It is not viable to expand the telecom network in India substantially at the prevalent level of per-line investment. However, systems based on new technologies, many developed in India, promise to more than halve the investment required. This article looks at the telecom scenario, the new technologies, the Indian products based on these technologies, and the cost reductions they promise. The provision of widespread Internet service with low access tariff is an important aspect of the new approach.

Bhaskar Ramamurthi

Department of Electrical Engineering

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

LONG HAUL BACKBONE NETWORK

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Cost effectiveness

Economics

Information Technology

Internet

Switching systems

Telecommunication networks

Telecommunication services

Telephone systems

telecommunication

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The role of technology in telecom expansion in India

IEEE Communications Magazine

After decades of very modest growth, telecom in India has taken off. While liberalisation of telecom sector created the conditions, the key to this take off has been a conscious effort in India to drive down the capital expenditure (CAPEX) of telecom infrastructure which made telecom affordable to large sections of Indian people. This paper discusses the role that Indian and Chinese telecom companies have played towards this reduction of per-line CAPEX and identifies technologies still dominated by the West. Telecom is now set to grow rapidly and India would achieve 200 million connections in less than a decade. However, this optimist situation is still, pretty much confined to urban areas. It is the growth of telecom and Internet infrastructure in rural areas, that have much greater potential. But harnessing of this potential requires special efforts. This paper presents a glimpse of how this could be made possible. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

IETE Technical Review (Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India)

Drivers of telecom in india

Annual Report Annual Report 2011

Enhanced Integrated Framework

Journal	IEEE Communications Magazine
ISSN	01636804
Open Access	No