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India - Broadband Market
Synopsis While India initially embraced the Internet with a degree of ambivalence, there was tremendous enthusiasm among dial-up users and an estimated 60% of Internet users were still regularly accessing the Internet via the country's more than 10,000 cybercafes. But when it comes to high-speed broadband access, there has been reluctance to embrace, especially within the corporate sector, and the take-up rate has been relatively slow. By early 2009, there were around 6 million broadband subscribers - a lowly penetration (by population) of less than 0.6%. After a surge in broadband subscribers in 2006, the market settled back to a relatively modest 50% growth in 2007/08. The WiMAX technology was attracting considerable interest in India as operators committed to substantial network roll-outs. However, by early 2009, the number of WiMAX subscribers remained modest for the time being. This report looks at the stage the development of broadband Internet has reached in India.
Last Update: 29 Mar 2010 Number of Pages: 19

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India - Broadcasting
Since television was first introduced in India in 1959, the country has emerged as one of the largest TV markets in the world. Television is estimated to reach around 60% of all individuals (urban and rural) in India. In the last decade the television programming landscape has also been totally transformed. India has one of the largest broadcasting networks in the world. Doordarshan, the Indian National Television Network established in 1959, reaches more than 90% of the population. The type of expansion being witnessed in digital media is expected to continue at an increased rate. Convergence of broadcasting and telecommunications is in its early stages and IPTV has been launched.
Last Update: 27 Jun 2009 Number of Pages: 23

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India - Fixed Network Operators
Domestic fixed-line telephony in India had traditionally been the preserve of the state-owned operators, BSNL and MTNL. In 2001, the Indian government opened up the whole fixed-line telephone business to an unlimited number of operators in each of the defined telecom circles (regions). Prior to this, only one private company had been allowed to compete with an existing state-run player in each circle. VSNL, the former monopoly provider of international telephony, also lost its exclusive status in April 2002 when the international market was opened to competition. This report provides an overview of India's fixed network voice services and the operators involved in providing these services.
Last Update: 27 Jun 2009 Number of Pages: 28

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India - Internet Market
Synopsisx Despite the considerable popularity of Internet in India, the ISP market has been in disarray. There were around 150 operational ISPs in the country, after a period of market rationalisation, but, despite the large number of providers, 10% of the ISPs have 90% of the subscribers. In fact, 5% have 85%. The state-owned - BSNL and MTNL - dominate the market, holding first and second place in terms of Internet subscribers. Cybercaf�s have certainly been playing a major role in fuelling Internet development in India. About 30% of the total Internet subscriber base has broadband access. Despite this relatively high proportion, development of broadband Internet in India has been particularly slow. This report also takes a look at the wider Internet and e-services market as the country moves slowly towards the New Internet Economy.
Last Update: 29 Mar 2010 Number of Pages: 12

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India - Key Statistics and Telecommunications Market Overview
Synopsis India continues to be one of the fastest growing major telecom markets in the world. Sweeping reforms introduced by successive Indian governments over the last decade have dramatically changed the nature of telecommunications in the country. The mobile sector has grown from around 10 million subscribers in 2002 to pass the 350 million mark by early 2009. While GSM technology still dominates the mobile market, CDMA has claimed around 25% market share. The mobile industry should continue to boom. Fixed-line services grew strongly for a while but have been experiencing zero and negative growth of late. This report presents the key measures and takes a general look at the market direction.
Last Update: 21 Feb 2010 Number of Pages: 11

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India - Mobile Communications - Major Operators
Synopsis The dynamic Indian mobile telephony market has seen a number of important takeovers and mergers, resulting in significant shifts in market share among the players. Three major private players - Hutchison (subsequently acquired by Vodafone), Bharti, and Idea Cellular - emerged from the fray to do battle. The entry of the state-owned enterprises -BSNL and MTNL - as mobile operators saw BSNL in particular throw out a challenge to the private operators. And then we have seen the arrival (through the back door) of the CDMA-based services. Among these, Reliance has emerged as a very serious challenger to the GSM operators. This report looks at the operators in this ever-changing sector, providing some pertinent statistics.
Last Update: 29 Jan 2010 Number of Pages: 24

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India - Mobile Communications - Market Overview
Synopsis Growth in India's mobile sector, from a humble start in the mid-1990s, has really picked up pace in recent years, aided by higher subscriber volumes, lower tariffs and falling handset prices. Home to a clutch of global operators working with local companies, India had around 520 million mobile subscribers (including both GSM and CDMA services) coming into 2010. And the market was continuing to grow at an annual rate of over 50%. While ARPU has been steadily declining as competing operators offer cheaper tariffs the usage levels have remained reasonably high thus slowing the decline in revenues. There had been a major push in recent years to take mobile services into the poorer and rural areas of the country, a move that was weighing down on ARPU. This report provides an overview of India's mobile market.
Last Update: 21 Feb 2010 Number of Pages: 12

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India - Mobile Communications - Technologies including 3G
Synopsis India is one of the fastest growing markets for mobile technology. The country's mobile operators have been providing services based initially on GSM, but subsequently a substantial CDMA presence has been added. While India moved into advanced forms of mobile technology, including GPRS and EDGE, the country has been waiting for the adoption of 3G. The government has been finalising its 3G licensing arrangements, but the process has been subject to repeated and increasingly frustrating delays. There have been a series of regulatory battles going on with vigorous participation by the wider market. This report looks at the mobile market in India from the viewpoint of the technology platforms in place and those being put in place.
Last Update: 28 Feb 2010 Number of Pages: 11

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India - Mobile Communications - Voice & Data Services
India is one of the fastest growing mobile markets and this growth has been boosted by the willingness of the operators to adopt a full range of voice and data services. Prepaid services in particular have been an important driver of growth in subscriber numbers and represent more than 90% of the total mobile subscriber base. Mobile data services have started to grow strongly on the back of the expanding mobile subscriber base. In a country that has been preoccupied with television, it will be interesting to see how mobile TV services are picked up. This report looks at the existing and emerging range of mobile voice and data services in India.
Last Update: 27 Jun 2009 Number of Pages: 15

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India - Telecommunications Infrastructure - International
As well as its huge national network, India's investment in telecommunications infrastructure over the last decade has extended to a heavy involvement in international infrastructure. Under the leadership of International operator VSNL the country has been assembling an extensive infrastructure of gateways, satellite earth stations and fibre optic submarine cables. Billions of rupees continue to be invested in a combination of submarine cables and microwave systems to satisfy India's demand for international bandwidth and high-quality connectivity. Most significantly, VSNL - which is now known as Tata Communications - has become a serious international player with a serious of acquisitions and good strategic moves. This report looks at some of the submarine and satellite systems that have been put in place in recent times as the country addresses its bandwidth needs.
Last Update: 27 Jun 2009 Number of Pages: 11

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India - Telecommunications Infrastructure - National
Synopsis India has a huge national telecommunications network, with 38 million working fixed-line connections by end-2008 (and another 10 million or so fixed wireless services but these are counted as �wireless' services rather than fixed services). With less than 4% fixed-line penetration, the country has nevertheless achieved a remarkable coverage, 98% of the population having access to a telephone. Despite the heavy investment in telecoms infrastructure over the last decade, servicing the huge population has presented difficulties. Even the booming mobile phone market had only around 30% penetration early in 2009. This report provides an update on telecoms infrastructure in India, as the government pushes forward on a number of fronts to speed up roll-out of infrastructure.
Last Update: 29 Mar 2010 Number of Pages: 16

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India - Telecommunications Regulatory Overview
Synopsis The Indian government has been continuing to push to complete the restructuring of the telecommunications regulatory regime. Some years back the corporatisation of the operational arm of DoT to form BSNL set the scene for the industry to move forward. The subsequent opening up of the market to full scale competition has been dramatic, to say the least. However, some major inconsistencies remain. The introduction of a Unified Licensing regime is certain to go part of the way towards resolving these inconsistencies. This report takes a broad look at the evolving regulatory landscape, together with the liberalisation and privatisation steps that are already changing the sector.
Last Update: 15 Oct 2009 Number of Pages: 29

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India - Telecoms Market Trends & Forecasts
India continues to be one of the fastest growing major telecom markets in the world. Sweeping reforms introduced by successive Indian governments over the last decade or so dramatically changed the nature of telecommunications in this country. The mobile sector has grown from around 10 million subscribers in 2002 to almost 350 million by 2008. While there were signs that the rate and effectiveness of regulatory reform had stalled, during the 2007/08 period growth in the mobile sector continued at a very healthy rate. By contrast fixed-line services, which had grown strongly for a while, were suddenly experiencing zero and negative growth. And the Internet was still finding its way. In this report we look at the fixed-line, mobile and Internet segments of the market in India and we provide scenario forecasts for each of the market segments.
Last Update: 27 Jun 2009 Number of Pages: 6

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