The government has fast-tracked reforms in the telecom |
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sector and continues to be proactive in providing room for |
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The Central Government’ s several initiatives to |
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growth for telecom companies. Some of the other major |
promote manufacturing in the country, such as‘ Make |
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initiatives taken by the government are as follows: |
in India’ campaign appears to have had a positive |
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India( TRAI) has |
impact on mobile handsets manufacturing in the |
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directed the telecom companies or mobile operators |
country. Companies like Samsung, Micromax and |
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to compensate the consumers in the event of dropped |
Spice had been assembling handsets in the country |
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calls with a view to reduce the increasing number of |
already. Xiaomi and Motorola, along with Lenovo have |
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dropped calls. |
also started assembly of smartphones in India. Firms |
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With a view to encourage consolidation in the telecom |
like HTC, Asus and Gionee too have shown interest in |
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sector, the Government of India has approved the |
setting up a manufacturing base in the country. |
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rules for spectrum trading that will allow telecom |
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The Government of India plans to roll out free highcompanies |
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to buy and sell rights to unused spectrum |
speed wi-fi in 2,500 cities and towns across the |
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among themselves. The Union Cabinet chaired by the |
country over the next three years. The program entails |
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Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, gave its approval to |
an investment of up to Rs 7,000 crore( US $ 1.06 |
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the guidelines on spectrum sharing, aimed to improve |
billion) and will be implemented by state-owned |
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spectral efficiency and quality of service, based on the |
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd( BSNL). |
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recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers( PwC) has published its“ Five |
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Data monetisation to move away from telcos: This |
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trends for Indian telecom in 2016”– a preview of what the |
continues a theme from 2015, and predicts that new |
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market may expect from one of India’ s most dynamic |
revenues in the industry generated from data service |
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industries of late: |
will flow more and more to data service and |
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Consolidation towards a 5 + 1 market: The market will settle |
applications providers, and not to telecom operators. |
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on five private sector players, and one state-owned |
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OEMs to climb the value chain: Network technology |
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one. Combinations may come in the form of outright |
providers are expected to do more to leverage their |
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mergers, or of spectrum sharing such as recently |
potential in usage analytics, packet-probing and |
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announced by Idea and Videocon. |
pushing content-based offerings, all in a bid to protect |
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Network experience prevails over customer experience: In |
their challenged revenue base. |
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other words, operators will continue to focus on |
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More regulatory scrutiny on quality: The regulatory |
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providing a high quality, consistent network |
authorities are likely to go harder on ensuring |
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experience offering the speeds and coverage expected |
operators keep to their commitments for providing a |
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by customers. Differentiating that experience |
quality service, and doing so transparently and |
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( reference net neutrality debates) is not for India, just |
responsibly. |
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yet. |
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Continued momentum around core telecommunications |
mPayments, and evolving communications |
businesses— as well as innovation around non-traditional |
technologies— will present both new challenges and |
business models such as Internet of Things applications, |
growth opportunities for telecommunications companies. |
The telecom sector continues to be at the epicenter for |
telecom industry including wireless and |
growth, innovation, and disruption for virtually any |
wireline / broadband carriers, network |
industry. Mobile devices and related broadband |
equipment / infrastructure companies, and device |
connectivity continue to be more and more embedded in |
manufacturers who are all critical components of this key |
the fabric of society today and they are key in driving the |
ecosystem. |
momentum around some key trends such as video |
As the number of embedded devices that require mobile |
streaming, Internet of Things( IoT), and mobile payments. |
connectivity grows, telecommunications companies will be |
The number of“ connected things” continues to grow as |
looking for opportunities to increase revenue through their |
mobile and“ smart” device utilization and connectivity |
core businesses such as network connectivity, sale of |
continues to expand— which will ultimately shape and |
network equipment and devices, all of which this emerging |
define the IoT space. Based on the results of our latest |
ecosystem will require, as well as through new products |
Global Mobile Consumer Survey( GMCS), US consumers |
and services that are enabled by these core businesses. |
look at their devices over 8 billion times a day in the |
The consumer oriented“ things” that comprise IoT will in |
aggregate. This is a big deal for all sectors within the |
large part consist of wearables, smartphones,“ connected” |