Strategic Management
Submitted By:
Pushpendra Parikh - 151
TELECOM INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
Economic Trends:
Indian economy is the second fastest growing economy in the world. It lags only behind China. The manufacturing as well as the service sector have been performing well since the last 4 years. Though agricultural sector performance is not much impressive, it has been able to maintain its growth rate of 3-4%.
The demographics as well as the governments liberal stand to foreign players entry has given a much needed impetus to the economy.
A lower interest rate scenario coupled with higher disposable incomes has fuelled a massive consumption binge by the Indian citizens. Most of the industry be it banking, real estate, telecom,IT/ITES,etc have had a remarkable growth over the last few years.
Though the recent sub-prime crisis has definitely spell troubles for the economy we are favorably placed to weather this storm due to astute fiscal & monetary policy of the government.
Industry Trend:
Indian telecom sector has been one of the major beneficiary of the liberalization policy of the Government. The entry of the private players as well as the foreign players have dramatically changed the way people communicate.
Mobile which in the 1990 were considered a status symbol has now found its way into the hands of common man. This has been made possible due to opening of the telecom sector to private & the foreign players.
We are seeing the emergence of new technology like 3G,VOIP,IPTV, Broadband which will enhance the users experience.The world's leading telecom handsets manufacturers, such as Nokia, Samsung, Motorola and LG have their presence in India, along with leading global service companies and infrastructure majors, such as Vodafone, AT&T, Ericsson, Alcatel, Singapore Telecom and Siemens.
Telecom equipment is itself a big industry if we assume that the requirement of the telecom equipment would be