M&A Magazine

Very Small Aperture Terminal ( VSAT ) provides satellite-based telecommunication and internet access to companies and individuals with applications from your our direct TV at our homes, ATMs, in-flight services to military usage in the remotest of the location. In India, although the VSAT services are regulated by the Department of Telecom (DoT), the operators can setup/install VSAT hubs and devices to communicate with the satellites. In the past 10 years, only one out of the seven players, NELCO or previously known as Tatanet Services is able to grow and win market share. In 2009 NELCO had 8% of the market and after 10 years it has 24% market share* in the industry while others have seen contracting market share like Hughes (35.77%), HCL Comnet (5.96%), BSNL (5.31%) and Bharti Airtel (27.33%). This trend in market share exemplifies that the Industry is under constant pressure and faced head winds all last 10 years. With high competition in the VSAT business and in the Telecom ...

Bharti Infratel , incorporated on November 30, 2006, is India's leading provider of tower and related infrastructure and it deploys, owns and manages telecom towers and communication structures for various mobile operators. The company has a consolidated portfolio of over 91,000 telecom towers which includes over 39,000 of its own towers and the balance from its 42% equity stake in Indus Towers. The three leading wireless telecommunications service providers in India by revenue -- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular -- are the largest customers of Bharti Infratel. The company has market share of 9.8% and in terms of company Co locations 11.6%. Indus Towers is an independently managed company offering passive infrastructure services to all telecom operators and other wireless services providers such as broadband service providers. Incorporated in November 2007, Indus Towers Limited has been promoted under a joint venture between entities of Bharti Infratel Limited Voda...