Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Indian Telecom sector on steady growth



According to a research report, Indian telecom sector maintains a stable outlook with strong revenue expectations and addition of new subscribers.The report suggests that in financial year 2008-09, there has been strong monthly wireless subscriber addition of around 8-10 million and with 39% overall tele-density by the May 2009.


Also, the report expects that the subscriber growth will be at a CAGR of 25 to 30 percent over the next three years as against a CAGR of 44 percent during the last two years.The report also said that profitability, in the upcoming, fiscals likely to fall due to growing number of lower-end users, network expansion costs, increased competition and regulatory pressures.The firm expects that as the new players will enter in the industry, which means about 9-10 players in each circle, the market would be pushed towards consolidation. Further, the auction of 3G licences and the mobile number portability (MNP) would also increase competitive intensity.

1 comment:

Zanil Hyder said...

Yes telcom is making steady progress all throughout.

Sl. No. Name of Company Total Sub Figures % Market Share
1 Bharti Airtel 105177635 32.29%
2 Vodafone Essar 78680291 24.16%
3 BSNL 50700367 15.57%
4 IDEA 48516824 14.90%
5 Aircel 23101900 7.09%
6 Reliance Telecom 12840939 3.94%
8 MTNL 4332631 1.33%
9 Loop Mobile 2350537 0.72%
All India 325701124 100.00%