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Telecom Services Providers
Leader Mobile, Loser Fixed, Customer Winner |
 | RETAIL SERVICES: Consumer Becomes the King!
The year saw explosive growth in cellular services and increased adoption of value-added services |
| CORPORATE
SERVICES: Managed Services is the Mantra
With telecom spending by enterprises predicted to rise, operators are offering end-to-end services to get business |
| FIXED PHONE: Old Horses Lose Steam
Even as BSNL and MTNL witnessed a negative growth, private operators crossed five million mark |
| CELLULAR SERVICES: Triple Play: Growth, Expansion, and Profit
Focus on data and expansion beyond metros catapulted the industry to new level of growth |
| NLD: New Players Want to Party
The incumbents hold sway even as private and IP-II players are creating greater space for themselves |
| ILD SERVICES: One Man Show
India's international long distance traffic increased considerably but failed to boost revenues |
| INTERNET SERVICES: Broadband Takes Off
Good news is that more Indians are becoming net savvy, bad news is that Internet density is below 0.6 percent |
| VAST SERVICES: Survival of the Cheapest
In the cutthroat market, customers went for the best price offerings, as this was the main differentiator |
| RADIO
TRUNKING: Underdog Stays Under
The growth potential of PMRTS market in India is yet to be realized |
New Services
Sneak preview of the services that will
soon be a rage |
| LIVE TV: Patchy, but It's TV
Today most networks being data enabled, the opportunities for services and content is burgeoning. Live TV aims to encash this opportunit |
| MOBILE GAMING: The Game is on
Mobile operators, application developers and handset vendors are setting new rules for mobile gaming in India. |
| PUSH TO TALK: New Voice Magic?
PTT is one of the hottest topics in the wireless services industry today |
| MPLS-BASED
VPNs: Nudging out legacy networks
Lower costs and complexity give MPLS-based VPNs promising future |
| VIDEO ON DEMAND: Next Change! Whatever You Want
With telcos slowly putting in place their content strategy, one can look forward to Video on Demand services becoming a reality by the beginning of 2006 |
| COMPANIES TO WATCH: Managed Services High
With more than 1,000 corporate customers in its kitty, Sify is a strong player in corporate data services market |
| COMPANIES TO WATCH:
Dishnet: Preparing for Kunchenjunga
The company embarks on a massive rollout of mobile services in 10 circles in northern and eastern India |
| GLOBAL TELECOM: Flying on Wireless Wings
Wireless helped telecom industry grow, as 3G services gained momentum |
BPO
Westward Ho! |
| GECIS: "I do not want to worry about IPO today"
Pramod Bhasin, CEO Gecis, on the changes in his company |
| LLOYDS
TSB: "We are not slaves to any particular model"
Richard Stockdale, CEO, Lloyds TSB Global Services |
| VALUE CREATION: Specialize in Operations
The value chain lies between buyer needs-current and future-and vendor's capability to satisfy them |
| STRATEGY: Westward Ho!
Indians are realizing that only front-end strategy will differentiate them from one another. They are now taking the inorganic route to build that capability |
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