Glimpses

India:
l 3rd largest telecom market in the world.
l 2nd largest among emerging economies of Asia
l Additions of 8 million connections per month, highest in the world.
l Broadband target for 2010 - 20 million connections.
l 500 million telephones expected by 2010.
l Requirement of additional investment of US$25 billion.

Indian Telecom Industry is undergoing a very radical change. Growing at an average rate of
more than 40%, the Indian telecom sector has witnessed doubling of revenues in the last
three years. The total numbers of subscribers have the crossed 272 million mark. The great
Indian telecom growth story is showcased from the fact that more than 350 fresh
applications have been received seeking Universal Access Service License (UASL) at the
end of 2007.
The year 2006 saw the Asia/Pacific broadband access services market continue to grow at
a rate close to 2005 forecast. As per one of the Industry Survey report Broadband
subscribers reached 109 million in the 13 major markets in the region, a 26% increase
from 2005. The total market is envisaged to reach 235 million subscribers by 2011. India
too has targeted 20 million broadband connections by 2010. At present there are about
3 million connections.
To encourage the expansion of broadband connectivity at a faster rate, both outdoor and
indoor usage of low power Wi-Fi and WiMAX systems in 2.4GHz-2.4835 GHz band has
been delicensed.
In July, 2006, The Ministry launched the initiative for sharing of cellular infrastructure in
the urban areas starting with Delhi. This initiative includes sharing of cellsites, towers,
 to be achieved, out of which 80 million are expected to be in rural
areas. Total telephone connections by December 2007 end were
272.88 million. Mobile telephony is identified by ITU's Report as
the missing link which will bridge the digital divide.
India's teledensity has also shown an improvement. With around
16% last year it has come up to around 23.89% (by December
2007 end), but it is still not sufficient. This figure also indicates
the potential that India has for the telecom companies and their
investments. This can also be seen from the fact that this sector
attracted Rs 3901 cr. (USD 959 million) FDI from April-October
2007 (1US$ = Rs. 39.40 as on 28.01.08)
power backup etc. among the operators to minimize regulatory
delays and operational cost. (Source : DOT Annual Report)

The Indian telecom sector is 3rd largest in the world and 2nd The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
largest among the emerging economies of Asia. Today it is the (ASSOCHAM), India's premier and oldest Apex Chamber,
fastest growing market in the world. setup in 1920, covers a Membership of over 300,000
companies and professionals across the country. As an Apex
The revealed preference of the subscribers in favour of wireless
industry body, ASSOCHAM represents the interests of industry
telephony is continuing unabated. The mobile service which was and trade, interfaces with Government on policy issues and
popularly associated with tycoons has been transformed into interacts with international organizations to promote
mass consumption service. This is confirmed from the rising share economic and other bilateral and multilateral issues.
of mobile phones, which has increased from 71.69% as on
March 31, 2006 to more than 79% as on 31st December, 2006. ASSOCHAM has 70 Expert Committees which looks after the
In the area of FDI, during the period August 1991 to November policy issues of a particular sector. ASSOCHAM has a very
2006, FDI of Rs. 41551 crore were approved, which is second vibrant and active committee on Telecom, the ASSOCHAM
only to power and oil refinery sector. The actual inflow of FDI up Communications Convergence Committee which has leading
telcos as Members like Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia
to November 2006 was Rs.11808.79 crore. The FDI celling has
Siemens Network, Reliance Communications, Spice
also been raised to 74% for the services such as Basic, Cellular,
Communicatons, Qualcomm, Telsima Corporation, ZTE
Unified Access services, NLD/ILD, GMFCS, VSAT & other VAS.
Corporation, Huawei Technologies, TBSL as it's esteemed
Indian Telecom Industry manufactures a complete range of Members. ASSOCHAM is also privileged to have Telecom Trade
telecom equipments using state of the art technologies designed Associations like AUSPI, COAI, TEMA, ISPAI, IPTV Forum as its
specifically to match the diverse terrain and climate conditions. Members. Over a period, ASSOCHAM has become and
To boost indigenous manufacturing of telecom equipments a recognised as an umbrella body for telecom industry and policy
large number of fiscal incentives including zero custom duty on makers.
all 217ITA-1 items, zero custom on all imports of components
and raw materials required for manufacturing telecom ASSOCHAM has actively promoted the issues and technology
equipments have been provided in the budget 2005-06. impacting the convergence space by organising meaningful
and timely Conferences on Wimax, IPTV, Broadband, Cyber
Production of telecom equipments has increased from Rs. 16090 Crime to name of few with leading global vendors as it's
crore in 2004-05 to Rs. 17833 crore in 2005-06. With these Partners.
initiatives, telecom equipment manufacturing sector is expected
to attract about US$ 855 million in next 1-2 years. ASSOCHAM is privileged to have work closely with global
consulting companies like Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Frost &
Network expansion will be the focus of the future which would be Sullivan, Gartner and Pricewaterhouse Coopers to come out
greatly possible by penetrating into rural areas. By the end of with Recommendations and Policy Papers for consideration
2020, a total of 500 million telephone connections are expected and adoption by various stakeholders on regular basis.
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4 ASSOCHAM GLOBAL TELECOM SUMMIT

23 & 24 May 2008, Hotel Shangri-la, New Delhi, India

Partnership Details:
This Global Summit provides an excellent opportunity for companies to promote their product & services to the focused
audience besides networking during tea/coffee and lunch break. The Partnership details are asunder:

Category Amount Benefits

Rs. USD
Summit Partner (1) 20 lacs 55,000 All benefits as stated below 1-8

Platinum Partner (2) 10 lacs 27,000 All benefits as stated below 1-8 except 7

Gold Partner (3) 06 lacs 16,000 All benefits as stated below 1-8 except 7

Silver Partner 03 lacs 8,000 All benefits as stated below 1-8 except 5,7

Exhibition Partner 01 lac 3,000 Exhibition Stall of 3m x 3m

Lanyard Partner 50,000 1,500 Exclusive Logo on the Lanyard

The Benefits:
1. Partner’s Logo in the advertisement in the Newspaper/Radio/Television.
2. Assured Exhibition/Display space
(a) Summit Partner-3m x 6m (b) Platinum Partner-3m x 6m (c) Gold Partner-3m x 3m (d) Silver Partner-3m x 3m
3. Partner’s name and logo would be prominently displayed at the main backdrop and the side panels at the Summit venue
& other prominent places.
4. Partner’s literature would from part of the material distributed among the participants.
5. Assured Speakers slot
(a) Summit Partner-2 (b) Platinum Partner-1 (c) Gold Partner-1
6. Complimentary delegate passes to attend the Summit.
(a) Summit Partner-15 (b) Platinum Partner-10 (c) Gold Partner-6 (d) Silver Partner-3
7. Summit Kit with only Summit Partner’s Logo
8. Sharing of Database

For further details, please contact:

ASSOCHAM Communications Convergence Department
D. S. Rawat, Secretary General
Ajay Sharma, Joint Director (Mobile : +91-9899188488), e-mail: ajay.sharma@assocham.com
Ushnak & Arvind # 42141023

Varun Aggarwal, Assistant Director (Mobile : +91- 9910613815), e-mail : varun.aggarwal@assocham.com

The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)

1, Zamrudpur Community Centre, Kailash Colony, New Delhi-110048, India
Ph.: 011-46550555 (Hunting lines) Fax : 011-46536481, 46536489, www.assocham.org