telecommunications services

It is communication at a distance by

technological means, particularly through

electrical signals or electromagnetic waves.

In 1792 Claude Chappe first fixed

semaphore line between Lille and Paris.

The 1st commercial electrical telegraph was

constructed by Sir Charles Wheatstone and

sir William Fothergill Cooke

Telecommunication services

Replica of one of Chappe’s Semaphore tower

Alexander Graham Bell and Gardiner

Greene Hubbard created first telephone

company Bell telephone company of US.

Later evolved into American Telephone

& Telegraph.

First commercial telephone services set

up in 1878 in the cities New Haven,

Connecticut, and London , England.

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Point to point communication-

Telecommunication over Telephone lines

Broadcast Communication-

Telecommunication through Radio Broadcasts

Multiplex system-

Telecommunications in which multiple

transmitters and multiple receivers.

Types of communication

top 15 telecom companies in world

India has surpassed US to become 2nd largest

wireless network in the world with the

subscriber base of over 900 million.

India’s telephone subscriber base expanded

224 million in 2007 to 898 million in 2013.

India's telecom sector’s revenue is USD 64

billion FY12.

Indian Telecommunication Indusries

The wireless segment dominates the market.

Remaining share is with wire line segment.

Urban region account for 61.1 % of telecom

subscriptions while rural areas constitute the

39.9% subscription.

Segment wise growth-

composition of telephone subscriber 2013

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The no. of internet subscribers increased from 8.6

million from 2006 to 56.5 million in 2013.

By 2015 this figure will grow to 117.1 million

subscribers.

Total internet service providers revenue stood at 12.2

billion USD in 2013.

Internet Subscriber:

Wireless segment – Bharti Airtel 21.7% of total subscription which is around 189 million

subscribers Fixed line Segment – BSNL 67.7% of total subscription which is around 20 million subscribers Broadband Internet – BSNL which is 66% of total

broadband market which is around 7.7 million subscribers.

Market Leaders:

Wireless Connection providers in INDIA

Key companies in the market

Company Ownership

Bharat sanchar nigam Ltd. (BSNL)

Government (100%)

Bharti Airtel Bharti group (47.7%), LIC India (4.3%) , Pastel Ltd (15.57%)