The telecom industry of India has witnessed a rapid growth in the recent years. All the telecom sectors are heading towards innovative technologies and taking the industry to a much higher growth scale. The major players including the handset manufacturers are equally contributing in enhancing the worth and value of Indian telecom industry.
The top ten players of Indian telecom industry are as follows:
Reliance Communications: A digital world established in 1999 by Late Dhirubhai Ambani. This company was established with the prime objective of providing affordable means of information and communication to the common people. Reliance has a reliable, high-capacity, integrated digital network.
Nokia: It is one of the leading Indian providers of telecom equipments. The company has spread its wings round the globe and provides solutions for mobiles, multimedia and network.
Airtel: It is the largest telecom service provider in India. The company has developed a niche in the Indian telecom sector and is now heading towards US by providing its mobile services to NRI under the name of ‘CALLHOME’.
Hutchison Essar: It is now known as Vodafone Essar and is the fourth largest provider of wireless telecommunications services in India. It is a joint venture of cellular operations between two major Indian players, Essar Group and Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL), a subsidiary of Hong Kong giant Hutchison Whampoa.
MTNL: This is the Indian Government company established in 1986 and today is the largest player of the telecom sector. The company has also launched mobile services under the name of Garuda and Trump. MTNL has more than 6 million customers and is significantly contributing to the Indian economy.
BSNL: It is another leading telecom company of India founded in 2000. The company has witnessed a growth rate of 11.32% during the financial year 2005-2006. It provides a wide range of telecom services including CDMA mobile, GSM Mobile, Internet, Broadband, Carrier service, MPLS-VPN, VSAT and VoIP services.
Tata Teleservices: It was established in 1996 and is the first company to launch CDMA mobile services in India. The company is on of the 96 companies of Tata Group and has made an investment of Rs.36, 000 crores during financial year 2005-06. It provides a wide range of communication services like mobile, public telephone booths, wireless desktop phones, group calling, wi-fi internet, usb modem, data cards, calling card services and enterprise services.
Siemens: It is one of the largest and the oldest Indian companies that provide electrical engineering products and services. This was the first company to introduce mobile handsets in India and today covers a wide range of services including energy, transportation, construction and communication.
Idea Cellular Limited: It is a joint venture of Aditya Birla Group and Tata Group. The company is rapidly growing its network through the country and has an average of 2.3 crores subscribers.
Ericsson: Established in 1876, it is a leading provider of telecom equipments in India. The company has a wide network and is penetrating the Indian telecom market with high end services in mobiles and broadband internet.