MIT School of Telecom & Management Studies

Tele-density in India has got enhanced drastically over the recent years and has reached around 54% in the fiscal year 2009-10, owing to improving network infrastructure. The launch of advanced telecom services like 3G and IPTV will also drive the growth in Indian telecom subscriber base over the forecast period. Increasing consumers’ interest and aggressive promotional strategies adopted by companies are likely to drive the mobile value-added services in India, says RNCOS.

Indian telecom sector growth is fully supported by young Indians, music and gaming are going to be  with value-added services estimated to reach over Rs 16500 Crore by 2010, says the recent analytical study “Indian Telecom Analysis (2008-2012)” by RNCOS. Anticipating high growth potential in various segments of the telecom sector, extensive research on the industry has been done. It has been found that the pressure on profits and revenues has forced operators to look at other avenues using the same platform. Considering this fact, companies are adopting various promotional policies by offering several schemes in order to attract customers.

Future Secenario of Telecommunication:

Reliance Industries is likely to invest $5 billion (approximately Rs 23,375 crore) in about two years from now, as it completes its telecom rollout for broadband access across India. Tata DOCOMO won the Telecom Asia Award for the Best Emerging Markets Carrier, a category that honours the best-performed fixed or wireless carriers. The most important factor that contributed to making Tata Docomo such a huge success is its single-minded focus on core values of honesty, transparency and consumer relevant innovations.

The smart phone market continues to see impressive growth around the world and in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region particularly. Shipments in the region are expected to grow 53% year-on-year in 2010 to reach 76.7 million units and are projected to easily surpass 100 million units in 2011.Furthermore, Canalys forecasts that APAC will overtake Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2012 to become the largest regional smart phone market, accounting for 36% of global shipments. Few days back there was an article quoting a survey that said India will have more than 100% Teledensity by 2013 – means, more mobile connections than number of people living in India. This puts the number of mobile connections close to 1.1 billion users. With that kind of growth India is slated to be the largest Telecom Market in the world surpassing China.

In the list of winners in India’s auction for broadband wireless spectrum, one stands out: Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego. The chipset maker won one spectrum in the 2.3 gigahertz band encompassing Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala — four areas where India’s infrastructure development and telecom and Internet usage are high. For that, it paid $1.05 billion. That might seem like a lot in a telecommunications market that is definitely fast-growing.

From the survey it is found that post and telecommunications firms recorded the fastest rise among the six sub-sectors reviewed by economic times. ”India’s economy continues to expand at a brisk pace. As a result, employment growth remains robust, helping to sustain consumer spending in the coming months,” said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian Economics Research at HSBC. MIT School of Telecom management is providing a unique techno-management programme which helps in sharpening the skills in Telecom which in turn increases the future prospects.

Dimple Kumari.A

Research Associate

MITSOT,Pune

The revolution in the telecom sector has changed the way some businesses are handled in  India. Now a days there is a lot of news in the Industry about the newly Launch 3G enabled services and handsets. This has led not only to the significant growth of the Telecom industry but also the GDP has increased tremendously. According to the sources it was expected that country’s telecom market will grow rapidly and by 2010, telecom will likely to be a US$38 billion sector, contributing 5.4% to India ‘s GDP, and above  all these  expected growths are coming true.

The growth has been attributed to the launch of operations in new areas such as 3G and WiMAX services.3G includes Videoconferencing, Voice calls, and advanced voice services, whereas WIMAX includes wireless connectivity. As India is a developing country and has a huge population, it is seen that it is  the booming domestic telecom market and has been attracting huge amounts of investment which is likely to speed up with the entry of new players and launch of other new services too.

It is analyzed  that the key markets and segments of Indian telecom industry to make overseas clients aware of the present and future scenario and the  factors fueling the growth of Indian telecom sector which will then  ultimately leads to the employment generation in the country.

According to the Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology,India has become an advanced nation in the mobile market of the world with  lakhs of consumers getting associated to the service every month. This will of course lead to the growth of the other sectors too and will make its strong place in telecommunication sector in the future time.

The Indian mobile industry has stimulated for its hyper growth mode, it is said that the industry continues to grow at double-digit rates for the coming years as the operators are focusing on the rural parts of the country. According to the sources Mobile market penetration is anticipated to increase from 38.7 percent in 2009 to 63.5 percent in 2013.

Due to the earlier global slowdown may have affected India as well, with news of significant job cuts across various sectors. but, one sector continues to boom – The Telecom sector.

Apparently, above all factors creating growth in the Telecom Industry there would be ultimately the number of experienced and skilled telecom human resources will be required for the Industry. As there are huge “Opportunities in communication sector”, the scope for management graduates who have specialized in management with technical background has increased a lot and there are a host of top jobs available in this field and MIT school of Telecom management is one of the top Business school in Pune which is offering various courses understanding the need of the Telecom industry by providing Management graduates in specialized domains.

It is of course “Sky is not a limit for the Telecom Industry” so the “employment too is not a limit for a management graduate”.

Shweta P. Mankar,

Research Associate,

MITSOT,pune

With the advent of new technology, the way of communication has also changed. In very early days of history, pigeons were used as means of communication. Later, written messages were sent by post. As the time passed, telephone came into existence and today is the era of wireless communication which gives rise to mobile phones. Mobiles are the latest invention and common way to communicate now-a-days. Mobile phones have intruded in our lives and have made their own unique stand. Once considered as a luxury is now the thing closest to our hearts.

The Indian telecommunications industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. The country is ranked second worldwide in terms of having the largest telecommunication network, after China. The contribution of Indian telecom sector to the growth of India’s economy is immense. It is directly contributing more than 1.5 per cent GDP of the country. With the ongoing investments into infrastructure deployment, the country is projected to see high penetration of Internet, broadband and mobile subscribers. Total telecom subscriber base reaches to 638.05 Million, wireless subscribers base reaches to 601.22 Million. Overall tele-density reaches to 54.10 % and wireless tele-density reaches to 50.98% (April 2010).

Rural markets in India constitute a wide and untapped market for many products and services which are being marketed for the urban masses. There is a demand for telecommunication services to be provided to in these areas. A lot of operators with adequate support from Government are eyeing the rural market for future growth. The rural tele-density is very poor and can be improved only through the introduction of modern and suitable technology along with participation from the private operators. Even handsets manufacturers have taken initials to manufacture handset at affordable price for rural people.
Finally 3G auctions are done and much awaited technology is set to launch by the various operators in India. The 3G technology provides for internet surfing, downloading, e-mail attachment downloading, audio-video conferencing, fax services and many other broadband applications with very high speed. With the onset of 3G and increase in mergers and acquisitions in telecom sector, the telecom industry is going for high scale recruitment s. The majority of telecommunication services providers have understood that in order to grow globally, strategic alliances and mergers and acquisitions are the principal devices. Both transnational and domestic telecommunications services providers are keen to try merger and acquisition options because this will help them in many ways. They can cut down on their expenses, achieve greater market share and accomplish market control. This kind of mergers also assists in creation of jobs. Keeping in mind the ever increasing gap between Academics and Industry, MITSOT has taken initiative of bridging this gap through such a course curriculum which enhances the skills and prepares the future budding Managers for the corporate world.

The booming domestic telecom market has been attracting huge amounts of investment which is likely to accelerate with the entry of new players and launch of new services. Buoyed by the rapid surge in the subscriber base, huge investments are being made into this industry.  Private sector investment and FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) have also boosted the growth of mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications sector. There are also ample opportunities for marketing people whose services are required to capture more and more customer base.

Neha Patel

Research Associate ,

MITSOT,pune