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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/strong>India has been undertaking a few concrete steps to bring down dependence on the import of telecom gear to become Atmanirbhar (self-reliant) following the Covid-19-induced shutdowns that led to supply chain disruptions worldwide.

Despite the restrictions on Chinese vendors that have created an opportunity for homegrown companies, India continues to import telecom products worth about Rs 1.22 lakh crores in 2021-22, while its export stood at Rs 61,177.57 crores during the last fiscal.

With a strong push from the government to develop the domestic ecosystem, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited<\/a> (BSNL) is set to deploy indigenously-developed 4G stack.

To further provide impetus to the local industry, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) notified the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme in February 2021, under which more than 30 companies, including Nokia, Foxconn, ITI and
HFCL<\/a>, were given approval on October 2021. In June 2022, the government unveiled the design-led manufacturing scheme to encourage local R&D activities and IPR creation.

The scheme for telecom gear manufacturing in India is expected to encourage the production of equipment worth Rs 2.44 lakh crore and create direct and indirect employment for about 40,000 people.

Following the growing softwarization of the communications network, the entry of new companies to the traditionally capital-intensive domain has become easier.

“Several domestic and international factors are creating perfect circumstances for India to bring down telecom imports. There is a strong push from the government coupled with the market push of software-related products along with wider acceptability of new vendors. All these are helping India grow its profile,” says Anand Agarwal, former chief executive officer of STL Technologies.

These factors have led to the emergence of a few players of prominence, who are displaying serious ambition to make their presence felt in the global environment. Apart from the Tata Group, STL (in the optical packet), VVDN, and the upcoming entry of the Reliance Group are likely to lead to growth of the Indian vendor ecosystem.

Further, the state-run Center for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), which has indigenously developed 4G and 5G stack, is attracting global attention, is also likely to make a significant contribution in the development of the ecosystem. 3

“C-DoT created a full stack of sophisticated 5G equipment completely indigenously, including 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) Core and it did so in less than two years and at a fraction of the total budget of global competitors such as Huawei, Nokia and Ericsson. It will play a major role in making India Atmanirbhar by bringing together academic institutes (Pact with IIT-Delhi), enterprises (TCS-CDoT partnership\/consortium), and startups to facilitate R&D, designing and manufacturing of cost-effective and internationally compliant Telecom gear,” says Nishant Bansal, Senior Research Manager, Telecom, IDC Asia-Pacific.

Experts believe that the most promising among them is the Tata Group, which is also deploying BSNL’s 4G network through a subsidiary Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

“With Tejas now being part of the Tata Group, they will leverage the competencies of other Tata Group firms like TCS, Tata Teleservices (rebranded as Tata Tele Business Services), Tata Elxsi,
Saankhya Labs<\/a> (acquires by Tejas), Tata Communications and Tata Communications Transformation Services (part of Tata Communications), to offer consolidated 5G products and services to the service providers,” said Bansal.

Agarwal is too bullish about the developing Tata ecosystem. “Tejas, along with other Tata companies, have a presence in the entire ecosystem. Further, VVDN is promising, considering the way they have grown in the last few years and how they have structured themselves,” he added.

Tejas itself is aware of its unique opportunity to help grow the domestic ecosystem and India’s profile. “Our vision is to create a global-scale, end-to-end telecom product OEM from India. In order to achieve this, we are accelerating our investments in next-generation wireless and wireline technologies and have increased our R&D headcount by more than 50% in the last 12 months,” says Sanjay Nayak, managing director,
Tejas Networks<\/a>.

Apart from the Tata group, Reliance Industries has said that it plans to sell its indigenously developed 5G stack after deploying it at scale in India. It acquired Radisys a few years back to gain competence in this regard and is also working with several startups to build gain crucial.

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Global telecom gear makers scale up investment under government&#39;s incentive plan<\/a><\/h5><\/div>
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PLI for Telecom gear: Government to help out selected firms<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Roadblocks<\/strong>

Even though there are several factors helping India grow its profile in the global telecom industry, the country faces several challenges.

There is a unanimous agreement that one of the biggest challenges India faces is in the skillsets. “Manufacturing units can be set up, but skill sets to design and manufacture gear won’t come overnight. Efforts should be made to develop skill sets through training. Hopefully, organizations won’t face bureaucratic and regulatory challenges while making decisions to invest in India. A consistent and friendly regulatory regime will go a long way in facilitating ease of doing business for the organizations,” says Bansal.

Further, experts believe that Indian companies typically face problems in building economies of scale. “Even the most efficiently designed telecom product will not be cost-competitive unless it is manufactured in sufficiently large volumes and reaches global economies-of-scale. Since India is a large home market that can provide such volumes to domestic companies, the government of India formulated its PMI policy and the “Trusted Source” policy to enable domestic companies with greater access to India’s large home market, especially in government procurements,” added Nayak.

Further, the absence of a strong electronics components ecosystem and higher finance costs for research and development and working capital have also been handicaps of Indian telecom companies.

“We have a long journey to self-reliance. A key challenge is that we don’t have intellectual property. India has to aggressively try to contribute to the standards and make its presence felt on the global scene. Further, we need a different type of engineering talent to develop expertise in R&D so we are able to develop our intellectual property,” says Neil Shah, Partner at Counterpoint.

Is India going to go the China way?<\/strong>

Every time a new player emerges, there is typically pushback from the established players and several geopolitical factors can potentially limit the growth of new players.

As Indian companies try to find their place in the global ecosystem, do they also have the wherewithal to face the pushback and resistance that is sure to come along with their growth?

A crucial factor in favour of India is that most of the global telcos are already using Indian software. IT companies like Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Wipro and TCS, among others, have a strong telecom practice and are already working with several global telcos.

“The new networks are software-centric, where Indian companies have a strong presence. Further, resistance will be lower towards Indian companies because of the goodwill we enjoy globally,” said Agarwal.

While the road ahead is not going to be easy, it is fair to say that India has a rare opportunity to grow its domestic ecosystem and reduce dependence on imports.
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深入:印度能在电信Atmanirbhar吗?

进一步提供推动当地产业,电信部(点)通知根据激励(PLI)计划在2021年2月,在超过30家公司,包括诺基亚,富士康,来发现和影响,在2021年10月批准。2022年6月,政府公布了以设计制造方案,鼓励当地研发活动和知识产权的创造。

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印度已经开始进行一些具体措施降低依赖进口电信设备成为Atmanirbhar(自力更生)Covid-19-induced后关闭,导致全球供应链中断。

尽管对中国供应商的限制,创造了一个机会对于本土企业来说,印度继续进口电信产品价值约1.22 Rs十万的卢比在2021 - 22日在其出口站在Rs 61177 .57卢比在过去的财政。

从政府与一个强大的推动发展国内生态系统,国营Bharat Sanchar Nigam说有限(BSNL)将部署自主开发4 g堆栈。

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进一步提供推动当地产业,电信部(点)通知根据激励(PLI)计划在2021年2月,在超过30家公司,包括诺基亚、富士康,来和影响2021年10月,被批准。2022年6月,政府公布了以设计制造方案,鼓励当地研发活动和知识产权的创造。

电信设备制造业在印度的计划预计将鼓励生产设备价值十万的2.44卢比,创造直接和间接就业40000人。

通信网络的增长softwarization后,进入新公司的传统资本密集型领域变得更容易了。

“几个国内和国际因素为印度创造完美的情况下降低电信进口。有一种强烈的推动政府加上软件相关产品的市场推动和广泛的可接受性的新供应商。这些都是帮助印度发展概要,”阿南德•阿加瓦尔表示前首席执行官STL技术。

这些因素导致出现的几个突出的球员,谁是显示严重的野心在全球环境让人们感觉到自己的存在。除了塔塔集团,STL(光学包),VVDN,即将到来的信实集团的条目可能导致增长的印度供应商生态系统。

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此外,国营的远程信息技术开发中心(C-DoT),自主开发4 g和5克栈,正吸引着全球的关注,也可能在生态系统的发展做出重大贡献。3

“C-DoT创建一个完整的堆复杂的5 g设备完全自主,包括5 g Non-Standalone (NSA)核心和它在不到两年的时间里,全球竞争对手的总预算的一部分如华为、诺基亚和爱立信。它将会发挥重要作用,使得印度Atmanirbhar通过结合学术机构与IIT-Delhi(协议),企业(TCS-CDoT合作/财团),和初创公司促进研发、设计和制造的成本效益和国际电信设备兼容,”作者Nishant邦萨尔说,高级研究经理、电信、IDC亚太区。

专家相信,其中最有前途的是塔塔集团,这也是部署BSNL 4 g网络通过子公司塔塔咨询服务公司(TCS)。

“光辉目前塔塔集团的一部分,他们将利用其他塔塔集团公司的能力像TCS,塔塔电信业务(改名为塔塔电信公司的业务服务),塔塔ElxsiSaankhya实验室光辉(获得),塔塔通信和塔塔通信转换服务(塔塔通信)的一部分,提供统一的5 g服务提供商的产品和服务,”邦萨尔说。

阿格沃尔塔塔太看好发展中生态系统。“光辉,连同其他塔塔公司,在整个生态系统。VVDN承诺,进一步考虑他们已经在过去的几年里和他们如何结构化,”他补充说。

光辉本身就是意识到其独特的机会帮助发展国内生态系统和印度的形象。“我们的愿景是创建一个全球范围内,端到端电信产品OEM来自印度。为了实现这一目标,我们正在加速投资下一代无线和有线技术和我们的研发人员增加了超过50%在过去的12个月里,“Sanjay Nayak说,董事总经理,光辉的网络

除了塔塔集团,信实工业已表示,它计划出售其自主开发5 g堆栈后在印度大规模部署它。几年前收购Radisys获得能力在这方面,也与几家公司合作建立获得至关重要的。

读也


障碍

尽管有几个因素帮助印度在全球电信行业的增长,这个国家面临着几个挑战。

有一个一致的协议,印度面临的最大挑战之一是在一套技能。“生产单位可以设置,但是技能来设计和制造齿轮不会在一夜之间到来。应努力开发技能通过培训。希望组织不会面临官僚和监管的挑战而在印度投资决策。一致的和友好的监管制度将在促进缓解做生意的组织中,“邦萨尔说。

此外,专家认为,印度公司通常在建筑规模经济面临的问题。“即使是最有效地设计电信产品不会成本上,除非它是在足够大的数量和生产达到全球规模效应。由于印度是一个很大的国内市场,可以为国内企业提供这样的卷,印度政府制定了PMI政策和“可信的源”政策,使国内企业有更多的机会接受印度庞大的国内市场,尤其是在政府采购、”Nayak补充说。

此外,缺乏一个强大的电子元器件的生态系统研究和开发和更高的融资成本和营运资本也被印度电信公司的障碍。

“我们还有很长的旅程要自力更生。一个关键的挑战是,我们没有知识产权。印度积极努力为标准,在全球舞台上,让世界感受到了它的存在。进一步,我们需要一种不同类型的工程人才培养专业研发我们能够发展我们的知识产权,”对位合伙人尼尔·沙阿说。

是印度去中国?

每次新球员出现,通常会遭到了球员和几个地缘政治因素可能会限制新球员的成长。

随着印度公司试图找到了他们的位置在全球生态系统中,他们也有必要面对的阻力和阻力及其增长肯定会来吗?

在印度的一个关键因素是,大多数全球电信公司已经使用印度的软件。印孚瑟斯,马恒达科技公司等公司Wipro和TCS,其中,有一个强大的电信实践,已经开始和几个全球电信公司。

“新网络以软件为中心,印度公司有一个强大的存在。此外,电阻会降低对印度公司因为全球善意我们享受的,”阿加沃说。

虽然前面的路不容易,这是公平地说,印度是一个难得的机会去发展国内生态系统和减少对进口的依赖。
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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/strong>India has been undertaking a few concrete steps to bring down dependence on the import of telecom gear to become Atmanirbhar (self-reliant) following the Covid-19-induced shutdowns that led to supply chain disruptions worldwide.

Despite the restrictions on Chinese vendors that have created an opportunity for homegrown companies, India continues to import telecom products worth about Rs 1.22 lakh crores in 2021-22, while its export stood at Rs 61,177.57 crores during the last fiscal.

With a strong push from the government to develop the domestic ecosystem, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited<\/a> (BSNL) is set to deploy indigenously-developed 4G stack.

To further provide impetus to the local industry, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) notified the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme in February 2021, under which more than 30 companies, including Nokia, Foxconn, ITI and
HFCL<\/a>, were given approval on October 2021. In June 2022, the government unveiled the design-led manufacturing scheme to encourage local R&D activities and IPR creation.

The scheme for telecom gear manufacturing in India is expected to encourage the production of equipment worth Rs 2.44 lakh crore and create direct and indirect employment for about 40,000 people.

Following the growing softwarization of the communications network, the entry of new companies to the traditionally capital-intensive domain has become easier.

“Several domestic and international factors are creating perfect circumstances for India to bring down telecom imports. There is a strong push from the government coupled with the market push of software-related products along with wider acceptability of new vendors. All these are helping India grow its profile,” says Anand Agarwal, former chief executive officer of STL Technologies.

These factors have led to the emergence of a few players of prominence, who are displaying serious ambition to make their presence felt in the global environment. Apart from the Tata Group, STL (in the optical packet), VVDN, and the upcoming entry of the Reliance Group are likely to lead to growth of the Indian vendor ecosystem.

Further, the state-run Center for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), which has indigenously developed 4G and 5G stack, is attracting global attention, is also likely to make a significant contribution in the development of the ecosystem. 3

“C-DoT created a full stack of sophisticated 5G equipment completely indigenously, including 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) Core and it did so in less than two years and at a fraction of the total budget of global competitors such as Huawei, Nokia and Ericsson. It will play a major role in making India Atmanirbhar by bringing together academic institutes (Pact with IIT-Delhi), enterprises (TCS-CDoT partnership\/consortium), and startups to facilitate R&D, designing and manufacturing of cost-effective and internationally compliant Telecom gear,” says Nishant Bansal, Senior Research Manager, Telecom, IDC Asia-Pacific.

Experts believe that the most promising among them is the Tata Group, which is also deploying BSNL’s 4G network through a subsidiary Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

“With Tejas now being part of the Tata Group, they will leverage the competencies of other Tata Group firms like TCS, Tata Teleservices (rebranded as Tata Tele Business Services), Tata Elxsi,
Saankhya Labs<\/a> (acquires by Tejas), Tata Communications and Tata Communications Transformation Services (part of Tata Communications), to offer consolidated 5G products and services to the service providers,” said Bansal.

Agarwal is too bullish about the developing Tata ecosystem. “Tejas, along with other Tata companies, have a presence in the entire ecosystem. Further, VVDN is promising, considering the way they have grown in the last few years and how they have structured themselves,” he added.

Tejas itself is aware of its unique opportunity to help grow the domestic ecosystem and India’s profile. “Our vision is to create a global-scale, end-to-end telecom product OEM from India. In order to achieve this, we are accelerating our investments in next-generation wireless and wireline technologies and have increased our R&D headcount by more than 50% in the last 12 months,” says Sanjay Nayak, managing director,
Tejas Networks<\/a>.

Apart from the Tata group, Reliance Industries has said that it plans to sell its indigenously developed 5G stack after deploying it at scale in India. It acquired Radisys a few years back to gain competence in this regard and is also working with several startups to build gain crucial.

Read also<\/h4>
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Telecom space set for 5G, to attract Rs 1.5 lakh cr investments in 2023; tariff hikes likely too<\/a><\/h5><\/div>
<\/a><\/figure>
Panel formed for measures to promote export of telecom equipment, Govt informs Rajya Sabha<\/a><\/h5><\/div>
<\/a><\/figure>
Global telecom gear makers scale up investment under government&#39;s incentive plan<\/a><\/h5><\/div>
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PLI for Telecom gear: Government to help out selected firms<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Roadblocks<\/strong>

Even though there are several factors helping India grow its profile in the global telecom industry, the country faces several challenges.

There is a unanimous agreement that one of the biggest challenges India faces is in the skillsets. “Manufacturing units can be set up, but skill sets to design and manufacture gear won’t come overnight. Efforts should be made to develop skill sets through training. Hopefully, organizations won’t face bureaucratic and regulatory challenges while making decisions to invest in India. A consistent and friendly regulatory regime will go a long way in facilitating ease of doing business for the organizations,” says Bansal.

Further, experts believe that Indian companies typically face problems in building economies of scale. “Even the most efficiently designed telecom product will not be cost-competitive unless it is manufactured in sufficiently large volumes and reaches global economies-of-scale. Since India is a large home market that can provide such volumes to domestic companies, the government of India formulated its PMI policy and the “Trusted Source” policy to enable domestic companies with greater access to India’s large home market, especially in government procurements,” added Nayak.

Further, the absence of a strong electronics components ecosystem and higher finance costs for research and development and working capital have also been handicaps of Indian telecom companies.

“We have a long journey to self-reliance. A key challenge is that we don’t have intellectual property. India has to aggressively try to contribute to the standards and make its presence felt on the global scene. Further, we need a different type of engineering talent to develop expertise in R&D so we are able to develop our intellectual property,” says Neil Shah, Partner at Counterpoint.

Is India going to go the China way?<\/strong>

Every time a new player emerges, there is typically pushback from the established players and several geopolitical factors can potentially limit the growth of new players.

As Indian companies try to find their place in the global ecosystem, do they also have the wherewithal to face the pushback and resistance that is sure to come along with their growth?

A crucial factor in favour of India is that most of the global telcos are already using Indian software. IT companies like Tech Mahindra, Infosys, Wipro and TCS, among others, have a strong telecom practice and are already working with several global telcos.

“The new networks are software-centric, where Indian companies have a strong presence. Further, resistance will be lower towards Indian companies because of the goodwill we enjoy globally,” said Agarwal.

While the road ahead is not going to be easy, it is fair to say that India has a rare opportunity to grow its domestic ecosystem and reduce dependence on imports.
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