2012-11-03 16:57:18 - Fast Market Research recommends "India Telecommunications Report Q4 2012" from Business Monitor International, now available

BMI View: The Indian telecommunications market has experienced a considerable amount of challenges in the last few years due to constant regulatory disputes and a hostile business environment, which includes an aggressive price war, which have eroded operators' profitability. Despite the country's significant growth potential, the industry is struggling to capitalise on the opportunities, which will remain the central theme in the near future as we do not expect the market to reach a swift resolution of the complicated issues.


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Key Data

* Market saturation and cancellation of licences have resulted in a downgrade to India's mobile subscriber forecast.
* The effects of tariff rate hikes have seemingly started to fade; industry-wide ARPU declines could

soon resume.
* While fixed broadband demand remains healthy, the growth momentum is slowing in light of increasing network expansion cost.

Key Trends & Developments

The Indian government has finally set the reserve price for 2G spectrum that was freed up after the Supreme Court cancelled 122 licences in February 2012. The Hindu reported that the Union Cabinet has fixed a minimum price of INR140bn for 5MHz of pan-India 2G spectrum in the 1,800MHz GSM band. Meanwhile, the reserve price of 5MHz of CDMA spectrum is set at INR182bn.

In collaboration with the e-Technology Group (a specialist unit of IMRB International), the Internet and Mobile Association of India reckons that India's mobile VAS market will grow by 32% in 2012 to reach INR260bn before increasing by another 28% in 2013. At present, mobile VAS account for 27% of Indian operators' ARPUs.

India remained in 10th position in BMI's Asia Pacific Telecoms Risk/Reward Ratings with a Telecoms Rating score of 52.6. India's economy is stuck in neutral and leading indicators are pointing to a prolonged period of weakness. We have therefore toned down the country's FY2012/13 (April-March) real GDP growth forecast from 6.9% to 6.5%. Still, the unwinding of imbalances - most notably the country's elevated trade and fiscal deficits - bodes well for a cyclical rebound in 2013. On the inflation front, a poor monsoon could threaten to weigh on food prices, but with money supply and credit growth headed lower, this should prove a temporary phenomenon.

Report Table of Contents:

SWOT Analysis
- Mobile SWOT
- Wireline SWOT
- Political
- Economic
- Business Environment
Industry Business Environment Overview
- Industry Business Environment Overview
- Table: Asia Pacific Telecoms Risk/Reward Ratings Q412
- India
Industry Forecast Scenario
- Mobile
- Table: Mobile - Historical Data & Forecasts, 2009-2016
- ARPU
- Table: Mobile ARPU - Historical Data And Forecasts (INR), 2009-2016
- Fixed-Line
- Table: Fixed-Line - Historical Data & Forecasts, 2009-2016
- Internet
- Table: Internet - Historical Data And Forecasts, 2009-2016
Market Overview
- Mobile
- Table: India Mobile Market Regional Comparisons, 2011
- Key Developments
- Market Growth
- Market Shares
- Table: Mobile Market Subscribers By Operator ('000), June 2012
- ARPU And MOU
- Mobile Content/Value-Added Services
- Table: Selected Value-Added Services
- Table: India Mobile Market Overview
- Table: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
- Table: Bharti Airtel
- Table: Reliance Communications
- Table: Vodafone India
- Asia Mobile Content
- Table: Selected NFC Developments, 2011
- Table: India Fixed-Line Market By Operator, June 2012
- Broadband
- Table: India Internet Market, March 2012
- Table: India Broadband Market, March 2012
Industry Trends And Developments
- Table: Telecoms Market Developments
Regulatory Development
- Table: India: Regulatory Bodies And Their Responsibilities
Competitive Landscape
- Table: Key Players - Indian Telecoms Markets
- Table: Selected Operators Annual Revenue (INRbn)
Company Profile
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL)
- Bharti Airtel
- Reliance Communications
- Vodafone India
- Regional Overview
- Network Solutions
- Deployments
- Table: Altobridge Commercial Deployments, July 2012
Demographic Forecast
- Table: India's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 ('000)
- Table: Export this table as seen
- Table: India's Population By Age Group, 1990-2020 (% of total)
- Table: Export this table as seen
- Table: India's Key Population Ratios, 1990-2020
- Table: Export this table as seen
- Table: India's Rural And Urban Population, 1990-2020
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Glossary
- Table: Glossary Of Terms
Methodology
- Table: Key Indicators For Telecommunications Industry Forecasts
- Telecoms Business Environment Ratings
- Table: Ratings Indicators
- Table: Weighting Of Indicators

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