A Study on Overall Financial Performance of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited.,

Abstract

Telecommunications is the transmission of data and information between computers using a communications link such as a standard telephone line. The telegraph act of 1885 governed the telecommunications sector. Under this act, the government was in-charge of policy making and provision of services. In 1994, it was a watershed in the history of Indian telecom sector, which ranked sixth in the world after USA, china, Japan,
Germany, and France in terms of number of installed fixed lines. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. was incorporated on 15th September 2000. It took over the business of providing of telecom services and network management from the erstwhile Central . Presently, the Indian telecom industry is currently slated to an estimated contribution of nearly 1% to India’s the Indian. Telecommunications network with 110.Q1 million connections is the fifth largest in the world and the second largest among the emerging economies of Asia. Today, it is the fastest growing market in the world and represents unique opport unities for U.S. companies in the stagnant global scenario. The total subscriber base, which has grown by 40% in 2005, is expected to reach 250 million in 2007. According to Broadband Policy2004, Government of India aims at 9 million broadband connections and 18million in target connections by 2007.