Top Five Telecom Groups

You are right. The government is still the biggest group as far as telecom
business in India is concerned. But we feel the government’s real business is
not business. So we decided to exclude the government.

While Reliance Vs Bharti is the favorite media obsession, the top two groups
are neither of the two. HFCL, with its mammoth business with BSNL, is on top. On
the second spot is the first name in the Indian business–the Tatas. Actions do
speak louder than words, for this silent performer. Bharti does come in at No.
3, but closely following it is the cellular czar–Hutchison. BPL, even without
the figures for BPL Telecom, manages to make it to the fifth position. The next
two groups in our list were Hughes with Rs 477 crore and BK Modi with Rs 461
crore. Hughes’ India story is interesting. All the three Indian operations of
the satellite and communications technology company are into services–two into
communication services and one into software.

Top Groups

Will the Top Five Groups look different next year? We believe they will.
Though slightly. And may be in 2002-03, drastically. But then, who knows. Any
company that buys a stake in VSNL or possibly MTNL could well shoot to No. 1
position next year itself.

Yes, who knows?

Telecom Bodies

Directory of Industry Bodies

Government

Ministry of Communications

Office Bearer: Ram Vilas Paswan, cabinet minister

Address: Sanchar Bhavan, Room No. 103, 1st Floor, 20, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3719898/3710350

Fax: 011-3711514/3712333

Contact: Tapan Sikdar, minister of state communications

Ministry of IT

Office Bearer: Pramod Mahajan, minister of information technology

Address: Electronics Niketan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi-110 003

Tel: 011-4364757/4364767

Fax: 011-4363134

E-mail: ?minister@mit.gov.in

Web site: www.mit.gov.in

Planning Commission

Office Bearer: KC Pant, deputy chairman

Address: Yojana Bhavan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3715481

Fax: 011-3723587

Telecom Commission

Office Bearer: Shyamal Ghosh

Address: Sanchar Bhavan, Room No. 210, 2nd Floor, 20, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3719898

Fax: 011-3711514

Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC)

Office Bearer: NK Mangla, senior DDG

Address: Khurshid Lal Bhavan, Gate No. 5, Janpath, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3320252

Fax: 011-3329088

Web site:www.dotindia.com/tec/

Software Technology Park of India

Office Bearer: Manas Patnaik, director

Address: Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003

Tel: 011-4362811/3187/4304

Fax: 011-4363436

E-mail: ?info@stpi.soft.net

Web site: www.stpi.soft.net

Wireless Planning & Co-ordination Wing

Office Bearer: RN Agarwal, wireless advisor

Address: Dak Bhawan, Room No. 348, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3755420

Fax: 011-3716111

Regulatory

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Office Bearer: MS Verma, chairman

Address: 16th Floor, Jawahar Vypar Bhawan, 1 Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 3357813

Fax: 011-3738708

E-mail: ?trai@del2.vsnl.net.in

Associations & Organizations

Association of Basic Telecom Operations (ABTO)

Office Bearer: Rajiv Mehotra, director

Address: B-601, Gauri Sadan, 5 Hailey Road, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3327937/3329847

Fax: 011-3327397

E-mail: ?abto@id.eth.net.in

Web site: www.abto.org

Contact: SC Khanna

Cellular Operators Association ofIndia (COAI)

Office Bearer: TV Ramachandran, director

Address: 14, Bhai Veer Singh Marg, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3349184

Fax: 011-3349276/77

Contact: Gopa Kumar

Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)

Office Bearer: Sanjiv Goenka, chairman

Address: 23, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003

Tel: 011-4629994-7, 4626164/4625407

Fax: 011-4626149/4633168

E-mail: ?ciico@ciionline.org

Web site: www.ciionline.org

Contact: Usha Harikrishnan

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)

Office Bearer: Chirayu R Amin

Address: Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi-110 001

Tel: 011-3738760-70

Fax: 011-3320714/3721504

E-mail: ?ficci@ficci.com

Web site: www.ficci.com

Contact: Dr. Amit Mitra

Indian Paging Service Association (IPSA)

Office Bearer: YK Modi, president

Address: C-213, Sarvodaya Enclave, New Delhi-110 016

Tel: 011-6864565

Fax: 011-6864474

Internet Service Provider Association of India (ISPAI)

Office Bearer: Amitabh Singhal, secretary

Address: 612-A, Chiranjiv Tower, 43, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110 019

Tel: 011-6205411/6255094

Fax: 011-6255090

E-mail: ?ispai@satyam.net.in

Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT)

Office Bearer: Vinay L Deshpande, president

Address: PHD House, 4th Floor, Opp. Asian Games Village, New Delhi-110 016

Tel: 011-6854284/6855487/6866976

Fax: 011-3851321

Web site: www.mait.com

E-mail: ?mail@mait.com

Contact: Vinnie Mehta

Mobile Trunk Radio Operators Association (MTROA)

Office Bearer: Vasu Padmanabhan, COO

Address: C/o ProCall Ltd., Stand No. 9, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi-110 003

Tel: 011-4365803

Fax: 011-4365612

E-mail: ?porcall@vsnl.com

National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM)

Office Bearer: Phiroxz Vandrevala, chairman

Address: International Youth Centre, Teen Murti Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110 021

Tel: 011-3010199

Fax: 011-3015452

Web site: www.nasscom.org

E-mail: ?nasscom@nasscom.org

Pacific Telecommunication Council India Foundation (PTCIF)

Office Bearer: Dr. N Bhasakr Rao, president

Address: Suite 306-307, Competent House, 7, Nangal Raya Business Centre (Near Delhi Cantt Flyover),

New Delhi-110 046

Tel: 011-5619924

Fax: 011-5619924

Web site: www.ptc.org

Contact: NK Chhiber

Telephone Cable Developers Association (TCDA)

Address: 3rd Floor, PHD House, Opp. Asian Games Village, New Delhi-110 016

Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association (TEMA)

Office Bearer: SK Khanna, executive director

Address: 4th Floor, PHD House, Opp. Asian Games Village, New Delhi-110 016

Tel: 011-6859621

Fax: 011-6859620

E-mail: ?tema@del2.vsnl.net.in

Web site:www.india-times.com/tema

Telecom Industry Service Association (TISA)

Office Bearer: PK Sandell, chairman

Address: 30, Community Centre, East of Kailash, New Delhi-110 065

Tel: 011-6225323/6443018/6417405

Fax: 011-6225313

Telecom Users Group of India (TUGI)

Office Bearer: Anil Prakash, president

Address: A-98, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110 017

Tel: 011-6688287/6682088

Fax: 011-6689325

E-mail: ?tugi@vsnl.com

VSAT Service Providers Association of India (VSPAI)

Office Bearer: Sudipto Sen, president

Address: A-10/11, Sector III, Noida-201 301

Tel: 0118-3350633

Fax: 0118-4530591/4535048

Research & Academic

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT)

Office Bearer: KN Gupta, executive director 

Address: 9th Floor, Akbar Bhavan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110 021

Tel: 011-4677525

Fax: 011-6885558

E-mail: ?info@cdot.com

Web site: www.cdot.com

Centre for Telecom Management Studies (CTMS)

Office Bearer: TH Chowdary, chairman

Address: No. 8, P&T Colony, Karkhana, Secunderabad, Hyderabad-500 009

Tel: 040-849966

Fax: 040-843121

The Institution of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineering (IETE)

Office Bearer: Maj. Gen. Yaswant Deva (AVSM Retd.), president

Address: 2, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003

Tel: 011-4631820/830/840

Fax: 011-4631810/4649429

E-mail: ?ietend@giasdl01.vsnl.net.in

Web site: www.iete.org