This presentation explains what led to the mobile revolution & busts the common myth.
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If you repeat a lie often… SuKaul Sam Pitroda and Rajiv Gandhi broke the state monopoly through C-Dot & unleashed the PCO revolution and because of that you have that phone in your pocket! • Rajiv Gandhi & Sam Pitroda ushered in the PCO’s using state owned C-DoT. Rajiv Gandhi left office in 1989. • In 1999, 10 yrs after Rajiv Gandhi left office & Sam Pitroda had been in USA for 8 yrs, tele-density rose to a mere 2.8% from a low of .6% in 1989. • Is that a BOOM? A Telecom REVOLUTION that we have today? 1989 1999 0.00% 2.00% 4.00% Tele Density in 89 & 99 Tele Den... SuKaul
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If you repeat a lie often…
SuKaul
Sam Pitroda and Rajiv Gandhibroke the state monopoly through C-Dot & unleashed thePCO revolution and because of thatyou have that phone in your pocket!
• Rajiv Gandhi & Sam Pitroda ushered in the PCO’s using state owned
C-DoT. Rajiv Gandhi left office in 1989.• In 1999, 10 yrs after Rajiv Gandhi left office & Sam Pitroda had
been in USA for 8 yrs, tele-density rose to a mere 2.8% from a low of .6% in 1989.
• Is that a BOOM? A Telecom REVOLUTION that we have today?
1989 19990.00%1.00%2.00%3.00%
Tele Density in 89 & 99
Tele Density
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Two important facts about the Telecom–boom in India
Growth driven by Private sector, not State owned companies like C-Dot or the govt.
Telecom boom is result of expansion of mobile telephony, NOT landline telephones or public call office(PCO) booths
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Under NTP, ‘policy formulation’,
‘service provision’ and dispute
settlement roles of DoT were
separated .
NTP = New Telecom Policy
DoT = Dept of Telecom
In 1999, NTP
introduced
In 1998, DoT was deciding policy, adjudicating disputes and providing telecom services.Telephone penetration under DoT in India was a mere 2.8% in 1998
Telecom
policyServiceprovisio
nBirth of
Corporate, state owned telecom service provider BSNL on 1st Oct
2000
DisputeSettleme
nt
Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate
Tribunal was created.
Headed Telecom Ministry in NDA govt.
So, what led to the telecom boom?
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NTP, 1999
What led to the telecom boom?
Fixed licence fee payable upfront
lowered and revenue-sharing regime
introduced.
On 15 August 2000, unlimited competition
introduced in domestic long-
distance telephony services
Import duties on mobile handsets cut from 25% to 5% in the 2000 budget
On 1 April 2002, VSNL
monopoly on international
telephony ended.
Headed Telecom Ministry in NDA govt.
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1989 1999 20120.00%
50.00%
100.00%Tele Density in India
Tele Density
What led to the telecom boom?NTP (1999) curtailed the state’s role and created space
for private entrepreneurs to deliver cheap and reliable telecom service speedily on a massive scale, as a
result,Tele-density in India increased to a whopping 70% from a mere 2.8% in 1999! Headed
Telecom Ministry in NDA govt.
THIS, my friends has led to the REVOLUTION that got the Mobile in an ordinary Indian’s pocket & NOT the PCO booth!
