Telecommunication

Abstract

The following term paper analyses the growth seen by the Telecommunication Industry over the last decade in the Indian Market. The analysis takes into account how the customer base has rapidly risen in the field of Cellular phone services. This term paper also shows how companies have gone about expanding their Industries in an attempt to become the front runner amongst their competitors.

INDEX

SERIAL NUMBER SUBJECT PAGE NUMBER

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 OVERVIEW OF TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR 7-11

1.2 FACTORS FACILITATING GROWTH OF THE SECTOR 11-12

2 LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW 13-18

2.2 SWOT analysis 18-20

2.3 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 20-21

2.4 INDIA’s COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 21-22

3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 23-24

4 DATA ANALYSIS 25-26

5 RESULTS AND FINDINGS 27

6 CONCLUSION 28

7 ANNEXURE 29-48

8 BIBLIOGRAPHY 49

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 OVERVIEW OF TELECOM SECTOR

The telecom services have been recognized the world-over as an important tool for socio-economic development for a nation. It is one of the prime support services needed for rapid growth and modernization of various sectors of the economy. Indian telecommunication sector has undergone a major process of transformation through significant policy reforms, particularly beginning with the announcement of NTP 1994 and was subsequently re-emphasized and carried forward under NTP 1999. Driven by various policy initiatives, the Indian telecom sector witnessed a complete transformation in the last decade. It has achieved a phenomenal growth during the last few years and is poised to take a big leap in the future also.

STATUS OF TELECOM SECTOR

The Indian Telecommunications network with 851 million connections (as June 2011) is the second largest in the world.

Indian telecommunication industry is the world’s second-largest in terms of number of subscribers, and the world's fastest growing market in terms...