1. T OWER A ND I NFRASTRUCTURE P ROVIDERS A SSOCIATION (TAIPA) INDIA’S TOWER & INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS INDUSTRY

2.  Who we are,  Role Played by the Telecom Infrastructure Sharing Industry,  Situation before Sharing,  Sharing & Environment &  The Challenge Contents 1/17

3.  We own and deploy telecom infrastructure for use by wireless and mobile operators,  Enable optimal sharing of telecom infrastructure & have invested over Rs. 75,000 Crores i.e. Over 60% of total Network investment,  Provide a neutral platform which is operator and technology agnostic,  Critical for efficiency and speed of rollout &  Corner stone lies in our constant endeavour for further optimisation of critical network resources/elements-a way forward for Telecom Industry of India. Who We Are 2/17

4.  Promote efficiency by  saving cost and time  enabling scale  ensuring highest uptime at lowest Capex/Opex,  Beneficiaries include operators of cellular, broadband, radio trunking and other wireless services,  Now rolling out broadband infrastructure e.g. WiMax &  Proposed new models ensures viability of rural common service centres (CSC) & clean energy. Role played by Tower & Infrastructure Providers 3/17

5. Situation Before Tower Sharing  Operators Built Expensive Towers for Own Use  Roll Out was Slow and Expensive  Towers Used to Barely Half its Capacity  City Skyline Had More Towers  Customer Tariffs were higher 4/17

6. Benefits of Organized Tower Sharing  Service Access: Faster Rollout,  Economics: More efficient Use of Capital,  Competition: reduced cost of entry and operations for new entrants,  Aesthetics: Reduce Tower Proliferation  Quality of Service: Better coverage quality.  Safety: players have incentive to follow prescribed norms  Standardization: by using IIT/TEC designs for Towers 5/17

7. Last Mile in Efficiency: “Power” - Making Access wider, cheaper and transparent  Challenges:-  dependence on diesel is expensive and hurts environment  No clarity on NRE-ESCOs mechanism for clean energy  Solution:-  Provide SEB power on preferential basis by ensuring: Priority for new electric connections Priority for continuous supply at par with emergency services NRE ESCOs to give preference to Telecom Infrastructure

8. T OWER A ND I NFRASTRUCTURE P ROVIDERS A SSOCIATION (TAIPA) Thank You