Today, India is considered to be the hub of all telecom spaces in the world. India has a growing teledensity standing at 17.8 currently; among the largest telecom base of 200 million, with the lowest wireless penetration rate in the world at 13%. The wireless market in India consists of 156 million subscribers; the GSM community being the largest and fastest growing technology accounting for 72% of this market. Bharti stands as the leader of GSM with 30% of the market share followed by state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited with a market share of 22%.
BSNL is among the world's largest telecommunications company providing telecom services in India ranging from wireline, CDMA mobile, GSM mobile, Internet, broadband, carrier service, MPLS-VPN, VSAT, VoIP services and IN services. It holds the second position among GSM providers with a 27.43 million subscription base across 23 circles, putting BSNL among the reputed players. However, market share, today, is considered to be a day-to-day phenomenon rather than an indicator of long-term success. On the subscription parameter, BSNL has been doing well, marking a record by adding 2 million customers in March; the highest addition to the subscription base to date. |
