Table of contents

1.       INTROSPECTIVE REPORT ETHOS

2.       ABSTRACT

3.       REPORT COVERAGE

 

   - Report scope

 

- Market Definitions

VoIP

          Internet telephony

          End Devices

          Terminals

          Gateways

Gatekeepers/Proxies

 

o        Address Translation

o        Admissions Control

o        Call signaling

o        Call Authorization

o        Bandwidth Management

o        Call Management

 

Multipoint Control Units (MCU)

          Protocol Stack

          Network Address

          Alias Address

          Types of Internet Telephony

§         PC to PC

§         PC to Telephone (POTS/ISDN/GSM...)

§         Telephone (POTS/ISDN/GSM...) to telephone

§         Telephone (POTS/ISDN/GSM...) to PC

 

4. MARKET MATURATION

LIFECYCLE OF THE IP TELEPHONY MARKET IN INDIA

 

Chart of the market distribution in year 2003

 

MARKET HINDSIGHT

Standards:

TRENDS IN THE IP TELEPHONY MARKET IN INDIA

 

- Growth of Telecom Services in Indian market

- High Growth in the Internet Subscriber base

- Newly opened market   

- Multiple services in one package

- The price factor

- Tariff trends in Telephony

- Broadband Tariff

- High Growth in the ILD segment

 

  HEADLINE BREAKERS

- The privatization of Indian telecom market

- Emergence of broadband technology & broadband policy-2004

- The growing demand from the SMEs

- The value added services offered in IP based technology

- The growing demand for the IP telephony and other value added equipments

- Growing Demand of ISP services from Multinationals as well as Indian enterprises

 

4.       MARKET ENVIORNMENT

BRICKWALLS IMPACTING THE IP TELEPHONY MARKET IN INDIA

 

- The huge unorganized segment

- Competition from the PSTN based telecom providers

- Outdated Networking Infrastructure

- The poor Broadband penetration

- Quality Issues

- The ambiguous stand on the Net telephony

 

FISSION CENTRES IN THE IP TELEPHONY MARKET IN INDIA

 

- The cost factor

 

- The huge middle class population

 

- The VAS

 

- The focus on increasing Broadband Penetration

 

- Falling hardware prices

 

- Demand from SMEs

 

 

BLACK HOLES IN THE IP TELEPHONY MARKET IN INDIA

- Lack of proper infrastructure

- Improper handling of the Market

- Low Internet growth

- Lack of Mass Adoption

- Quality issues

 

5. COMPETITION IN THE INDIAN IP TELEPHONY MARKET

COMPANY DIFFERENTIATORS

THE LEADING COMPANIES

            - VSNL- Tata Indicom

- Sify

- HCL Infinet

- Network Programs

- Anyuser.com

 Company insights

COMPETITIVE STRUCTURE

Value importance of players

6.       NEW FRONTIERS IN INDIAN IP TELEPHONY MARKET

AVOIDING THE BLACK HOLES IN INDIAN IP TELEPHONY MARKET

- Focus on the customer

- Public Private Partnerships

- Quality

- Integration of Data and Voice services

FUTURE OBSERVATIONS IN THE INDIAN IP TELEPHONY MARKET

 

7.      ACCELERATING MARKET EXPECTATION

            - Value added services (VAS)

- The calling cards distribution

- The equipment distribution

- Better customization of the services offered

- Improving the quality

- Partnerships and Joint ventures