November - 2016 issue > 20 Most Promising Telecom Solution Companies - 2016  

Telecommunication, as we all know, is the bloodline for almost all businesses now. Insight Research projects that the global telecommunications services revenue, which was $2.2 trillion last year, will touch the $2.4 trillion by 2019. In India alone, being the second largest telephone user base in terms of both mobile & fixed line subscribers, the total annual revenue which stood at $64 billion in 2013-14 is expected to double itself by the end of this decade.

Post the Universal Access Service licence in 2003, the 3G & 4G spectrum auctions became tougher, pushing the Indian telecom operators to find alternatives, resulting in the Telcos laying approximately 419,000 miles of OFCs across India. Keeping in mind the importance of providing services in rural areas also, the Indian Government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative aims to increase the telecom infrastructure within the country by installing the necessary equipment to cater basic telecommunications services, and has also sought the support of telecom solution companies in the private sector, luring them with Universal Service discounts, tax benefits, and even financial support for startups foraying into this segment through federal government programs.

Sensing this humongous opportunity, a large number of telecom solution providers, majorly startups, are conducting extensive R&D in this niche segment and are coming up with many cutting-edge solutions which manage the entire end-to-end service delivery in a more efficient and cost-effective way.

siliconindia brings to you ‘20 Most Promising Telecom Solution Companies - 2016’, an archive of such companies who have shown immaculate excellence in proffering diverse telecommunication requirements. A distinguished panel of industry's topmost CIOs, CEOs, VCs and industry experts including siliconindia’s editorial board, did a thorough analysis of their business practices, compared them against industry, and shortlisted this listing. This archive intends to serve as a platform for people to partner with the finest, who in-turn become an alter-ego for their clients to provide better services and transform the Indian telecommunication sector into a highly evolved market.