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Network Management Services: Growing Glory
Investments by financial verticals-banking, finance, securities, and
insurance-fuelled the growth |
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Switch: Gaining Momentum
Investments in the IT/ITeS space and outsourcing still continue to be
the key growth drivers |
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Router: Routing for Success
With enterprises centralizing their IT applications, the need for
offices across the country is driving router market in India |
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Modem: Growing with Broadband
ADSL gets a huge boost with 120% increase in broadband subscribers |
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Network Storage: On the Growth Path
Network storage vendors smiled through another year with buoyant
growth from both NAS and SAN |
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Network Integration: A Well-knit Market
Adoption of IT in the retail segment, government investment on
IT projects and network re-engineering are fuelling the market |
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Structured Cabling: Miles of Success
Despite copper
prices hitting the roof, the cabling industry continues to soar
with a total market size of Rs 817 crore. Reorganization and
customer specific solutions are the differentiators in this
closely contested market |
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Audio-Video Conferencing: All Round Growth
The year saw booming revenues, improved infrastructure, widening market
base and entry of new players |
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WLAN: Heating Up
SMEs and the government's rural connectivity program were key
drivers |
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Voice Solutions: IP Leads the Way
IP solutions
ate into the traditional TDM market. The IT/ITeS segment gave
the impetus to overall growth |
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CARRIER EQUIPMENT
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Telecom Software: Ringing in Growth
The growth achieved by a slew of telecom solutions enabled
vendors achieve a stellar performance |
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Telecom Cables: No Gain, Only Expectation
Copper cable play spoilsport |
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Equipment Service Provider: Quantum Jump
India plans to have 500 mn subscribers by 2010. IP-1 players are
planning to deploy 25,000 shared sites in FY 07-08 |
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Telecom Turnkey: Key to Mobile
Expansion in the wireless space to accommodate surging
subscribers, and focus on geographical reach is adding heat in
the market |
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Fixed Phone: Evolving with Time
The segment grew owing to increase in the demand for feature
rich cordless, and digital phones |
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Wireless Infrastructure: Blockbuster Cellular Booster
Private operators' expansion initiatives fuelled the kitty of
infrastructure vendors. With 3G and mobile WiMax coming into the
market, it will swell further |
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Test and Measurement: Measured Growth
Surging mobile users, and upcoming manufacturing units have
triggered a marginal growth |
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OSS/BSS: Need of the Hour
Now that many standalone BSS are almost commodity offerings, the
trend is to offer full product suites |
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Mobile Handset: Going Strong
IRapid expansion in terms of new geographies and drastic drop in
prices are fueling mobile handset growth |
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Semiconductor: New Chip on the Block
The young Indian semiconductor industry is maturing rapidly; and
its revenue for 2007, pegged at $2.2 bn is projected to more
than double by 2010 |
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WiMax: Future Positive
India will be one of the largest WiMax markets, thanks to a
large population looking for affordable information access
anywhere, anytime |
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Transmission : Happy Times
Cellular expansion coupled with tariff revisions has resulted in
massive growth |
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GUEST COLUMN |
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Elcina: Good Times Ahead
The Indian market for electronics products stands at over $25 bn
and is projected to exceed $320 bn by 2015 |
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ISA: Lofty Heights
High volume opportunity of domestic production will give Indian
semiconductor the necessary fillip |
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TEMA: Startling Growth
India is adding one mobile customer per second during working
hours |
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GSA: Time for 3G
3G would give significant impetus to increase overall Internet penetration in India |
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MediaFLO: Multimedia Redefined
MediaFLO transforms multimedia delivery, opening new opportunities for service providers |
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HSPA: The Verdict is Out
HSPA seems to have the answers to all mobile broadband worries |
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Wibree: Power Games
Wibree is a new radio technology that can work alongside Bluetooth but uses just a fraction of the power |
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PON: Wonder Network
While organizations look for a better networking system, PON fits in to feed the hunger |
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IMS: One-stop Solution
The hunt is on for new products that can be introduced quickly and cost-effectively |
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Manufacturing: Ramping Up
The year saw the existing players in telecom manufacturing expanding. Coupled with new investments, this took India one step closer to becoming an electronics manufacturing hub |
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Company to Watchout: Rivals' Envy
The companies profiled here stand apart in the crowd with their competence and innovation. Their growth during the last fiscal reflects their unique approach |
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China Telecom Market: Getting it Right
In 2006, China added 68 mn mobile subscribers to reach 461 mn, by far the world's leading mobile market |
