Telecom scenario in India D.Ismail,SDE/RTTC.
20 years Back In India DOT was the Only One Service Provider-On service-Land lines(Roll 1) Based on NTP(National Telecom Policy) Private operators allowed in to Telecom Business. DOT became Licensor(Roll-2) DOT became Regulator(ROLL-3) ALL 3 Rolls DOT played up to 1997,March,31.
TRAI came in to Existence From Level Playing Field for all Telecom Operators
Tussle Between Licensor & Licensees TDAST
When High courts & Supreme court are there, what is the necessity of TDSAT ? TRAI + TDSAT + DOT + Operators Associations + Consumer Associations are Working In a Reasonably Harmoniously for the Growth of Telecom Sector in INDIA
NTP(New Telecom Policy)-1999 OBJECTIVE: ‘ Setting the Guide lines for Robust & Reliable Telecom Infrastructure in India’ Key Features: 1.Separation of Licensor & Service provider Role From DOT 2. Strengthening the Roll of TRAI and separation of Dispute Resolution roll from TRAI.(TDSAT came in Existence in 2000)
3.Licensees were allowed to migrate to Revenue-sharing arrangement 4.NLD was opened for Private operators 5. Serious Discussion on Universal Service Obligation-Digital Divide Between Rural India & Urban India From ISPs were allowed to Open IGWs-Ending the Monopoly of VSNL(in 2000) 6.USOF /USOA from
DOT allowed the Entry of 3 rd and 4 th Cellular operators in circles in 2002 Classification of Telecom circles: Metro, Category A, category B, category C TRAI recommended Unified Licensing regime from Nov-2003 NTP-2012.
As on ( From TRAI’s website on ) Total Subs=933 M(TD=75.23) Urban subs=555.26M(TD=146) Rural Subs=377.73(TD=44) Discuss about PDF down loaded from trai.gov.in
BSNL statistics-Mobile India 9,48,34,936(90,33,60,483) AP 98,74,701(6,70,93,399)
BSNL statistics-land lines India 1,86,14,545(28,59,2309) AP 16,63,434(20,51,024)
FUTURE OUTLOOK-FOR NEXT 20 YEARS WHAT CHANGES CAN HAPPEN IN TELECOM FIELD?
FOR ,losses Rs_____ BSNL’S VIABILITY…..?
Analyze the Trends
MORE COMPETITION-DECREASE OF TARIFFS FALLING ARPU FALLING MOU ROLL OUT IN RURAL INDIA-USOF CONTRIBUTION SMALL FISHES WILL BE EATEN-UP BY BIG PENETRATION OF BROAD BAND DEMAND FOR MORE BANDWIDTH
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENSION…… D.ISMAIL,SDE