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TOP PLAYERS IN THE TELECOM INDUSTRY There’s definite excitement in the telecom industry with a few ruling the industry. Globally China Mobile is regarded as one of the biggest players in the telecom industry with a market value of over $213.8 billion. It is also the only telecom operator to have provided operations at Mount Everest. Not so far behind is America’s very own At&t which has a market value of over $200.1 billion dollars. Besides At&t, other telecom sectors fighting for ranks include Verizon established in 1983, Vodafone, also considered as among the top 3 companies listed in the London Stock Exchange, America Movil (based in Mexico), Telefonica, Telstra, NTT group, Deutshe Telekom and finally Softbank which is a Japanese Network. In India, the telecom sector operates a little differently. None of the Indian operators make it to the list of the top 10 telecom companies even in market share, despite operating in the second most populous country in the world. However, Vodafone that operates in India makes it to the list at number four. The following are the Key players in the telecom sector in India: AIRTEL | VODAFONE | RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS | IDEA CELLULAR | TATA TELESERVICES | AIRCEL | UNINOR | MTS | MTNL | LOOP MOBILEFormerly BPL |

Airtel Bharti Airtel or simply Airtel is India’s largest telecom company, headquartered in New Delhi, India. In the year 1986, Sunil Mittal incorportated Bharthi Telecom Limited and his company became the first in India to offer Push – button telephones. 20 years down the road, Airtel started operations outside India. In 2010, Airtel acquired Zain Telecom, a Kuwait based operator. It also acquired Telecom Seychelles in 2010. Airtel invested US$10 million in its fixed and mobile telecoms network in Seychelles. Airtel currently has a presence in 20 countries such as Bangladesh, Sir Lanka, 17 African nations and the islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Airtel also has joint ventures with companies such as Ericsson. Vodafone For most, Vodafone is a company that was applauded for its award winning advertisements that followed a clean and minimalist look. In the year 1992, Hutchinson Whampoa and Max group established Hutchinson Max in India. Several years later, Vodafone bought a 67% stake in the company, renaming the brand as ‘Vodafone Essar’, a legacy it continued till 2011 when Vodafone bought out its partner Essar. Reliance Communications Commonly known as RCOM, Reliance Communications is owned by Anil Dhirubhai Ambani and was established in 2004. The company primarily has five segments : Wireless segment, broadband segment, global segment and wholesale operations of its subsidiaries. RCOM has a corporate clientele of 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers. On 31st January 2013, RCOM announced its partnership with Lenovo to bring Reliance- Lenovo cobranded smart phones in the Indian Smartphone market. Idea Cellular Founded in 1995, Idea Cellular was jointly owned by the Birlas, Tatas and At&t Wireless. But following At&t’s merger with Cingular Wireless, they decided to sell their stake in India. The Tata’s who entered the cellular market with its own subsidiary then had to pull out its stake in the company, thereby making the Birla’s the sole owner of Idea. The Brand Trust Report 2013, named Idea as the second most trusted brand in India in the Mobile Telephony category. Tata Teleservices Based in Mumbai, Tata Teleservices was established in the year 1996 as a subsidiary of Tata Group. It operates under the brand name Tata Docomo in various telecom circles in India. Tata Teleservices provides Mobile Services under the following brand names * Tata DoCoMo * Virgin Mobile * T24 Mobile Tata DoCoMo : Tata DoCoMo is a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and NTT DoCoMo which was established in November 2008. Virgin Mobile : It is the youth segment of the brand and was established as a joint venture between Mr. Branson’s Virgin Group and Tata Teleservices. It has a presence across 45lakh outlets. T24 Mobile : It is a provider on the GSM platform arising out of a joint venture between Tata Teleservices and Future Group. Aircel Headquartered in Chennai, Aircel was founded in the year 1999 as a joint venture between Malaysian operator Maxis Communications and its Indian owner Chinnakannan Sivasankaran. Aircel is one of the most respected brands in South India. As a part of a major cost cutting, the company had halted operations in five telecom sectors namely, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab. This caused a decrease in subscribers of about 2 million. Aircel is currently also a sponsor of the IPL cricket team Chennai Super Kings and I-League side Shillong Lajong FC. It also sponsors the Chennai Open. Uninor Uninor is based in Gurgaon and is a result of a joint venture between Telenor Group and Unitech Group. Uninor has a comprehensive network of distributors and retail outlets. It has a Advanced Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems and a handheld device enable real-time information to the sales force, increased transparency and traceability, as well as more efficient processing of requests. MTS INDIA MTS is the Indian subdivision of the Russian Mobile TeleSystems telecommunication company headquartered in New Delhi. It is a subsidiary of Sistema and operates across India with 16 million customers as of 2012. MTS is regarded as one of the fastest growing data operator in India MTNL INDIA Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited is a state owned telecommunications service provider in the metro cities of Mumbai and New Delhi in India and in the island nation of Mauritius in Africa. MTNL was set up on 1 April 1986 by the Government of India with the aim of upgrading the quality of telecom services and expanding the telecom network. On February 23, 2011, the DoT revived a proposal to merge the state – owned operators BSNL and MTNL. In its draft plan, DoT said the government should set up a multi- stakeholder committee to develop a restricting plan for both the firms. DoT’s major concern was over the deteriorating performance of BSNL and MTNL and that they could combine their strengths for synergies. LOOP mobile Formerly known as BPL, Loop mobile is a prepaid and postpaid GSM cellular provider in the regions of Assam, Kolkata, Pune, North East, Rajasthan, Mumbai, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab. BPL Mobile Communications was established in the year 1994 and was India’s first mobile network operator. It started operations in 1995. However, BPL was renamed to Loop Mobile in the year 2009, following the expiry of its brand use agreement with the TPG Nambiar owned BPL Group.

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