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Top Telecom companies in India

The telecom industry of India has registered manifold growth in the recent years. Personalized telecom access is essential necessity of life for increasing number of the people. The sector offers

unlimited prospects when we consider future growth. Both Public Players and Private Players are enhancing their technologies and taking the telecom industry to a much higher growth state. Not only service providers but also handset manufacturers are contributing significantly to the industry and economy of India.

The top players in the industry are:

1) Reliance Communications Limited

Established in 2002, Reliance communication is the wholly owned subsidiary of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group of Companies providing the telecommunication services.

2) Bharti Airtel Limited

Established in 1995 by Sunil Mittal as a Public Limited Company, Airtel is the largest telecom service provider in Indian telecom sector. With market capitalization of over Rs. 1,360 billion, Airtel has 31% of total market share of GSM service providers.

3) BSNL

Founded in 2000, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. is India's largest public sector Telecommunications Company providing a wide variety of telecom services. Its service range covers Wireline, CDMA mobile, GSM Mobile, Internet, Broadband, Carrier service, MPLS-VPN, VSAT, VoIP services, IN Services, etc.

4) MTNL
MTNL has successfully converted its telephone exchange network to the digital mode systems. Having a customer base of more than 6 million, MTNL has showed a growth of over 30% during financial year 2005-06. 5) Ericsson

Ericsson has a wide network of more than 140 countries and more than 30% market share. Ericsson's parent company Teleonsktiebolaget L M Ericsson was established in 1876.

6) Nokia

Nokia is one of the leaders in the Indian market providing telecom equipments. Its product range starts from a handset of Rs. 2000-3000 and goes to N series, which amounts to more than Rs. 25000-30000.

7) Siemens Communications

Siemens is one of world's largest companies providing electrical engineering products and services. Siemens covers a wide range of services in the electronic arena, such as energy, construction, transportation, lighting, information and communication.

8) Idea Cellular Limited

Aditya Birla Group and Tata Group as joint venture, Idea Cellular, is a part of Aditya Birla Nuvo, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, Idea is growing its network in 11 circles.

9) Tata Teleservices

Tata Teleservices, one of the 96 companies of Tata Group, has its network in 20 circles. It is the first company to launch CDMA mobile services in India.