Status and Opportunities in the

Communication Equipment Sector

Sanjay Nayak

CEO & MD, Tejas Networks

• Equipment Demand is primarily

met through imports.

• Whatever manufacturing is being

done has very low-value-add

Source: Voice and Data and http://commerce.nic.in

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Telecom Products & Manufacturing- A

missed opportunity...so far

Domestic industry, handicapped by a lack of holistic government

policy support, in a regulation-driven sector

Defining Telecom “Manufacturing”

4

Understanding Telecom “Value-Chain”

40-60%

35-45%

5-15%

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India already has the enabling ingredients

Strong Entrepreneurial Eco-system

Increasing Domestic Value-Add

Current Industry Status- High-Value

addition is possible !!

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Where Indian Telecom can be in 2020?

Opportunity to Leapfrog in

Telecom Products

Using our People and R&D strengths

& augmenting Manufacturing

Thank You