Rank 20 - BPL Telecom

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FACTSHEET
CEO: VN Bhattacharya

Year of Start-up: 1975

Area of Operation: Telephone systems, business communication products and
solutions, integration and software services

Employees: 800

Address: 54 Richmond Road, Bangalore - 560 025

Tel.: 080-559 4911-16

Fax: 080-559 4920

Web Site: www.bpltelecom.com

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BPL
Telecom Ltd, part of the BPL Innovision Group, closed the year with a 43 percent
growth and revenues of Rs 186.50 crore. The reason was its ability to offer
end-to-end solutions and diverse range of products.

 

SWOT
STRENGTH

A strong brand name which has been consolidating its traditional
businesses and continuously innovating new areas of businesses

WEAKNESS

Slow starter

OPPORTUNITY

Broadband, Internet, and IT-enabled solutions

THREAT

Hot competition expected in broadband market

Its growth was led from the product side, with the bulk of
its revenues coming from the sale of PBT, cellular phones, and SIM. While PBT
generated revenues worth Rs 42.30 crore, the cellular products fetched it Rs
31.30 crore. The business communications segment fetched it Rs 32.50 crore.
Transmission equipment brought in Rs 21.20 crore. For the company, the total
product sales revenue was over Rs 130 crore.

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The biggest achievement has been the performance of its new businesses and
products group. The group, under the aegis of Advanced Network Systems, is
focused on wireless solutions and systems integration of telecom networks. It
bagged and completed several turnkey radio trunking projects with clients like
ONGC and set up "C" category Internet nodes for DoT (AP). Through this
activity, it netted Rs 22 crore. Together with this and software services, it
will be a strong contender in the broadband market in the future. To support all
its activities, it has a design and development centre which is providing
software and hardware design capabilities to manufactures like Nortel and Analog
Devices.