TELECOMMUNICATION IN IT & ITES

By M.Kamal Tej

CONTENTS
MODULES INTRODUCTION HISTORY BACKGROUND IT COMPANIES CONCLUSION

MODULES
TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDER ORGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTUER TELECOM ENGINEERING SERVICE VALUE ADDED SERVICE IT AND ITES INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER

INTRODUCTION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS Tele is a Greek word. It means far-off distances. Communications is a Latin word. It means exchanging the information via electronic mode.

HISTORY :

The Indian Telecommunications network is the third largest in the world and the second largest among the emerging economies of Asia. Today, it is the fastest growing market in the world. The telecommunication sector continued to be the key sectors for Indias economic growth.

BACKGROUND

India had 851.70 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of June 2011. India is projected to have 1.159 billion mobile subscribers by 2013. Several leading global consultancies estimate that India will become the world's largest mobile phone market by subscriptions by 2013.

OSS

An operational support system (OSS) is a set of programs that help a communications service provider monitor, control, analyze and manage a telephone or computer network.

The exact definition of OSS architecture was formulated in 1990 in the model named Telecommunications Management Network (TMN)

OSS systems consist of four levels: Business Management Level (BML) Service Management Level (SML) Network Management Level (NML) Element Management Level (EML)

BUSINESS SUPPORT SYSTEMS (BSS)

Business support systems (BSS) are the components that a Telephone operator or Telco uses to run its business operations towards customer. Basically it deals with the taking of orders, payment issues, and revenues. The role of business support systems in a service provider is to cover four main areas: Product management Customer management Revenue management Order management

The following are some of the IT companies that provide service to Telecom :

TECH MAHINDRA RANKED NO 1

TELECOM SOFTWARE SERVICE PROVIDER

Tech Mahindra is a provider of solutions and services to the telecommunications industry, majority stake owned by Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, in partnership with British Telecommunications Plc. Mr. L. Ravichandran, President, IT Services, Tech Mahindra said, We are honored to be recognized again by Voice & Data as the top telecom software services provider for the year 2010-11.
Tech Mahindra leads the Rs. 23,533 crore Indian telecom software services market in 2010-11 with 20.1 % market share.

This award is considered as the hallmark of the Indian Telecom & IT Industry. Tech Mahindra grew 12 % to clock consolidated revenue of Rs. 5,140.2 crore for the year ending March 2010.

SONATA'S SERVICES FOR THE TELECOM VERTICAL

The communications industry is undergoing profound redefinition, driven by the 3Cs Consolidation, Competition and Convergence. Sonata has been working in the Operations Support Systems (OSS) domain since the last several years.
Sonata have a team of skilled resources with hands-on experience on the Cramer OSS platform.

As telecom service providers try to compete with innovative, converged service bundles involving voice, video, internet and mobile, they need a robust and flexible Operations Support System (OSS) that can be configured easily for add-ons and provision new services quickly.

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
o Wipro works closely with telecom service providers to reduce their operating costs.
oWipro got many big deals both from telecom services providers and equipment vendors in the areas of telecom BPO and projects that require capabilities across IT, networks and operations.

o To establishing significant improvements in efficiency and ensures profitable growth through delivery of exceptional customer service.

o Wipro currently services over 50 telecom equipment vendors and service providers; some of these engagements and partnerships have extended over a decade. o Wipro strength in telecom managed services lies in its strong proven models of strategic transformation and transition.

BSS AND OSS TRANSFORMATION SOLUTION FROM IBM AND ORACLE

Our solution takes your existing applications, processes and information, and integrates them across operational and business support systems, including: Billing and revenue management. Order management. Inventory management. Service activation. Customer relationship management. Enterprise resource planning and enterprise management. Business intelligence and analytics

REVENUE
COMPANY NAME
TECH MAHINDRA

REVENUE
US$ 1.12 billion (2011)

SONATA

US$ 41.82 million (2010)

WIPRO

US$ 6.841 billion (2011)

IBM

US$ 99.870 billion (2010)

ORACLE

US$ 35.6 billion (2011)

TELECOM REVENUE GROWS AT 12% DURING 2010-11

The countrys telecom sector has recorded a growth of 12% during 2010-11 as compared to 7% during 200910. The revenue during 2010-11 is Rs 119845 cr. The revenue is expected to grow further during 2011-12 when the 3G services are rolled out in more towns.

CONCLUSION
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