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OVERVIEW OF TELECOM SCENARIO IN INDIA including rapidly changing technology in the telecom

OVERVIEW OF TELECOM SCENARIO IN INDIA including rapidly changing technology in the telecom . K. Sridhara Member (Technology) Department of Telecom TDSAT SEMINAR 26 November 2006. Contents. Telecom Sector Current Telecom scenario Key Policy initiatives Technology development

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OVERVIEW OF TELECOM SCENARIO IN INDIA including rapidly changing technology in the telecom

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  1. OVERVIEW OF TELECOM SCENARIO IN INDIAincluding rapidly changing technology in the telecom K. Sridhara Member (Technology) Department of Telecom TDSAT SEMINAR 26 November 2006

  2. Contents • Telecom Sector • Current Telecom scenario • Key Policy initiatives • Technology development • Issues & challenges Dept. of Telecom

  3. Telecom Sector • Most vibrant sector with highest growth rate – more than 60 lakh customers are added every month • Plethora of services • Easier access/ availability • Drastic reduction in tariff • World class service Dept. of Telecom

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  5. Major classes of Services • Fixed Copper, Optical Fibre, Wireless • Mobile GSM and CDMA based • Narrow band Voice, Internet, Fax • Broad bandHigh speed Internet, Video

  6. Current Telecom Scenario • Total Number of Operators - Above 800 • Access Service (Mobile & Fixed) - 138 • National Long Distance - 13 • International Long Distance - 8 • ISPs, Infrastructure providers etc. - Above 650 Dept. of Telecom

  7. Current Telecom Scenario (contd) • Fixed lines 49.2 m • Mobile lines 105.36 m • WLL Fixed 6.79 m • Total wireless lines 112.15 m • Teledensity 15.12 • Internet connections 8.4 m • Broadband connection 1.92 m Dept. of Telecom

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  10. Fall in STD Rates (Rs/min) • Pre – April 1999 38 • April 1999 30 • October 2000 24 • January 2002 9 • March 2003 4.80 • April 2004 3.60 • September 2004 2.40 • March 2006 1 Dept. of Telecom

  11. Key Policy Initiatives/milestones • New Economic Policy (1991) • Opening up of Telecom service sector (Mobile –metros) • National Telecom Policy 1994 • Telecom, key for development • Inadequacy of public resource to meet demand • Private sector to supplement Govt. • Provide world class telecom service at affordable cost Dept. of Telecom

  12. Key Policy initiatives (contd..) • Establishment of TRAI (1997) • New Telecom Policy (NTP 99) • Transition from fixed license fee to revenue share • Introduction of free competition • Technology neutral licenses • Tariff rebalancing • Creation of BSNL (2000) • Establishment of TDSAT (2000) Dept. of Telecom

  13. Key Policy initiatives (contd..) • Opening of National & International long distance • Launching of mobile service by BSNL (2002) • Establishment of USO Fund • Broadband policy (2004) Dept. of Telecom

  14. Technology Trend • Optical fiber based wireline networks • Wireless networks GSM,CDMA based mobile VSAT based satellite WiMax • Next Generation Networks Voice , Data,Video convergence • Telecom networks increasingly software intensive Dept. of Telecom

  15. Subscribers Wish List VIRTUAL PRESENCE Speak, Hear, See, Seek, Store Info Instantaneously & Interactively Perhaps feeling and sharing ambience Seamlessly , Everywhere , Always at Affordable cost with Agreed Quality of Service

  16. Convergence • Scenario for Residences • Members of the same household are • On-line Simultaneously • Browsing Web • Watching, Downloading & Recording Video • Digital Audio & Video Broadcast

  17. Future Growth • Demand for Wireless based services. • Content rich services. IP based technology to provide requisite cost economics to achieve attractive business cases. Dept. of Telecom

  18. CONTENT RICH TELECOM SERVICES • LOCATION BASED SERVICES, USING DIGITAL MAPS. • VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS • VIDEO CONFERENCING. • e-EDUCATION • e-MEDICINE • INTERACTION WITH GOVERNMENT • ENTERTAINMENT Dept. of Telecom

  19. Issues to be addressed in the Indian Scenario • Unique Rural Scenario : low teledensity • Need for Spectrum re-farming & re-allocation • Lack of Content in Local Languages • Confidence on e-Commerce • Network Security • Bridging Digital Divide

  20. The realChallenge ! How effectively can the: • Government with its policies • TRAI with regulation & • TDSAT with dispute resolution can keep pace with the fastest growing and complex Telecom sector Dept. of Telecom

  21. THANK YOU Dept. of Telecom

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