The Indian telecom sector is on a high surge. Gartner had predicted that the Indian mobile subscriber base will cross 771 million by 2013. In fact, the total telecom subscriber base for India has already reached 638.05 million subscribers with a tele-density of 54.10. Additionally, Indian mobile operators have collectively added 16.9 million new mobile subscribers and hence the total subscriber base jumped to 601.22 million.
The opening of the 3G spectrum is further expected to boost the fast growing telecom sector. The market will definitely heat up with innovative products and services which would be beneficial for the customers as well for the service providers. And in this rapidly expanding market, companies with new and unique solutions will emerge as the leaders.
3G Scenario and Perception
There is more to 3G than the faster internet access and downloads, excess data limit, and better video and picture quality. The technology and the capital involved in providing 3G services to the customers is complex. In fact, 3G operations require large scale investment and are highly risky due to increasingly diversified and segmented requirements. Additionally, the investment patterns will lead to more diversification in the market.There would be more direct investment from shareholder and strategic investor, borrowing from local and international financial market, vendor financing from suppliers and revenue generation from current asset like tower.
In addition, it would be necessary for the service providers to have a robust network to roll out the 3G services where the scalability of the network would become extremely important. So as to provide seamless services to its customers, it would become increasingly more critical for the service providers to have the correct infrastructure and network, and the appropriate amount of capital.
Even though 3G offers much higher bit rates as compared to 2G, there are other technologies that enable the service providers to cater to the ever-increasing demand for fast wireless broadband. These kinds of technically innovation can not only improved the ROI but can also cut down the costs of deploying mobile broadband networks. All these demands and economical sense have led the service providers to 4G technologies.
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