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According
to the 13th annual survey by Voice&Data,
a CyberMedia Publication, carrier equipment
manufacturers grew 32% to touch Rs 569,940
million during the year. The enterprise
equipment grew at 27% to report revenues
of Rs132,100 million. The phone segment,
contributed nearly one-fourth to the total
telecom equipment industry, at Rs 252,030
million recording a growth of 7%.
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The
survey 'V&D 100' covered over 500 telecom
companies in India spanning carrier equipment,
enterprise communication equipment, and handset
manufacturers.
Commenting on the results of the survey Mr.
Prasanto K Roy, Chief Editor of CyberMedia's
business publications, said, "This is
robust growth for the Indian telecom equipment
market--24% on such a large base. It continues
to be driven by the rising demand for mobile
handsets, especially beyond the metros, and
the consequent wireless infrastructure expansion
by service providers."
Mobile
handset maker Nokia had the highest revenue
during the year followed by telecom network
equipment major Ericsson, Nokia Siemens
Networks, Alcatel-Lucent and Wipro. The
other players in the top 10 were Cisco,
TCS, Infosys, Sony Ericsson and ZTE.
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The
Top 10 Telecom Equipment Players 2007-08
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| Rank |
Company |
Revenue
(in Rs crore) |
%Growth |
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2006-07 |
2007-08 |
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| 1 |
Nokia |
11,486 |
15,000 |
30.6 |
| 2 |
Ericsson |
5,004 |
8,000 |
59.9 |
| 3 |
Nokia
Siemens Networks |
5,700 |
7,779 |
36.5 |
| 4 |
Alcatel-Lucent |
5,000 |
7,000 |
40 |
| 5 |
Wipro |
3,471 |
5,585 |
60.9 |
| 6 |
Cisco |
4,037 |
5,046 |
25 |
| 7 |
TCS |
3,006 |
3,978 |
32.3 |
| 8 |
Infosys |
2,681 |
3,600 |
34.3 |
| 9 |
Sony
Ericsson |
1,386 |
3,083 |
122.4 |
| 10 |
ZTE |
2,596 |
3,000 |
15.6 |
| Source:
Voice&Data Jun 2008 |
While
Nokia and Ericsson retained their positions
as the top players, Nokia Siemens Networks
(NSN), struck major deals in the wireless
segment to rise to number 3. The Top 10
club also saw the entry of Sony Ericsson
at ninth position as its revenues grew 122.4%
to Rs. 3,083 crore. Alcatel Lucent, with
40% growth moved from the fifth rank to
the fourth.
In the handset segment, revenues of companies
making mobile handsets grew 12% to Rs. 24,003
crore while the fixed handset sales decreased
by 41% to Rs. 1200 crore, over the same
period last year. This indicates consumer
preference for the more affordable, convenient
and feature rich mobile handsets over the
fixed phone.
The Indian handset market recorded a 33%
growth by volume with 95.6 million pieces
sold during the year against 71.8 million
in the same period in the previous year.
Of the total handsets sold 68.3 million
were based on GSM technology and 27.3 million
on CDMA. The GSM handsets sales reported
a growth of 34% compared to a 28% for CDMA
phones.
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Top
10 Mobile Phone Players 2007-08
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| Companies |
Revenue
06-07 |
Revenue
07-08 |
Growth
%age |
Mkt
share |
| Nokia |
11,486 |
15,000 |
30.6 |
62.5 |
| Sony
Ericsson |
1,386 |
3,083 |
122.4 |
12.8 |
| Samsung |
1,205 |
1,500 |
24.5 |
6.2 |
| LG |
2,348 |
1,500 |
-36.1 |
6.2 |
| Motorola |
2,387 |
1,200 |
-49.7 |
5.0 |
| ZTE |
783 |
850 |
8.6 |
3.5 |
| Huawei |
132 |
320 |
142.4 |
1.3 |
| Haier |
294 |
300 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
| Others |
1,413 |
250 |
-82.3 |
1.0 |
| Total |
21,434 |
24,003 |
12.0 |
100.0 |
| Source:
Voice&Data Jun 2008 |
Nokia
had the highest market share in the handset
space at 62.5% followed by Sony Ericsson
(12.8%), Samsung and LG (both 6.2%), Motorola
(5%), ZTE (3.5%), Huawei (1.3%) and Haier
(1.2%).
Within the carrier equipment business, wireless
infrastructure segment grew 43% to report
revenues of Rs 237,700 million. The telecom
software grew nearly 29% to record revenue
of Rs 230,180 million.
The enterprise equipment business grew by
27% to Rs. 132,100 million in FY 2007-08.
While Network security business recorded
a growth of 73% at Rs. 4560 million, the
network storage business grew by 47% to
record revenue of Rs. 14460 million.
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