"TRAI has never followed a policy of excessive regulation. The very fact that the telecom sector is growing exponentially is proof that the regulation has not been a hindering factor."

Technologies prevailing in the Indian market are 2G, 3G and WiMAX, and for these technologies, most chip-set designers, protocol stack developers, and telecom manufacturers are increasing their RF test capabilities in India.

With increasing number of operators and the likely introduction of MNP and MVNO, consumers would be more demanding in terms of Quality of Services, thus coercing operators to provide better and wider coverage.

The wireless operators in India have announced massive investments to augment the current infrastructure and install new networks.

This stupendous growth in subscribers and falling average revenue per user (ARPU) have been the major growth driver for telecom industry translating into a growth of the telecom tower market.

With continuing growth in number of subscribers and entry of new telecom operators, the increased demand should offset, to a large extent, the reduction in infrastructure requirement due to sharing.

Major competition was felt coming from small and regional players who lacked the scale and the geographic spread, but were competitive enough in terms of pricing.

Atanu Dasgupta, Additional General Manager (Telecom), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.,
Sudipta Ghosh, Senior Engineer, Vodafone

The price-war initiated by new operators, coupled with the aggressive marketing done by manufacturers, is driving the growth of the mobile handset market like never before.

We are excited about 3G since it can be looked forward to as a future technology driving the growth of telecom in the country. Ajay Mathur, Senior Vicepresident, Consumer Market Planning, Tata Teleservices Limited

"Looking at the last quarter reports (Oct - Dec 2008), mobile companies added a good number of new customers. This indicates that the market is there to boom with new mobile phones springing up at large."

"As far as the handset market is concerned, we expect both the essential mobile phone segment as well as the multimedia segment to show a good growth this year, with the Tier II and Tier III cities showing a strong consumption of entry level handsets."

"As far as the handset market is concerned, we expect both the essential mobile phone segment as well as the multimedia segment to show a good growth this year, with the Tier II and Tier III cities showing a strong consumption of entry level handsets."

Madhav Bhatta, Chief Engineer, Mobile Backhaul Transport, Global Network Solution Department, Huawei

"The slowdown has definitely affected purchase decisions. Since prices really haven't been slashed down by manufacturers, companies are going for refurbished products instead."

"The virtual private network is evolving from a simple multiple site connectivity tool to enabling applications, collaborations, and connecting communities of individuals."

"The Indian voice solutions market is bound to grow. Future looks good as economy is likely to bounce back in India and investment will resume in Greenfield projects."

With the election of a stable government, growth in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, and economic recovery well under way, the MFD is projected to sustain healthy growth in 2009.

"After sales service, low running cost, low cost of replacement parts and environment friendliness are significant expectations since the functionality and features are more or less similar across brands."

Varied market segments are expected to increase the adoption of laser multi function devices in a bid to enhance their productivity.

MFDs are fast becoming a preferred option for enterprises as compared to stand alone devices because of their ability to run multiple functions

In the present scenario customers are looking for value that helps them maximize the utilization of their resources and save costs.