Overview of Telecom Scenario

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Overview of Telecom Scenario in India (Telecom,
Cable Broadcasting)
K Sridhara Member (T) Telecom Commission
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Changing Perception

• Traditional
• Luxury
• Fixed
• Costly
• Per House

• Contemporary
• Necessary
• Mobile
• Affordable
• Every one can have it

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Growth Indicators

• Fastest Growing in World
• Growth Rate 44 pa
• Number added every month 6-8 million
• Number added last year 84 million
• Broadband added every year 3 million

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Growth Indicators

• Fastest Growing in World
• Growth Rate 44 pa
• Mobile No added every month 6-8 million
• Mobile No added last year 84 million
• Broadband added every year 3 million

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Phenomenal Growth
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Status and Targets
Present
Target 2010 Mobile 237 m
500 m Fixed
41 m 41 m BB
3.4 m 18
m Internet 9 m
40 m Internet users 42 m
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The Transformation
From
To

• Monopoly of one service provider

• Competitive regime with multiple players

Competition

• STD tariff Rs 30 per minute (1999)

One India Rupee One per minute
Tariffs

• About 39 million fixed lines
• About 225 million mobiles

• 18 million fixed lines March 1998
• 0.1 million cellular in March 1998

Subscribers
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Concern

• Unique Rural ScenarioLow Teledensity (Bridging
  Digital Divide)
• Efficient utilization of Spectrum
• Lack of Content in Local Languages
• Low use of e-Commerce
• Network Security

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Technologies Services (Telecom)

• Telecom
• Fixed Line
• Mobile 2 G, 3G, 4G, LBS, PTT
• NGN, IMS
• WiFi
• WiMAX
• ADSL 2, Quadruple Play
• FTTH, FTTC, FTTD

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3G

• 3G is the third Generation of mobile phone
  standards based on the International
  Telecommunication Union (ITU) family of standards
  "IMT-2000".

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Technologies Services (Telecom)

• Telecom
• Fixed Line
• Mobile 2 G, 3G, 4G, LBS, PTT
• NGN, IMS
• WiFi
• WiMAX
• ADSL 2, Quadruple Play
• FTTH, FTTC, FTTD

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NGN

• Next Generation Network (NGN) is a packet-based
  network which allow consistent and ubiquitous
  provision of multiple services to users
  independent of the underlying transport-related
  technologies.

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Technologies Services (Telecom)

• Telecom
• Fixed Line
• Mobile 2 G, 3G, 4G, LBS, PTT
• NGN, IMS
• WiFi
• WiMAX
• ADSL 2, Quadruple Play
• FTTH, FTTC, FTTD

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WiMAX

• Wi-MAX the Worldwide Interoperability for
  Microwave Access, is a technology aimed at
  providing wireless data over long distances It is
  based on the IEEE 802.16 standard.

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Technologies Services (Telecom)

• Telecom
• Fixed Line
• Mobile 2 G, 3G, 4G, LBS, PTT
• NGN, IMS
• WiFi
• WiMAX
• ADSL 2, Quadruple Play
• FTTH, FTTC, FTTD

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Technologies Services (Cable Broadcasting)

• Cable, TV Broadcasting
• Cable, CAS, DTH, HITS
• Mobile TV, Time Shift TV, IPTV, Video on Demand,
  HDTV
• AM, FM
• Satellite Radio, Terrestrial Radio
• Cognitive Radio

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Convergence
Technology
Policies Regulation
Services
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Convergence of Technologies
Television Broadcasting Mobile Fixed
telephoneBroadband Game Console
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Convergence of Services
Computing Entertainment Information
Communication
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ICE
I Information C Communication E Entertainment
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ICT
I Information C Computing T Telecommunication
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Full Convergence
ICTE
I Information C Computing T Telecommunication E
Entertainment
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Challenges

• The march of the technologies is increasingly
  blurring the difference between service specific
  water tight compartment definition of Telecom
  Licences.
• The subscriber can get various services in a
  single platform.
• The convergence leads to reduction in cost
  thereby reduction in tariffs.
• The real challenges before us is to cope with
  march of technology in terms policies, regulation
  dispute resolution and pave the way towards
  further growth of Telcom in the country for
  better and cheaper services.

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Thank You