Exploring the Evolution: Growth Trends in India's Public and Private Telecommunication Sectors"

social sciences

In 1991, after the introduction of Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG) policies in India, the telecommunication sector has changed dramatically. This sector experienced a big transformation due to LPG policies. As of 1992, various services like manufacturing of mobile handsets, value added services (VAS), radio paging, and other VAS were unlocked slowly to the private telecom sector. These policies removed many restrictions of entry-exit and hence doors were opened for private operators. In 1997, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was set up, on appeal of telco companies, by the government of India which condensed the government intervention in deciding tariff plans and policies. Earlier there were only two state-owned telecom operators or diarchy of wireless segment i.e. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Mahan agar Sanchar Nigam Limited (MTNL). In 2000, the public sector enjoyed a monopoly and ranked Rank 1st in terms of mobile connections. After March‟ 2000, the administration turned out to be more open-handed or liberal. This leads to a state of threat among landline operators i.e. BSNL and MTNL. In September, 2008 various private or foreign cellular/mobile operators like Bharti Airtel, Loop mobile, Tata communications, Vodafone and Idea cellular Ltd. dwarfed the state-owned telecom operators by crossing the big number in terms of mobile connections. The current study will study the trend analysis in terms of growth indictors in public and private sector.

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