1.0 COUNTRY BACKGROUND

• 1.1 Demographics
• 1.2 Regional Background
• 1.2.1 Northern Region
• 1.2.2 Southern Region
• 1.2.3 Western Region
• 1.2.4 Eastern Region
• 1.3 Population
• 1.4 Distribution of Wealth
• 1.5 Teledensity
• 1.6 Currency
• 1.7 Conducting Business in India
• 1.7.1 Indian Corporations
• 1.7.2 Partnerships
• 1.7.3 Foreign Companies Establishing Offices in India

2.0 ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMIC SECTOR

• 2.1 The Political System
• 2.2 The Executive Branch
• 2.3 The Legislature
• 2.3.1 State Governments
• 2.3.2 Union and State Jurisdictions
• 2.4 The Legal System (Judiciary)
• 2.5 The Political Situation
• 2.5.1 Background
• 2.5.2 Current Political Situation
• 2.6 The Economic System
• 2.6.1 The Banking and Financial System
• 2.7 Economic Reforms
• 2.7.1 Aims of Economic Reforms
• 2.7.2 Liberalized Foreign Investment Policy
• 2.7.3 Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB)
• 2.7.4 Import Policies
• 2.8 Economic Outlook
• 2.8.1 Fiscal Debt and Government Spending
• 2.8.2 Exports, Earnings and Investment
• 2.8.3 Highlights of the Indian Economy

3.0 ORGANIZATION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR

• 3.1 Organizational Structure
• 3.2 Background
• 3.3 The Department of Telecommunications (DoT)
• 3.3.1 DoT Industrial and Economic Policies
• 3.4 Liberalization
• 3.4.1 History of Liberalization
• 3.5 New National Telecommunication Policy (NTP)
• 3.6 Future of DoT
• 3.7 Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

4.0 FINANCING

• 4.1 The Needs
• 4.2 Funds required by cellular operators
• 4.3 Sources of financing
• 4.4 Problems and issues related to funding
• 4.5 Incentives announced in the Union Budget of 1997
• 4.5.1 Import duties
• 4.6 Advantages for Investors

5.0 CELLULAR RADIO

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.1.1 Tender Rules
• 5.1.2 Limitations
• 5.2 The Licensing Process
• 5.3 Cellular Service Categories
• 5.4 Cellular licensees
• 5.5 Factors influencing demand and revenues
• 5.6 Tariffs and Rates
• 5.6.1 The impact of competition
• 5.6.2 Comparison of tariffs across Asia
• 5.7 The Market for Handsets
• 5.7.1 Handset prices
• 5.7.2 Handset subsidies
• 5.7.3 Market for handsets
• 5.8 The Market for Equipment
• 5.9 Roaming
• 5.9.1 World 1 Network
• 5.9.2 Domestic roaming arrangements (World 1 Network)
• 5.9.3 International roaming arrangements (World 1 Network)
• 5.9.4 Global Connect Network
• 5.9.5 Domestic roaming arrangements (Global Connect Network)
• 5.9.6 International roaming arrangements (Global Connect Network)
• 5.10 Problems
• 5.11 Licensing conditions
• 5.12 License fees
• 5.13 Financing
• 5.13.1 Government incentives for financing
• 5.14 Frequency Clearances
• 5.15 Revenue sharing
• 5.16 Interconnection
• 5.16.1 Zero Dial Access and call completion rates
• 5.17 Fraud and bill realization
• 5.18 MTNL's proposal to provide cellular services in Delhi; Mumbai
• 5.19 Market Size and Future Outlook
• 5.19.1 The four metros
• 5.19.2 Regional circles

6.0 WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP(WLL)

• 6.1.1 State of the market and future outlook

7.0 PAGING

• 7.1 The licensing process
• 7.2 The paging market
• 7.2.1 Nature of the Market
• 7.2.2 Economics of Paging
• 7.2.3 Revenues and costs for service providers
• 7.3 Financial status of the industry
• 7.3.1 Award of infrastructure status
• 7.3.2 Revenue sharing
• 7.4 Equipment Suppliers and Service Providers
• 7.5 Paging Technology
• 7.6 Duties on paging equipment
• 7.7 Roaming services
• 7.8 Allocation of resources from DoT
• 7.9 Growth and Future Outlook

8.0 PUBLIC MOBILE RADIO TRUNKING SERVICES (PMRTS)

• 8.1 Licensees
• 8.2 Technology
• 8.3 Market for services
• 8.4 State of the market
• 8.5 Issues of concern, and future outlook

9.0 SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

• 9.1 Growth of Satellite Communications in India
• 9.2 Satellite Earth Stations
• 9.3 Satellite Based Mobile Telephones
• 9.4 Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT)
• 9.4.1 VSAT Operators
• 9.4.2 Factors Influencing Growth
• 9.4.3 State of the industry
• 9.4.4 Regulatory Hurdles
• 9.4.5 Future Outlook

10.0 MARKET ANALYSIS

• 10.1 The Privatization Process
• 10.2 The Services Market: Future Outlook
• 10.3 The Equipment Market: Future Outlook
• 10.4 Analysis of Major Foreign Companies in India (Service Providers)
• 10.4.1 AIF Telecommunications Fund
• 10.4.2 AirTouch
• 10.4.3 American Insurance Group (AIG)
• 10.4.4 AT&T
• 10.4.5 British Telecom (BT)
• 10.4.6 Comsat
• 10.4.7 Easycall International
• 10.4.8 First Pacific Company (Hong Kong)
• 10.4.9 Korea Mobile Telecom
• 10.4.10 MWC Mauritius, and PCM Mauritius
• 10.4.11 NYNEX
• 10.4.12 Swiss Telecom PTT
• 10.4.13 Telia AB
• 10.4.14 Telstra Corporation Limited
• 10.4.15 US West
• 10.4.16 ViaSat Inc.
• 10.5 Analysis of Major Foreign Companies in India (Equipment & Manufacturing)
• 10.5.1 Alcatel Alsthom
• 10.5.2 Ericsson
• 10.5.3 Lucent Technologies
• 10.5.4 Motorola
• 10.5.5 NEC
• 10.5.6 Nokia
• 10.5.7 Northern Telecom Limited (Nortel)
• 10.5.8 Phillips
• 10.5.9 Samsung Electronics Company (SEC)
• 10.5.10 Scientific Atlanta
• 10.5.11 Siemens Limited
• 10.6 Analysis of major Indian telecom companies
• 10.6.1 Bharti Enterprises
• 10.6.2 Electronics Corporation of India (ECIL)
• 10.6.3 Indian Telephone Industries (ITI)
• 10.6.4 Reliance Industries
• 10.6.5 Punjab Wireless Systems Limited (Punwire)
• 10.6.6 Shyam Telecom
• 10.6.7 The Birla Group
• 10.6.8 The Tata Group

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