This report provides a comprehensive overview of the developments and trends in telecommunications, Internet and digital media markets in India.
Subjects covered include:
Key Statistics;
Market Overviews;
Major Players (fixed and mobile);
Infrastructure development national and international;
Mobile Voice and Data Markets;
Internet, including VoIP;
Broadband development;
Convergence and Digital Media;
Regulatory Environment.
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- KEY STATISTICS
- Table Country statistics India - 2015
- Table Telecom revenue and investment statistics - 2013
- Table Telephone network statistics - March 2015
- Table Internet user statistics - 2014
- Table Broadband statistics - March 2015
- Table Mobile statistics - March 2015
- Table National telecommunications authorities
- COUNTRY OVERVIEW
- Background
- Economy
- Table India's GDP real growth rate - 2006 - 2016
- 2G scandal
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET
- OVERVIEW
- Table Fixed-line services versus mobile services and penetration - March 2015
- DIGITAL INDIA
- SPECTRUM AUCTION -MARCH 2015
- FOREIGN INVESTMENT
- Table Foreign Direct Investment in telecom sector - 2004 - 2014
- UNIVERSAL SERVICE
- Table Telephone services to villages - March 2015
- REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT
- OVERVIEW
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITIES
- Ministry for Communications (MoC)
- Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
- Telecom Commission
- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
- Telecom Dispute Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT)
- Telecom Sector Ombudsman (TSO)
- Communications Commission of India (CCI)
- LICENSING CIRCLES
- REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
- Overview
- Table Historical - Number of telecom licences issued by category - 2007 - 2008
- Table Number of telecom licences issued by category - 2013
- Regulatory developments - 2015
- Regulatory developments - 2014
- Blackberry
- NATIONAL TELECOM POLICIES
- National Telecom Policies 1999 (NTP-99)
- Addendum to NTP-99
- New National Telecom Policy
- National Broadband Policy 2004
- Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF)
- 12th Five Year Plan (2012 - 2017)
- NATIONAL SECURITY
- Import of Chinese telecom equipment
- MAJOR OPERATORS
- MAJOR OPERATORS IN INDIA
- Market overview
- Unified Access Service Licences (UASL)
- Mergers and acquisitions
- BSNL/MTNL
- OPERATOR AND MARKET STATISTICS
- Mobile market
- Table Mobile operators and subscribers - 2014
- Table Mobile operators - subscribers and annual change - 2013
- Table Mobile operators - subscribers and market share - 2014
- Table GSM mobile operators, subscribers and market share - 2014
- Table CDMA mobile operators, subscribers and market share - 2014
- Table Overall mobile ARPU - 2005 - 2014
- Table Mobile ARPU by technology, prepaid/postpaid/blended - 2014
- Table Mobile ARPU by technology, prepaid/postpaid/blended - 2013
- Table Mobile ARPU (blended) for selected operators - March 2013
- Fixed-line market
- Table Fixed-line basic services by operator - 2014
- Table Fixed-line subscribers by operator - 2010 - 2014
- AIRCEL
- Table Aircel mobile subscribers - 2004 - 2015
- BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD (BSNL)
- Overview
- Mobile business
- Table BSNL mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2014
- Fixed-line business
- Table BSNL fixed-line subscribers - 2002; 2012 - 2015
- Broadband business
- BHARTI AIRTEL
- Overview
- Financials
- Corporate structure
- Table Major shareholders in Bharti Airtel - March 2015
- Mobile business
- Table Bharti Airtel mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2015
- Table Bharti Airtel - mobile operations - key statistics
- Table Bharti Airtel mobile ARPU - 2004 - 2005; 2007 - 2015
- Fixed-line and broadband businesses
- Table Bharti fixed-line subscribers - 2002 - 2015
- International businesses
- HUGHES TELECOM
- IDEA CELLULAR
- Overview
- Table Idea Cellular mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2015
- Table Idea Cellular 3G mobile subscribers - 2013 - 2015
- Table Idea Cellular - mobile operations - key statistics
- Table Idea Cellular mobile ARPU - 2007 - 2011; 2013 - 2015
- Financials
- Background
- Corporate structure
- 3G development
- 4G / LTE
- LOOP MOBILE
- Overview
- Table Historical - Loop Mobile (BPL) mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2014
- Bharti Airtel's proposed buy out
- Deactivation of Loop's network
- Background
- MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LIMITED (MTNL)
- Overview
- Corporate structure
- Mobile business
- Table MTNL mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2015
- Fixed-line and broadband business
- Table MTNL fixed-line subscribers - 2004; 2007; 2010 - 2015
- QUADRANT
- Table Quadrant mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2015
- Table Quadrant fixed-line subscribers - 2012 - 2015
- RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS
- Overview
- Financials
- Corporate structure
- Mobile business
- Table Reliance mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2015
- Table Reliance 3G subscribers - 2012 - 2015
- Table Reliance Communications - mobile operations - key statistics
- Table Reliance mobile ARPU - 2007 - 2015
- Fixed-line business
- Table Reliance fixed-line subscribers - 2005 - 2015
- International business
- RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM
- SISTEMA
- Overview
- Mobile business
- Table Sistema mobile subscribers - 2008 - 2015
- Fixed-line business
- Table Sistema fixed-line subscribers - 2010 - 2015
- TATA TELESERVICES
- Overview
- Corporate structure
- Mobile business
- Table Tata Teleservices mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2015
- Table Tata Teleservices - mobile operations - key statistics
- Fixed-line business
- Table Tata fixed-line subscribers - 2011 - 2015
- International business: Tata Communications
- TELEWINGS (FORMERLY UNINOR)
- Overview
- Table Telewings (formerly Uninor) mobile subscribers - 2009 - 2015
- Problems following 2G licence cancellation
- VIDEOCON
- Table Videocon mobile subscribers - 2010 - 2015
- VODAFONE
- Overview
- Table Vodafone mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2015
- Table Vodafone 3G mobile subscribers - 2014 - 2015
- Table Vodafone - mobile operations - key statistics
- Table Vodafone - mobile ARPU - 2008 - 2015
- Tax dispute
- Financials
- Corporate background
- Operational background
- Strategic development
- 3G
- 4G / LTE
- Fixed-line business
- Table Vodafone fixed-line subscribers - 2011 - 2015
- OTHER OPERATORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS
- Mobile operators
- MVNO market
- Fixed network operators
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
- Table Number of licensed ISPs - 2002 - 2003; 2005; 2008 - 2013
- Table ISP market - leading operators, subscribers and market share - 2014
- Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT)
- Table VSAT service providers, subscribers and market share - March 2015
- FORMER OPERATORS
- Etisalat DB Telecom (Swan Telecom)
- Table Historical - Etisalat mobile subscribers - 2010 - 2012
- Spice Telecom
- Table Historical - Spice Telecom mobile subscribers - 2002 - 2008
- S Tel
- Table Historical - S Tel mobile subscribers - 2009 - 2012
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
- NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- Overview
- Statistics
- Table Fixed-line subscribers and teledensity - 2005 - 2015
- Table Fixed-line subscribers and teledensity (historical) - 1995 - 2005
- Table Fixed-line subscribers and market share by operator - 2014
- Forecasts - fixed-line subscribers - 2015; 2017; 2020
- Table Forecast fixed line subscribers and penetration rates - 2015; 2017; 2020
- Background to network development
- Infrastructure sharing
- Rural and regional networks
- Table Growth of VPT scheme - 2001 - 2015
- Table PCOs in operation - 2003 - 2004; 2007 - 2015
- Table PCOs in operation and market share by operator - 2014
- Fibre optic cable projects
- National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN)
- Wireless Local Loop (WLL) - background
- Table Historical - Fixed WLL subscribers - 2004 - 2006
- INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTS
- IP networks
- Next Generation Networks (NGN)
- INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
- Background
- Interconnect agreements
- India-Pakistan
- International service disruption
- Submarine cable networks
- Table International submarine cable systems with landing points in India
- Satellite communications
- Table ISRO satellite network
- INTERNET MARKET
- OVERVIEW
- INTERNET STATISTICS
- Table Internet users - 1995 - 2015
- Table Historical - Fixed internet subscribers and penetration - 1995 - 2005
- Table Fixed internet subscribers and penetration - 2006 - 2015
- Table Dial-up internet subscribers - 2007 - 2013
- Table Internet household penetration - 2005 - 2015
- Table International internet bandwidth - 2000 - 2015
- FORECASTS- INTERNET SERVICES - 2015; 2017: 2020
- Table Forecast fixed internet subscribers - 2015; 2017; 2020
- ASPECTS OF THE INTERNET MARKET
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Smart cities
- Investment in IT infrastructure
- E-medicine
- IPv4/IPv6
- Cloud services
- Data centres
- REGULATORY ISSUES
- Internet policy: background
- Internet policy: development
- National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
- Control of the internet in India
- International connectivity
- VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (VOIP)
- Foreign Exchange transactions
- BROADBAND MARKET
- BROADBAND NETWORKS AND SERVICES
- Overview
- Background
- Broadband statistics
- Table Fixed broadband subscribers - 2001 - 2015
- Table Fixed broadband subscribers - market share by access type - 2014
- Table Fixed broadband subscribers and households - March 2015
- Table Mobile broadband subscribers - 2007 - 2015
- National Broadband Policy
- National Broadband Plan
- Broadband technologies
- Table DSL subscribers - 2001 - 2014
- Table Cable modem subscribers - 2001 - 2014
- Table FttX subscribers - 2010 - 2014
- Satellite
- DIGITAL MEDIA
- BROADCASTING MARKET
- Overview
- TV piracy
- Digital media
- Table Schedule for migration to Digital Addressable Cable TV System (DAS) - 2012 - 2014
- Market statistics
- Table Broadcasting Market overview - 2014
- Table Cable and TV households - 1995 - 2014
- Table Total TV industry estimated revenue - 2000 - 2014
- Regulatory issues
- TV AND THE TRANSITION TO DIGITAL
- Overview
- Internet Protocol TV (IPTV)
- Pay TV
- Table Pay TV subscribers by technology - 2003- 2014
- Cable TV
- Table Number of channels carried by cable operators - 2011 - 2014
- Table Overview of major channels available to consumers in India
- Satellite TV
- Table DTH subscribers - 2008 - 2015
- Major cable and pay TV operators
- Free-to-Air TV
- MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
- OVERVIEW OF INDIA'S MOBILE MARKET
- SLOWING SUBSCRIBER GROWTH
- IMPROVED REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT - 2014
- MOBILE STATISTICS
- Table Overview of India's mobile market - 2012 - 2015
- Table Mobile subscribers, annual change and penetration - 2006 - 2015
- Table Mobile subscribers (GSM and CDMA) - 2002 - 2015
- Table GSM mobile subscribers and annual change - 1997 - 2015
- Table Mobile penetration in urban and rural areas - 2007; 2009 - 2015
- Table Mobile services revenue - 1996 - 2014
- Table Mobile ARPU by technology, prepaid/postpaid/blended - 2014
- Table Mobile ARPU by technology, prepaid/postpaid/blended - 2013
- Table Mobile ARPU (GSM and CDMA) - 2005 - 2015
- FORECASTS -MOBILE SERVICES - 2015; 2017; 2020
- Table Forecast mobile subscribers - 2015; 2017; 2020
- MOBILE HANDSET / SMARTPHONE / TABLET MARKET
- MOBILE MARKET - GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS
- DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
- Tariffs changes for mobile broadband
- Roaming charges
- Spectrum allocations and spectrum auctions
- Rural expansion
- REGULATORY ISSUES
- Background
- Regulatory developments - 2015
- Spectrum auction - March 2015
- `ONE NATION, ONE NUMBER'
- 2G CORRUPTION SCANDAL
- Allegations
- Cancelled licences
- Charges
- Court decision, appeal and aftermath
- Table Operators / licences affected by 2G licensing process cancellation - February 2012
- CBI Report - April 2015
- RE-AUCTIONING OF 2G SPECTRUM
- Preparation for re-auctioning
- Re-auctioning of 2G spectrum - November 2012
- Re-auctioning of 2G spectrum - March 2013
- Pre the 2G licence re-auction - February 2014
- Re-auctioning of 2G spectrum - February 2014
- MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
- Overview of mobile technologies used in India
- GSM
- Table GSM mobile subscribers by region/circle - 2012 - 2014
- Table GSM ARPU - 2003 - 2015
- Table GSM ARPU by region/circle, prepaid/postpaid/blended - March 2015
- Table GSM mobile operators, subscribers and market share - March 2015
- Table GSM ARPU by operator grouping, prepaid/postpaid/blended - 2014
- Table GSM ARPU by operator grouping, prepaid/postpaid/blended - 2013
- CDMA
- Table CDMA 3G commercial deployment in India
- Table CDMA mobile operators, subscribers and market share - 2014
- Table CDMA mobile operators, subscribers and market share - 2013
- Table CDMA ARPU - 2003 - 2015
- Table CDMA ARPU by region/circle, prepaid/postpaid/blended - 2013
- Third Generation (3G) mobile
- Table 3G auction (2010): Number of licences and total fees paid by operators
- Table 3G auction results: Service area licences by operator - 2010
- Fourth Generation (4G) / Long Term Evolution (LTE)
- Voice-over-Long Term Evolution (VoLTE)
- MOBILE VOICE SERVICES
- Prepaid
- Table Prepaid mobile subscribers: share of total market - 2003 - 2014
- MOBILE DATA SERVICES
- Market overview
- Short Message Service (SMS)
- Table SMS traffic by technology and subscriber - 2011 - 2014
- i-mode
- BlackBerry
- Mobile TV
- Mobile content