The above presentation made at Conference on Strategy to Accelerate the Indian IT Industry took place in Chennai from 8-9 September 2005. Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, Director General, COAI made presentation showing the trends and opportunities for IT & ITES in Telecom sector.

On the occasion of completion of 10 years of GSM mobile Telephony in India, Mr. T.V. Ramachandran, Director General, COAI presented a paper in the presentation format on the "Role of Mobile Telephony in Growth and Development of the Economy" on August 22, 2005. The above presentation gives the details of the same.

In September 2005, the GSM subscribers have raced past the 50 million milestone with the month again witnessing a healthy addition of nearly 2 million subscribers (a growth of 4.01%). The above document gives the Metrowise/Circlewise cellular subscriber statistics for the month of September 2005.

The above document is a recommendation by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) dated October 3, 2005. The document contains the following points:

Almost 31% subscriber growth has been recorded in August 2005 as compared to January 2005. Subscriber additions in August have surpassed last month's record additions with the cumulative subscriber base touching almost 198 lakhs in August 2005 from 187 lakhs in July 2005. The above document gives the Statewise/Circlewise/Servicewise subscriber statistics for the month of August 2005.

The recommendations by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Digitalisation of Cable Television dated September 14, 2005 covers the introduction part alongwith the time frame for digitalisation, licensing issues, carriage issues, upgradation of networks and technical choices, summary of recommendations, list of million plus urban agglomerations/cities etc.

The above report provides an update on the growth trends for the telecom services for the period April-June 2005. It presents a broad perspective on the Telecom Services to serve as a reference document for various stakeholders, research agencies and analysts as an update over the previous reports, which pertained to financial years 2002-2003, 2003-2004 and 2004-05. The document contains the following:

In exercise of the powers conferred upon it under sub-section (2) of the section 11 read with section 11(1)(b)(i) of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India further amends the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 namely "The Telecommunication Tariff (Fortieth Ninth Amendment) Order, 2005” (7 of 2005)". This order shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official gazette.

GSM industry has reported record subscriber additions of 20.4 lakhs in August 2005. Subscriber additions in August have surpassed last month's record additions of 19.5 lakh subscribers with the cumulative subscriber base touching 48.91 million in August 2005 from 46.87 million in July 2005. The above document gives the metrowise and circlewise subscriber statistics for the month of August 2005.

In exercise of the powers conferred upon it under sub-section (2) of the section 11 read with section 11(1)(b)(i) of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India hereby further amends the Telecommunication Tariff Order, 1999 namely "The Telecommunication Tariff (Thirty Ninth Amendment) Order, 2005” (6 of 2005)". This order shall come into force from the date of its publication in the official gazette.