Useful Information………………….……... 49

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Second-largest

subscriber base

Third-highest number of

internet users

Most of the Internet

accessed through

mobile phones

Rising penetration rate

Affordability and lower

rates

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With a subscriber base of nearly 1022.61 million by the end of September 2015, India has

the second-largest telecom network in the world

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With 375 million internet subscriptions in October 2015, India stood third-highest in terms

of total internet users in 2015. It is expected that India will be the second largest country in

terms of internet subscribers with 402 million internet users by December 2015

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Mobile based Internet is a key component of Indian Internet usage, with seven out of eight

users accessing internet from their mobile phones

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Urban teledensity stood at 152.76 per cent and rural teledensity at 48.66 per cent as on

September 2015

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Availability of affordable smartphones and lower rates are expected to drive growth in the

Indian telecom industry

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, TechSci Research

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ADVANTAGE INDIA

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ADVANTAGE INDIA

Robust demand

Growing demand

2015*

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Number of

subscribers:

1.022

Billion

Attractive opportunities

India is the world’s second-largest...