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SEGMENT WISE BREAK-UP

Handsets clock Rs 23,452 cr, Carrier Equipment Rs 42,763 cr

 

During 2006-07 the handset segment, including mobile and fixed line, reported the highest growth at 45% followed by carrier equipment and enterprise equipment at 44% and 38% respectively.

 

The survey reveals that revenue in the handsets segment stood at Rs 23,452 crore in 2006-07 with most of the growth coming from the mobile handsets.

 

Carrier equipment clocked revenues of Rs 42,763 crore in 2006-07, a 44% growth fuelled by low broadband penetration, untapped mobile markets and adoption of innovative technologies.

 

Within carrier equipment, revenues of telecom cables decreased by 34% to Rs 961 crore in 2006-07, as telecom carriers continued to focus on wireless. Telecom software and wireless infrastructure grew the fastest in this segment at 55% and 46% respectively.

 

The enterprise equipment segment grew at 38% to Rs 10,955 crore, fuelled by the adoption of IT in the Retail sector, increased Government investment in technology applications, and the service industry providing more value-added services. In this segment switches remained the top product category by revenues, followed by routers and voice solutions.

 

V&D TOP 10

Nokia, Ericcson, Motorola at top 3 slots

Nokia retained its top position with nearly 54% share of the mobile handset market and over 26% of the wireless infrastructure market, with revenues of Rs 15,891 crore.  Ericsson bagged the second position with a 95% increase in revenue to Rs 5,004 crore. Alcatel-Lucent at # 5 and ZTE at # 10 were the new entrants in the Top 10.

 

LG Electronics, which stood at second position in 2005-06, slid to number 7 as its revenue fell 6% to Rs 3,140 crore in 2006-07.

 

In the Rs 17,871 crore telecom software category, TCS led with 18% share, followed by Tech Mahindra at over 16% and Infosys at 15%.

 

The leader in the Rs 16,677 crore wireless infrastructure category was Ericsson with 28% share closely followed by Nokia with 26% and Alcatel Lucent with 18% share.

 

The survey found that Cisco had nearly three-fourth of the Rs 1,980 crore switches market, followed by D-Link and Nortel . The leader in the Rs 1,437 crore router market was also Cisco, with over 80% share, and with Juniper a distant second at 10% share. 

 

Sourced From: Strategic Communications & PR Counsel