Growth in Telecom Sector

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Growth in Telecom Sector

• An Overview
• By - Aspire Academy
• http//aspireacademy.in

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GSM Subscriber Base

• GSM mobile technology is at its maturity. The
  operators in developing countries like India and
  China are experiencing phenomenal growth in
  subscriber base every year.
• A growth of around 75 every year in GSM
  subscriber base is taking place in India.
• Rural parts of developing countries still need to
  come under mobile coverage. This would further
  boost revenues for GSM operators. Services
  specific to rural population still need to be
  envisioned and developed.

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Growth in Telecom Equipment Market

• Telecom Equipment manufacturers are seeing growth
  at a rate of 25.
• Cheap equipments allow consumers more choice.
  People may even setup wireless networks in home
  now.
• Wireless and Broadband infrastructure seeing
  rapid growth.
• Total revenues generated last year in range of
  Rs.100,000 Crores

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3G Mobile Services

• 3G Mobile Services would give rise to a larger
  subscriber base. These services include
• High Speed Internet access through Mobile
  handsets
• Video Telephony
• Increased capacity, Mobile operator may serve
  more users as compared to GSM networks
• Convergence between Voice and packet services is
  giving rise to new innovative services

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Broadband services

• Broadband services are reaching every home.
  Bandwidth is becoming cheaper and more
  subscribers are opting for broadband access every
  year.
• Penetration to rural areas is very low. There is
  still a huge scope of growth in rural areas.
• Wireless broadband internet is still in early
  phase in developing countries.
• Introduction of NGN architecture in modern
  networks allows speech and multimedia services to
  be implemented over broadband infrastructure.

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Voice over Internet (VoIP)

• Internet is the cheapest transmission medium with
  widest reach
• Maintenance and operational cost for internet is
  very low
• Transmission of voice over internet lowers cost
  for telecom operators
• Voice over Internet is still in nascent phase and
  expected to grow manifold in coming years

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Emerging Technologies in Telecom

• Following are some of the emerging technologies
  promising to raise revenue growth of telecom
  operators
• ZigBee
• DVB-H Technology (Digital Video Broadcasting
  Handhelds)
• HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access)
• MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output)
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