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“What’s happening (declining revenue) in India seems to be a consolidation of market. You take the example of Europe, telcos operate in low revenue, and similarly in North America, where a couple of operators are trying to beat competition by lowering tariff,” GSMA director general Mats Granryd<\/a> told ET.
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London-based GSMA is the world's top telecom body with more than 800 operators on board including India’s market-leader Bharti Airtel<\/a> and Aditya Birla<\/a> group’s Idea Cellular<\/a> and billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned newcomer Reliance Jio<\/a>.
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\nGranryd believes that the disruption will continue for another one year in India.
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Jio<\/a>’s disruptive entry in September last year on the back of freebies have dragged the earnings of telcos for three consecutive quarters with India’s market leader Bharti Airtel<\/a>’s net profit alone plunging 72% in the quarter ended March 31.
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Incumbent players including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone<\/a> India and Idea Cellular have had to cut their tariffs sharply to stay competitive following Jio’s entry. Intense competition has also forced rapid industry<\/a> consolidation with Vodafone’s Indian arm and the country’s third-largest operator Idea Cellular announcing a $23 billion deal to merge their operations. Reliance Communications, Aircel and MTS are in the midst of a merger as well. Besides, Bharti Airtel is in the process of buying out Telenor India.
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\nConsolidation, according to him, is good for India as mobile carriers need stronger balance sheets to fund capex needs for expanding their networks, which in turn help in stronger revenue generation. Telcos, according to the industry group, invest $200 billion annually in capital expenditure worldwide that included a significant portion from Indian players.
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\nGSMA, though, feels that market consolidation appears to be a relatively newer phenomenon for Indian telecom firms and it would help in the longer span.
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\nIt echoed views of Indian telcos that the industry was heavily taxed and needed government support to alleviate the current financial stress underlined by a debt of nearly Rs 5 lakh crore, with some fears of default.
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\n“In India, spectrum, taxation and regulation is a problem which is also evident in other markets. Taxation should be predictable and fair,” Granryd said, adding that the group was globally seeking harmonized airwaves as well as fair terms and conditions for affordable long-term spectrum.
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Industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal<\/a> have sought help from the government, including rationalization taxes, to overcome financial stress.
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With a fast growing fourth generation (4G<\/a>) technology market, the telecom group feels that India’s telecom landscape is quickly changing to an all new data-led services including live video streaming.
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\n“It is a benign environment but challenging because of a changing behavior,” Granryd said.
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\nThere is an increase in data demand and in order to meet that, telcos need to invest heavily in networks, the group’s executive said, adding that the India’s current situation is similar to that seen in China, Europe and North America.\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":59425519,"title":"Vodafone Enterprise arm helps businesses in Rajasthan","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/vodafone-enterprise-arm-helps-enterprises-in-rajasthan\/59425519","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":"telecomnews"}],"related_content":[],"msid":59428067,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Disruptive pricing to continue for a year in India\u2019s telecom market: GSMA\u2019s Mats Granryd","synopsis":"'In India, spectrum, taxation and regulation is a problem which is also evident in other markets. Taxation should be predictable and fair.'","titleseo":"telecomnews\/disruptive-pricing-to-continue-in-indias-telecom-market-gsmas-mats-granryd","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Muntazir Abbas","author_link":"\/author\/479234376\/muntazir-abbas","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/479234376.cms?width=250&height=250&imgsize=6902","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":479234376,"author_name":"Muntazir Abbas","author_seo_name":"muntazir-abbas","designation":"Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ETTelecom","artdate":"2017-07-03 22:00:48","lastupd":"2020-01-06 13:32:06","breadcrumbTags":["GSMA","Mats Granryd","reliance jio","Vodafone","Jio","Airtel","4G","Aditya Birla","Industry","bharti airtel","sunil bharti mittal","idea cellular"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"telecomnews\/disruptive-pricing-to-continue-in-indias-telecom-market-gsmas-mats-granryd"}}" data-authors="[" muntazir abbas"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2017-07-03" data-index="article_1">
“发生了什么(收入下降)在印度似乎是一个整合的市场。你以欧洲为例,电信运营收入低,同样在北美,在几个运营商试图击败竞争通过降低关税,GSMA总经理垫Granryd告诉等。
伦敦GSMA是世界顶级电信的身体与超过800个运营商包括印度的市场领导者Bharti Airtel和Aditya Birla)集团的知道细胞和亿万富翁穆克什Ambani-owned新人依赖Jio。
Granryd认为中断在印度将持续一年。
Jio去年9月的破坏性的条目的赠品有拖电信公司连续三个季度的收入与印度的市场领袖Bharti附近的旅馆的净利润仅在截至3月31日的季度暴跌72%。
现任球员包括Bharti Airtel,沃达丰(Vodafone)印度和想法细胞不得不大幅削减关税后保持竞争力Jio的条目。激烈的竞争也迫使迅速行业整合与沃达丰印度的胳膊,该国第三大运营商想法细胞宣布一项230亿美元的协议,合并业务。Reliance Communications, Aircel和MTS正处在合并。此外,Bharti Airtel Telenor印度在购买的过程中。
合并,根据他的说法,有利于印度移动运营商需要更强的资产负债表为资本支出需求扩大网络,进而帮助加强创收。电信公司,根据工业集团,全球每年投资2000亿美元的资本支出,包括很大一部分来自印度的球员。
不过,GSMA觉得市场整合似乎是一个相对较新的现象对印度电信公司,它将有助于在更长的跨度。
呼应了印度电信行业的看法是重税,需要政府的支持,以缓解当前的金融压力强调债务的近十万的5卢比,违约的担忧。
“在印度,光谱,税收和监管是一个问题在其他市场也明显。税收应该是可预测的和公平的,“Granryd补充说,该集团是在全球范围内寻求协调电视广播以及公平条款和条件负担得起长期的频谱。
实业家Kumar Mangalam贝拉和电信大亨苏尼尔•巴帝•米塔尔寻求政府的帮助,包括合理化税收,克服金融压力。
快速发展的第四代(4 g)技术市场,电信集团认为,印度电信格局迅速变化的所有新数据使服务包括视频直播流。
但具有挑战性的,因为“这是一个良性的环境变化的行为,“Granryd说。
有数据需求的增加,为了满足电信公司需要大力投资网络,该集团的高管说,补充说,印度的现状是类似于在中国,欧洲和北美。
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