13. Siemens Public Communications

Seimens Public Communications Ltd (SPCL), unit of the Siemens group of

companies, has repeatedly achieved success in the business of supplying

telecommunications equipment to India’s biggest telecommunications service

providers like BSNL and MTNL.

Growing at a rate of 37.03 percent during FY 2000-01, the 70-30 percent JV

between Siemens AG, Germany, and Siemens Ltd, SPCNL registered a turnover of Rs

696.71 crore. Profits after tax stood at Rs 36.38 crore. The growth was driven

by some big orders for telecom switches from both wireline and wireless service

providers. Significant orders bagged include BSNL for 4-lakh lines and MTNL for

1.9-lakh lines. Siemens claims 29 percent of market share in the switching

segment. For cellular infrastructure, SPCNL has made a name for itself in

provisioning Intelligent Network solutions. It already has implemented one for

BPL Cellular. The company has already done its homework for the expected CDMA

deployments, its 3G TDS CDMA products are expected to go commercial towards the

end of the current year. On the transmission side too, SPCNL has recently bagged

an order for providing STM 16 terminals to BSNL.