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The worldwide telecom industry is in a strong growth mode.

In fact, telecommunications has


been one of the most dynamic industries in terms of rapid technology advancement
combined with deregulations. The industry’s overall revenue is estimated to be over $1.3
trillion (2007). A few well-known names in the telecom sector are Sprint, Cable & Wireless,
Telstra, AT&T, China Telecom and Reliance Communications. These companies and several
other similar industries are conventionally known as ‘Communication Service Providers’
(CSPs). They cater to a wide variety of cross sectional industry sectors – be it IT, Bio-
technology, Health Care, Manufacturing and even a residential consumer.

SAP leverages its solutions for CRM, asset life cycle management, supply chain
management and financials to address the business needs. Built-in adapters connect all SAP
modules to enable users to extract the data needed to accomplish their respective
processes. If necessary, SAP also offers open-ended integration tools with other systems to
connect and complete the processes.

A customer life cycle process in a telecom industry can be broadly classified as – Pre-Sales,
Sales, Order Administration & Provisioning, and Customer Support.

All individual sub-functions can be grouped into each of the above processes to understand
the requirement of IT tools / technology to effectively carry out the process. Depending
upon the business strategy and positioning, typically Pre-Sales starts with campaigns and
extends up to identifying prospective customers. However, telecom products are unique and
need to be bundled / configured to meet each customer requirement. Quotes will need to be
worked by a technical team. Upon the customer confirming the order, the provisioning team
works on order fulfillment and customer acceptance. They will give the necessary inputs to
the billing team to complete the billing process.

Then the customer support team takes over and makes itself available for any support
related issues / queries. Each of these processes will need robust tools to capture, share,
and for timely analysis of technical / business data to effectively carry out the business
functions. Multiple IT systems to meet the needs will add to the performance and
maintenance issues.

While the business process of each company varies with the business strategy and product
positioning, SAP captures the best business practice across the industry. SAP also
recommends implementing its ERP as much out-of-the box as possible to leverage the best
practice. This will enable quicker ROI to companies and easy to maintain or upgrade the
application later. The business process explained above relates to the best practice
approach for a CSP. Each business function, however, needs to be broken down into specific
units.

The customer has a choice of accessing through the Web, email, phone, partner or field
representative. During this prospecting process, SAP unifies multiple channels through
which the customer can access, thereby enabling sales or marketing personnel to get a 360-
degree view of the customer. This sharing of prospect or customer information is extremely
important from the point of view of new client acquisition. In addition to effectively
capturing the customer needs using the SAP CRM module, during proposal building stage,
each service can be combined or bundled with other products and sub-services.

This is where SAP’s product configuration and bundling come in handy. Price calculation can
be done faster using the pricing engine. This flexibility reduces the time to market and
addresses customer needs uniquely. Following the quote stage, once the customer
confirmation is received, contracts or agreements can be captured in SAP and order
processing commenced. Order types could vary among New / Change / Cancel / Add-on.
Each order type can be processed as per the data required and associated workflows. The
order status can then be tracked and once completed, the customer, service and contract
data will be sent to billing. The modules are integrated on the same SAP platform and hence
reduce redundancy.

In terms of customer support function, issues can be broadly categorised into Network
trouble tickets and Customer trouble tickets. The former is created by CSPs themselves
when there is a network outage and multiple customers on the network get affected.
Customer trouble tickets are those where there is a fault for a specific customer. In either
case, SAP CRM service module can address the issues and track the complete trouble ticket
cycle.

SAP also equips field service engineers with the knowledge base, based on historical
resolution cases. This will enable quicker resolutions and easier adaptability for new service
engineers. In case companies are looking for spare parts planning SAP has ready modules
to cater to.

With its rich functionality, SAP supports end-to-end business processes for a customer-
centric organisation. SAP solution maps recommend the best practice approach to meet the
varying demands of the industry and help companies to stay competitive in one of the most
dynamic markets.

The author is Principal Consultant of SAP practice with MindTree Consulting Limited,
Bangalore.
2)

The global economic downturn has forced companies across the globe including Indian
companies to adopt various cost-cutting measures to sustain their bottom line. However, Indian
companies seem to be a step ahead when it comes to thinking ahead. SAP Indian sub-continent
managing director Ranjan Das shares his insights on how India stands differently in the times of
slowdown. He highlights some of the changing trends in enterprise mobility space and telecom
sector, and goes on to clarify the SAP/ERP ambiguity, in an interview with FE's Ayushman
Baruah
What are the challenges faced by companies globally? Do you perceive India any differently?
The global credit crunch has impacted all companies globally, including India. The segment that
has been hit hardest, especially in India, is the SME sector. Given that the revenues are going
down for most companies, everyone wants to trim costs. But the key difference lies in the fact
that, in addition to cutting costs, Indian companies are also thinking ahead. Most Indian
companies are already taking this as an opportunity to leapfrog the competition because there
would be new things and newer business models when the good times are back. Most companies
in India are really interested in adopting best practices. The next set of best practices is likely to
come from India.
What are the changing trends in the enterprise mobility space?
The enterprise mobility space is certainly one of the hot spots. As enterprise mobility using
smartphones becomes a business necessity, SAP and Research In Motion (RIM) are working to
address the needs and expectations of business users through an integrated solution that enables
secure real-time access to SAP's Customer Relationship Management solution. The integrated
solution benefits organisations with enhanced employee productivity and service while
empowering mobile users with the ability to access critical customer information. The integrated
solution also leverages the inherent security, management capabilities and efficiency of the
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution and introduces a number of key innovations for mobile CRM.
What are technology trends in the telecom space
There is an increasing demand for enterprise-wide business solutions for sustained growth in the
telecom sector. SAP is leading the foothold in the market owing to its diverse and flexible
solution portfolio. Eight of the top 11 telecommunications service providers comprise of SAP's
customer base. This includes TTSL, BSNL, Vodafone, among others. Fundamentally, all
telecom companies are building an IT platform in order to achieve more efficiency, adopt best
practices from other telecom companies and be able to enter new markets, businesses and
business models. In terms of technology, the trend points towards adoption of enterprise
applications like Enterprise Resource Planning, CRM, Billing and Provisioning, etc.
How do you react when the terms SAP and ERP are used interchangeably?
SAP is a business software company that does three things. It automates and optimises business
processes, offers best practices, and gives you the tools and the data to make decisions. In many
years that I have been with the company, I have never seen SAP as an ERP-only company.
Evidently, ERP is a very important part of our portfolio but SAP does not equal ERP. ERP
usually focuses on functions like finance and HR. But SAP does all that and more. It is involved
in optimising your relationship with your supply chain partners; customer relationship
management; governance and risk and compliance issues.
Which are your current focus areas?
Banking, financial services and insurance and utilities sector require a lot of automation in order
to efficiently run their businesses. We are also working for public sector including the local, state
and well as the defence.

3)

What are the changing trends in the enterprise mobility space?


The enterprise mobility space is certainly one of the hot spots. As enterprise mobility using
smartphones becomes a business necessity, SAP and Research In Motion (RIM) are working to
address the needs and expectations of business users through an integrated solution that enables
secure real-time access to SAP’s Customer Relationship Management solution. The integrated
solution benefits organisations with enhanced employee productivity and service while
empowering mobile users with the ability to access critical customer information. The integrated
solution also leverages the inherent security, management capabilities and efficiency of the
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution and introduces a number of key innovations for mobile CRM.
What are technology trends in the telecom space
There is an increasing demand for enterprise-wide business solutions for sustained growth in the
telecom sector. SAP is leading the foothold in the market owing to its diverse and flexible
solution portfolio. Eight of the top 11 telecommunications service providers comprise of SAP’s
customer base. This includes TTSL, BSNL, Vodafone, among others. Fundamentally, all
telecom companies are building an IT platform in order to achieve more efficiency, adopt best
practices from other telecom companies and be able to enter new markets, businesses and
business models. In terms of technology, the trend points towards adoption of enterprise
applications like Enterprise Resource Planning, CRM, Billing and Provisioning, etc.
How do you react when the terms SAP and ERP are used interchangeably?
SAP is a business software company that does three things. It automates and optimises business
processes, offers best practices, and gives you the tools and the data to make decisions. In many
years that I have been with the company, I have never seen SAP as an ERP-only company.
Evidently, ERP is a very important part of our portfolio but SAP does not equal ERP. ERP
usually focuses on functions like finance and HR. But SAP does all that and more. It is involved
in optimising your relationship with your supply chain partners; customer relationship
management; governance and risk and compliance issues.
SAP LAP ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL TELECOM POLICY:
INDIA

Priyanka Kokil and M.K.Sharma


ABSTRACT
Telecom services started in India in 1984 with an infrastructure which
performed poor. The telecom sector suffers from high prices, long
waiting time, poor technical performance, widespread equipment
outage, excess labor, low productivity, chronic unmet demand, and
rampant corruption. This has been a significant drag on economic
growth and development of India since telecom is a strategic sector.
Although the services started in 1984, it was only after 1991 the crisis-
driven liberalization of the economy that the sector was taken seriously.
The Government of India recognizes that provision of world class
telecommunication infrastructure and information is the key to rapid
economic and social development of India. It was also recognized that
this sector contributed a major part in GDP of the county. So, it was
important to see the importance to the country that to be comprehensive
and looking forward telecommunications policy which creates a good
framework for the development of the country. To make the telecom
service an integrated part, government introduced a National Telecom
Policy (NTP) in 1994 but this policy was not able to fulfill all the
requirements so, government again revise the NTP’94 and introduced a
new National Telecom Policy (NTP) in 1999. This paper is to analyze the
evolution, cause etc. of NTP’94, NTP’99 and NTP (2005-2006) by using
SAP LAP framework we do analysis with SAP and understand through
LAP as to what were the various push and pulls which resulted in the
NTP’99.The question framework contributes to learning and improved
decision making.

INTRODUCTION
India is the fourth largest telecom market in Asia after China, Japan and South Korea.
The Indian telecom network is the eighth largest in the world and the second largest among
emerging economies. At current levels, telecom intensiveness of Indian economy measured as
the ratio of telecom revenues to GDP is 2.1 percent as compared with over 2.8 percent in
developed economies. Indian telecom sector has undergone a major process of transformation
through significant policy reforms. The reforms began in 1980s with telecom equipment
manufacturing being opened for private sector and were later followed by National Telecom
Policy (NTP) in 1994 and NTP'1999.
Historically, the telecom network in India was owned and managed by the Government
considering it to be a natural monopoly and strategic service, best under state's control. However,
in 1990's, examples of telecom revolution in many other countries, which resulted in better
quality of service and lower tariffs, led Indian policy makers to initiate a change process finally
resulting in opening up of telecom services sector for the private sector.
Policy reforms can be broadly classified in three distinct phases
● ● The Decade of 1980's saw private sector being allowed in telecommunications equipment
manufacturing. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Videsh Sanchar Nigam
Limited (VSNL) were formed and a Telecom Commission was set up to give focus to
telecommunications policy formation.
● ● In 1990s, telecommunications sector also benefited from the general opening up of the
economy. NTP 1994 was the first attempt to give a comprehensive road map for the Indian
telecommunications sector.
● ● Availability of telephones on demand (targeted by 1997)
● ● Universal service covering all villages and one PCO per 500 persons in urban
areas at the earliest (targeted to be achieved by 1997)
● ● Telecom services at affordable and reasonable prices
● ● World standard quality of services
● ● NTP 1999 brought in the third generations of reforms in the Indian telecommunications
sector.
The Government of India (Government) recognizes that provision of world class
telecommunications infrastructure and information is the key to rapid economic and social
development of the country. It is critical not only for the development of the Information
Technology industry, but also has widespread ramifications on the entire economy of the
country. It is also anticipated that going forward, a major part of the GDP of the country would
be contributed by this sector. Accordingly, it is of vital importance to the country that there be a
comprehensive and forward looking telecommunications policy which creates an enabling
framework for development of this industry.
The Indian telecommunications sector has undergone a major process of transformation
because of significant policy reforms during the recent years. It has been reported in the press
that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formulated its perspective plan for
telecommunications from 1997 through 2007. This is the first perspective plan after 1994's
Telecom Policy, and follows the earlier one drawn up in 1989 for the period 1990-2000. DoT
will introduce ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network -a communications standard that
covers voice, data and image services) up to all district head-quarters by 2007. But before that, it
will start introducing IN (Intelligent Network-services from 1997 in all towns with a population
above 0.5 million. DoT will also introduce voice response and recognition services by 1997, and
several multimedia services such as video-on-demand, remote diagnostics and interactive tele-
education by 2000. Under the Ninth five-year Plan a number of new initiatives like introduction
of Package Tendering and Solar Battery systems, instructions to all the circles to have Annual
Maintenance Service contracts, setting up MARR repair center have been introduced to provide
Village Public Telephones (VPTs) to all villages. Today in rural areas the economy is much
lower than that in urban areas; the telephone traffic is mainly confined to villages that are close
by or to villages within the same telecom center itself. It is obvious therefore that unless and until
telephone service is made available in all the villages, it is difficult to expect higher calling rates
and better traffic loading. Long distance calls revenues are less and hence phones are far less to
justify the provision of rural telephone service and consequently the service has to be subsidized.
This is a heavy burden on the exchequer. The New Telecom Policy, 1999 focused on creating an
ideal environment for investment, establishing communication infrastructure by leveraging on
technological development and providing affordable telecom services to all. It had certain
important objectives, including availability of telephone on demand, provision of world class
services at reasonable prices, ensuring India’s emergence as major manufacturing / export base
of telecom equipment and universal availability of basic telecom services to all villages. It also
announced a series of specific targets to be achieved by 1997. As against the NTP 1994 target of
provision of 1 PCO per 500 urban population and coverage of all 6 lac villages, DoT has
achieved an urban PCO penetration of 1 PCO per 522 and has been able to provide telephone
coverage to only 3.1 lac villages. As regards provision of total telephone lines in the country,
DoT has provided 8.73 million telephone lines against the eighth plan target of 7.5 million lines.
Until 1985, the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 and the Wireless Telegraph Act of 1932
provided the legal basis for the central government's telecommunications monopoly. Under these
laws, posts and telecommunications were combined in one P&T department run by the Ministry
of Communications. In the late 1970s and early 1980s protests against poor service by
subscribers, politicians, industrialists, and business leaders coincided with global and national
pressure for liberalization. As a result, a parliamentary committee was established in 1981, which
recommended numerous structural and service improvements. Under the advice of this
committee, in 1985 a separate Department of Telecommunications (DoT) was established under
the Ministry of Communications, and two supposedly autonomous public sector (MTNL and
VSNL) undertakings (PSUs) were created to expand, develop, and manage crucial segments of
the Indian telecommunications system.
• The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) was set up to run services in Delhi
(the nation's capital) and Mumbai, formerly Bombay (the nation's commercial center),
which together account for 25 percent of the nations phone lines.
• Telecommunication in the rest of the country continues to be run as a government
department because of staff resistance to change.
• Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) was set up to run international services.
• DoT was established as the exclusive, self-regulating provider of domestic and long-
distance service.
From [1] 1992-1996, DoT doubled practically every aspect of the telecommunications
infrastructure in India, from the number of telephones in service to the long distance route
kilometers. DoT did not, however, succeed in reducing the registered waiting list for telephones,
and in 1994, the government acknowledged the need to liberalize India’s telecommunications
market.
The National Telecom Policy (NTP) of 1994 provided the basis for liberalizing the
telecommunications market. It recognized the importance of liberalization and private sector
participation as key elements of economic development. It also envisaged, among other things,
the provision of basic telephone service by private companies that would compete with DoT; the
establishment of an independent regulatory body; and the separation of DoT’s operational,
policy, and ministerial functions.
The NTP has led to various liberalization successes. However entrenched bureaucracy,
inefficient lobbying and poor public information campaigns have largely undermined the policy
domestically, and demand for telephone lines in India remains extremely high. On the
international front, the NTP has prevented India from making more liberal commitments to the
WTO. India has refused to go beyond the NTP’s very limited policies in making commitments to
the WTO Basic Telecommunications Agreement.
The NTP provides that:
• DoT will not be corporatized, which ensures that labor unions have no big issue to fight;
• Private sector companies will be issued licenses for statewide operations in competition
with DoT for basic telephones. This establishes a duopoly system for 15 years in 21
statewide service areas (or circles);
• Mobile telephone services will be offered solely by non-DoT private sector companies, at
least two in each service area. The initial license period is 10 years, extendable thereafter
in five-year increments;
• Foreign equity participation will be allowed in public telephone operations of at least
500,000 basic telephone customers and 100,000 mobile phone customers;
• Private carriers must commit to public service obligations such as rural area coverage and
public telephones;
• Interstate and international telecommunications will be the exclusive monopoly of DoT
and its company VSNL.
Significant changes have taken place in the telecommunications policy and market in
India in the last few years, and particularly in the last two years. Favorable government policies
and lower costs have now created a platform for rapid growth. Tele-density, which was around
3% at the end of 1997, is about to touch 6%, and expected to reach 10% by 2006 - more than a
100 million telephone connections. As in other markets, this is being driven by dramatic growth
in cellular phone usage. For instance in the month of October 2003, India added more than 2
million cellular (GSM+CDMA) users, making it one of the fastest growing telecom markets in
the world.
In order to speed up the development of the telecom sector, all telecom services have
been opened up to private sector participation. Unrestricted entry is allowed in the basic services,
national and international long distance service, in global mobile personal communication by
satellite (GMPCS) service, VSAT and Public Mobile Radio Trunked Service (PMRTS).
India is among the top ten countries in the world in terms of its telecommunications
network. The country has an investment potential estimated at US$ 37 billion by 2005 and US$
69 billion by 2010.
The new range of telecom services at affordable prices introduced by Reliance Info com,
a sister company of India's largest Reliance Industries group, towards the end of 2002 have
further galvanized the growth potential of telecom market.
India has 38.44 million fixed telephone connections, growing at 22 per cent per annum
and almost 10.0 million cellular phone connections, growing at 100 per cent per annum. The
telecom network in the country comprises over 35,000 exchanges with switching capacity of
over 47 million, 427 digital trunk automatic exchanges, and over 326,271 route km of optic fiber
network.
In addition to the two state-owned companies BSNL and MTNL, several private players
have established a significant presence in both the basic and cellular markets. Global majors with
a presence in the country include Hutchison, Singapore Telecom, AT&T, France Telecom, etc.
The total inflow of FDI into the sector between August 1991 and October 2002 was
around US$ 1.95 billion.
The Government recognizes that the result of the privatization has so far not been entirely
satisfactory. While there has been a rapid roll out of cellular mobile networks in the metros and
states with currently over 1 million subscribers, most of the projects today are facing problems.
The main reason according to the cellular and basic operators has been the fact that the actual
revenues realized by these projects have been far short of the projections and the operators are
unable to arrange financing for their projects and therefore complete their projects. Basic telecom
services by private operators have only just commenced in a limited way in two of the six circles
where licenses were awarded. As a result, some of the targets as envisaged in the objectives of
the NTP 1994 have remained unfulfilled. The private sector entry has been slower than what was
envisaged in the NTP 1994.
The government views the above developments with concern as it would adversely affect
the further development of the sector and recognizes the need to take a fresh look at the policy
framework for this sector.
Need for a New Telecom Policy
In addition to some of the objectives of NTP 1994 not being fulfilled, there have also
been far reaching developments in the recent past in the telecom, IT, consumer electronics and
media industries world-wide. Convergence of both markets and technologies is a reality that is
forcing realignment of the industry. At one level, telephone and broadcasting industries are
entering each other’s markets, while at another level; technology is blurring the difference
between different conduit systems such as wire line and wireless. As in the case of most
countries, separate licenses have been issued in our country for basic, cellular, ISP, satellite and
cable TV operators each with separate industry structure, terms of entry and varying requirement
to create infrastructure. However this convergence now allows operators to use their facilities to
deliver some services reserved for other operators, necessitating a re look into the existing policy
framework. The new telecom policy framework is also required to facilitate India’s vision of
becoming an IT superpower and develop a world class telecom infrastructure in the country.
Licensing of Cellular Mobile Services
Starting in December 1991 the government followed a policy of issuing a limited number
of Cellular Mobile and Basic Fixed Service licenses through a process of competitive bidding.
The use of auctions appears to have been motivated by the desire to raise revenues as well as
ensure transparency in allotment of licenses. However, once the licenses had been granted the
winning bidders, other than those for Metros, complained that they had bid extremely high
amounts and that their businesses were not viable. The government then relieved them of the
obligation to pay further installments of their committed license fees and allowed them to move
to a revenue sharing regime. Several other aspects of the license, such as calling charges, rentals,
duration of the license and choice of technology were also altered over time. The government has
now decided to hold an auction for the issue of the fourth cellular license
Initial licensing procedure
In December 1991, the government invited competitive sealed bids for two non-exclusive
digital mobile licenses, for a 10-year period, extendible by 5 years, for the four metropolitan
cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Madras. The license specified the use of GSM standards
for offering cellular services. The annual license fee for the first three years was a given
parameter, while the license fee from the fourth year onwards was fixed at Rs.5,000 per
subscriber (based on unit call rate of Rs.1.10) subject to a minimum total amount. Along with the
license fee, call charges were also a given parameter and the bidding was for the lowest rental to
be charged from customers. The evaluation was on the basis of financial strength, experience of
the partners, committed rollout and lowest rentals. At the end of the tender process, the value of
lowest rental was fixed at Rs.156 per month and eight licenses were issued in October 1994.
License scheme based on NTP-1994
The framework for the initial licensing for offering cellular services was based on NTP-
1994. The licenses for the cellular services were divided among metros and non metro circles. In
November 1994, the government first issued eight licenses to start cellular services in four
metros circles. Subsequently, during 1995-1998, the government issued 34 licenses for cellular
services in 18 circles. The license scheme, based on NTP-1994, allowed up to two players per
circle. Based on these licenses, the first cellular operations began in August 1995, in metro
circles and in December 1996, in non metro circles.
License scheme based on NTP-1999
The new National Telecom Policy was announced in March 1999. Subsequently, the
government decided to allow two or more operators to offer cellular services in each circle. The
government decided to allow two or more operators to offer cellular services in each circle. The
government offered the position of the third cellular operator to MTNL (in Delhi and Mumbai)
and BSNL (the remaining circles except Delhi and Mumbai). Further, in October 2001, the
government issued fourth cellular licenses in four metro circles and 13 non-metro circles. By
September 2002, a few cellular operators (Bharti and Hutchison) had started cellular services in
various circles as fourth operators.
Migration from fixed license regime to revenue sharing regime
In 1999, private telecommunication operators were offered the option to change the basis
of estimating their license fees from a fixed amount to share of revenues. Further, the license
period was extended from 15 years to 20 years. However, these concessions were subject to
operators accepting a set of conditions. These include:
● ● The existing cellular operators had to clear all the dues by January 2000, as a pre-condition
for changing the basis of determining the license fees from fixed to a revenue share (with
effect from August 1999).
● ● The clause relating to the exclusively of license was removed from the new license
agreement. (Hence, more operators could be provided licenses from a circle in the future.)
All private telecommunication operators accepted the terms of migration to a revenue-
sharing arrangement with effect from August 1999. For cellular operators, license fees paid till
July 1999 were treated as an entry fee.
Licensing guidelines for entry of fourth operator
The TRAI in making its recommendations on the entry of the fourth cellular operator in
June 2000 pointed out that it was constrained in its ability to make recommendations because of
lack of information about the availability of spectrum either for the third or the fourth operator. It
pointed to the critical role of spectrum planning in sustaining competition and ensuring service
quality.
After receiving the TRAI's recommendations in June 2000 the government announced its
guidelines for issue of license for the fourth operator. Some of the important features were:
● ● General license conditions
The bidder company can apply for any number of service areas subject to fulfillment of
all the conditions of entry. The license will be issued on non-exclusive basis, for a period of 20
years, further extendable by 10 years at one time at the discretion of licensing Authority.
● ● Transfer of licenses
Resale of business / assign ability/transferability of license by one network owner to
another shall be permitted subject to prior written consent of the Licensor which shall be granted
after ensuring the conditions in respect of net worth, paid up equity and in accordance with other
terms & conditions, procedures prescribed in Tripartite Agreement, if duly executed amongst
Licensor, Licensee and Lenders. However, such permission shall be granted only after ensuring
that competitiveness in the service area is not compromised.
● ● Choice of technology
Any digital technology either once already validated by TEC or having been used for a
customer base of one lakh or more for a continuous period of one year anywhere in the world,
shall be permissible for use regardless of its versions.
● ● Minimum roll-out obligation
In Telecom Circles, at least 10% of the District Headquarters (DHQs) will be covered in
the first year and 50% of the District Headquarters will be covered within three years of effective
date of License. The licensees shall also be permitted to cover any other town in a District in lieu
of the District Headquarters. Coverage of a DHQ/town would mean that at least 90% of the area
bounded by the Municipal limits should get the required street as well as in-building coverage.
In Metros, 90% of the service area shall be covered within one year of the effective date. The
District Headquarters shall be taken as on the effective date of license.
● ● Entry fee
The successful bidder will be required to pay one time Entry Fee based on the final bid
before signing the License Agreement. The bidding process shall be structured as "Informed
Ascending Bidding Process".
● ● Revenue share
In addition to the Entry fee described above, the Licensee shall also pay License fee
annually @ 17% of “Adjusted Gross Revenue” for the Metro cities & Telecom Circles
(exception being 10% for Andaman & Nicobar Circle) as Revenue Share generated from the
Service in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the License Agreement document. This
license fee will now be applicable for both existing and new operators.
SAP-LAP ANALYSIS OF INDIAN TELECOM POLICY
a) Background
The case situation has been taken from Telecom services sector. Telecom services in
India, until recently were run by monopolistic and monolith government organization, i.e.
Department of Telecommunication (DoT). Telecom services were opened to private sector
through a process of privatization initiated in 1994, under the Ministry of Communication,
Government of India. Successful bidders were granted license to build and operate telecom
network with conditions stipulated in the Tender document and license agreement.
However, the desired objectives of increasing the Tele-density and world class service at
reasonable price have not been met with only few of private operators able to commence and
expands their services. Especially, in the case of basic telephony services, only one private
operator has started service in Madhya Pradesh with remaining private operators grappling with
Govt. on high license fees. Financial institutions were unwilling to finance the projects due to
high investment cost contributed primarily by license fees. Similarly Government has not been
able to recover dues on license fees from cellular operator who have pleaded their inability to do
so. The years in between also saw many litigation being filled in court for various reasons
resulting in the whole situation getting messy and resulting in delayed operations.
In nutshell the objectives of the NTP'94 could not be met and results of privatization have
so far not been satisfactory. Therefore, these realization buy government has resulted in new
telecom policy NTP' 99 which seeks to the remove the ambiguities of NTP' 99, incorporate
changes necessitated by new technological development and also broaden the scope of NTP' 94
to include regulator role and Internet services.
b) New Telecom Policy (NTP 2005-2006)
The New Telecom Policy (NTP 2005-2006), that is in the works, is expected to have a
special focus on consumer issues like ubiquitous coverage, periodic advisories on tariffs, number
portability, Carriers Access Code (CAC) and a toll free national emergency number (108) for
calamities. The policy is also likely to push for faster spread of broadband, local content,
affordable PC's, Internet applications and e-initiatives.
Going by NTP-2005/06 drafts, inclusion of telecom consumer issues will be one of the
major changes over existing NTP' 99. According to draft policy all service providers must allow
customers to get access to services like calling cards, toll free numbers, which are provided by
other operators.
c) SAP-LAP framework for National Telecom Policy
To understand evolution of the NTP' 94 to NTP' 99, we can apply SAP-LAP framework,
do an analysis with SAP and understand through LAP (figure 4.4) as to what were the various
PUSH and PULLS which resulted in the NTP' 99. The question framework lucidly brings as to
how SAP-LAP approach contributes to the learning and improved decision making.
Fig I SAP-LAP framework
Source: Sushil (2000) Flexibility in Management, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing House

d) SAP (Situation – Actor – Process)


What is present and past situation?
The situation can be understood by framing few questions and providing explanation for
these.
a) a) Why was NTP' 94 required?
The objectives of the New Telecom Policy 1994 are as follows:
1. 1. The focus of the Telecom Policy shall be telecommunication for all and
telecommunication within the reach of all. This means ensuring the availability of
telephone on demand as early as possible.
2. 2. Another objective will be to achieve universal service covering all villages as early
as possible. What is meant by the expression universal service is the provision of
access to all people for certain basic telecom services at affordable and reasonable
prices.
3. 3. The quality of telecom services should be of world standard. Removal of consumer
complaints, dispute resolution and public interface will receive special attention. The
objective will also be to provide widest permissible range of services to meet the
customer's demand at reasonable prices.
4. 4. Taking into account India's size and development, it is necessary to ensure that India
emerges as a major manufacturing base and major exporter of telecom equipment.
5. 5. The defense and security interests of the country will be protected.
b) Why changes were needed?
1. 1. In addition to some of the objectives of NTP 1994 not being fulfilled, there have also
been far reaching developments in the recent past in the telecom, IT, consumer
electronics and media industries world-wide.
2. 2. Convergence of both markets and technologies is a reality that is forcing realignment
of the industry.
3. 3. Far reaching developments in recent past in Telecom, IT, consumer electronics and
media industries world wide.
4. 4. The new telecom policy framework is also required to facilitate India's vision of
becoming an IT superpower and develop a world class telecom infrastructure in the
country.
c) c) What is the objective of NTP' 99?
1. 1. Access to telecommunications is of utmost importance for achievement of the
country's social and economic goals. Availability of affordable and effective
communications for the citizens is at the core of the vision and goal of the telecom
policy.
2. 2. Strive to provide a balance between the provision of universal service to all
uncovered areas, including the rural areas, and the provision of high-level services
capable of meeting the needs of the country's economy;
3. 3. Encourage development of telecommunication facilities in remote, hilly and tribal
areas of the country
4. 4. Create a modern and efficient telecommunications infrastructure taking into
account the convergence of IT, media, telecom and consumer electronics and thereby
propel India into becoming an IT superpower;
5. 5. Convert PCO's, wherever justified, into Public Teleinfo centers having multimedia
capability like ISDN services, remote database access, government and community
information systems etc.
6. 6. Transform in a time bound manner, the telecommunications sector to a greater
competitive environment in both urban and rural areas providing equal opportunities
and level playing field for all players;
7. 7. Strengthen research and development efforts in the country and provide an impetus
to build world-class manufacturing capabilities.
8. 8. Achieve efficiency and transparency in spectrum management.
9. 9. Protect defense and security interests of the country.
10. Enable Indian Telecom Companies to become truly global players.
d) d) What is the demand of the Industry & Market?
1. 1. Demand of the industry was level playing filed between incumbent operator and
new operators
2. 2. Changes from licensing based regime to revenue sharing regime
3. 3. Good quality services at affordable prices for consumer
4. 4. Choice of multiple and varied services for consumer
Who were the Actors?
The main players in the Telecom industry and their interest are
1. 1. Ministry of Communication- Vies it as key sector development from economic
angle as major part of GDP would be contributed by this sector
2. 2. Telecom Operators (ISP, Cellular and Basic) – They need flexibility in business in
terms of tariffs, technology choices and types of services which can be delivered
3. 3. Equipment Manufacturer and suppliers - Establish a level playing field for the
local and foreign suppliers through appropriate import duty structure, competition and
protection of domestic manufacturing industry
4. 4. DOT & MTNL – Retain Monopoly and corner market share for more revenue
5. 5. TRAI – Regulate tariff, Service delivery quality and dispute
6. 6. FIIs – Profitability of their financial operations through loan arrangements, bridge
financing and debt funding in the scenario where the new Telco operators have been
burdened by high license fees committed by them in their bidding and also with high
infrastructure cost, the easy financing terms play important role in deciding the
technology choices.
7. 7. End consumers – Improved services, cheaper services, varied services choice and
easy availability.
What are the Processes in evolution?
a) What is being done?
The changes required in NTP' 94 have been incorporated keeping in view of actors in
situation have been incorporated in NTP' 99. The license structure shift from fixed fees to
profit sharing has already been done pending the passing of resolution in the parliament.
b) How is it being done?
This is being done through policy and empowering TRAI's role who has already
announced ceiling for new structured cost based tariffs. Similarly, no license fee concept
for ISP services is another push toward achieving the main objectives of NTP'99.
Allowing for technology choices in cellular mobile telephony services is another step
towards this direction. The world is witnessing the advent of usage of IP and Internet
fueling IP-based traffic growth, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) applications and
Video on demand services. Similarly, CATV operators are expanding their operation
horizons to venture in telephony services. Therefore, the future tomorrow lies in the
technologies that will address the voice telephony and data market on single platform.
Evolving CDMA 3G standards promises to deliver the same.
c) Why it is being done?
The objectives of NTP' 94 stated why it is needed.
e) LAP (Learning – Action – Performance)
What is the Learning?
a) What are the key issues related to the situation, actors and process?
The key factors which are their in situation is the
1. 1. Drawbacks, limitations of NTP' 94
2. 2. Rate of change of technology
3. 3. Wrong demand prediction resulting in wrong market analysis
4. 4. Formulation of NTP in isolation of industry
5. 5. Process of distribution of licenses on NPV of license fees which resulted in different
calculations and delays in awarding license.
What are the Actions?
a) What is being done to improve the situation?
1. 1. Formulation of NTP'99, announcement of new tariffs, announcement of new license
structure and allowance for technology other than GSM in CMTS. As explained earlier,
the variety of technology, which can be used in the new telecom market is vast. Each
technology has its application in different fields and is distinct by the very attributes that
make them suitable for different applications.
2. 2. Formation GOT (Group on Telecom) to suggest ways and means for improvement.
3. 3. Formation of TRAI.
4. 4. Announcement of DoT services wing.
b) What more can be done for improvement?
1. 1. Speeder NTP' 99 implementation.
2. 2. Creation of telecom fund with participation of Government and Financial Institutions
3. 3. Telecom tasks force to have more industry representation
4. 4. Higher and more focus on indigenous manufacturing
5. 5. Promotion of collaborative R&D for greater efficiency and result achievement
between Governments funded R&D's like DRDO, C-DOT, ITI and private companies
R&D being taken by companies like Shyam Telecom, Professor Jhunjhunwala at IIT
Madras, HFCL, and Lucent Technologies etc.
What are the key performance parameters?
a) What will be the impact on the situation?
The improvement in situation and performance of NTP' 99 can be analyzed from the
perspective of further changes in NTP' 99. This can be assessed base on
1. 1. Growth in Tele-density and its uniform distribution
2. 2. Growth in contribution of telecom industry in National GDP and state's SDP
3. 3. Improvement in QoS and measurement against set benchmarks
4. 4. Number of services choices
5. 5. Cost of service to consumer and service providers
f) Synthesis of Learning
It can be seen that SAP-LAP provides framework for situational analysis and to arrive at
decision improvement and making the correct choice. This general framework can be applied to
varied situations to understand the situation and help in decision making either using qualitative
and or quantitative approach embedded with in SAP-LAP.
REFERENCES
The worldwide telecom industry is in a strong growth mode. In fact, telecommunications has
been one of the most dynamic industries in terms of rapid technology advancement
combined with deregulations. The industry’s overall revenue is estimated to be over $1.3
trillion (2007). A few well-known names in the telecom sector are Sprint, Cable & Wireless,
Telstra, AT&T, China Telecom and Reliance Communications. These companies and several
other similar industries are conventionally known as ‘Communication Service Providers’
(CSPs). They cater to a wide variety of cross sectional industry sectors – be it IT, Bio-
technology, Health Care, Manufacturing and even a residential consumer.

SAP leverages its solutions for CRM, asset life cycle management, supply chain
management and financials to address the business needs. Built-in adapters connect all SAP
modules to enable users to extract the data needed to accomplish their respective
processes. If necessary, SAP also offers open-ended integration tools with other systems to
connect and complete the processes.

A customer life cycle process in a telecom industry can be broadly classified as – Pre-Sales,
Sales, Order Administration & Provisioning, and Customer Support.

All individual sub-functions can be grouped into each of the above processes to understand
the requirement of IT tools / technology to effectively carry out the process. Depending
upon the business strategy and positioning, typically Pre-Sales starts with campaigns and
extends up to identifying prospective customers. However, telecom products are unique and
need to be bundled / configured to meet each customer requirement. Quotes will need to be
worked by a technical team. Upon the customer confirming the order, the provisioning team
works on order fulfillment and customer acceptance. They will give the necessary inputs to
the billing team to complete the billing process.

Then the customer support team takes over and makes itself available for any support
related issues / queries. Each of these processes will need robust tools to capture, share,
and for timely analysis of technical / business data to effectively carry out the business
functions. Multiple IT systems to meet the needs will add to the performance and
maintenance issues.
While the business process of each company varies with the business strategy and product
positioning, SAP captures the best business practice across the industry. SAP also
recommends implementing its ERP as much out-of-the box as possible to leverage the best
practice. This will enable quicker ROI to companies and easy to maintain or upgrade the
application later. The business process explained above relates to the best practice
approach for a CSP. Each business function, however, needs to be broken down into specific
units.

The customer has a choice of accessing through the Web, email, phone, partner or field
representative. During this prospecting process, SAP unifies multiple channels through
which the customer can access, thereby enabling sales or marketing personnel to get a 360-
degree view of the customer. This sharing of prospect or customer information is extremely
important from the point of view of new client acquisition. In addition to effectively
capturing the customer needs using the SAP CRM module, during proposal building stage,
each service can be combined or bundled with other products and sub-services.

This is where SAP’s product configuration and bundling come in handy. Price calculation can
be done faster using the pricing engine. This flexibility reduces the time to market and
addresses customer needs uniquely. Following the quote stage, once the customer
confirmation is received, contracts or agreements can be captured in SAP and order
processing commenced. Order types could vary among New / Change / Cancel / Add-on.
Each order type can be processed as per the data required and associated workflows. The
order status can then be tracked and once completed, the customer, service and contract
data will be sent to billing. The modules are integrated on the same SAP platform and hence
reduce redundancy.

In terms of customer support function, issues can be broadly categorised into Network
trouble tickets and Customer trouble tickets. The former is created by CSPs themselves
when there is a network outage and multiple customers on the network get affected.
Customer trouble tickets are those where there is a fault for a specific customer. In either
case, SAP CRM service module can address the issues and track the complete trouble ticket
cycle.

SAP also equips field service engineers with the knowledge base, based on historical
resolution cases. This will enable quicker resolutions and easier adaptability for new service
engineers. In case companies are looking for spare parts planning SAP has ready modules
to cater to.

With its rich functionality, SAP supports end-to-end business processes for a customer-
centric organisation. SAP solution maps recommend the best practice approach to meet the
varying demands of the industry and help companies to stay competitive in one of the most
dynamic markets.

The author is Principal Consultant of SAP practice with MindTree Consulting Limited,
Bangalore.
SAP Services Research Program
Segmentation
SAP Services Research Program, InDepth
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Segmentation
First of all, it is important to understand that our scope of investigation is purely on the
external market for SAP-related services. This excludes all SAP-related internal service
activities on the user side and performed by internal IT departments.
PAC’s reports on the SAP-related Services market analyze “Consulting & Systems
Integration Services” (C&SI), derived from PAC’s Project Services segmentation as well
as Hosting and Application Management Services, which reside in the IT Services
Market. SAP’s Software business falls in PAC’s Business Application Software
segmentation, to be found within the larger Application Software market. The following
definitions are intended to provide the reader with a better understanding of where the
SAP-related Services market exists, as illustrated below.
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SAP Products Segmentation
Definition
PAC’s SAP software products figures include only revenues generated from application
software licenses and maintenance / support fees, in addition to application-related
systems infrastructure software and tools, namely the SAP NetWeaver platform and BI
applications and tools.
SAP’s revenue results from “business applications.”
Business Application Software (BAS) consists of process-oriented applications that
include horizontal applications, such as financials, HRM, CRM, SCM as well as industryspecific
solutions, such as billing (telecom, utilities), core banking systems, etc.
Application software products are often sold as packaged solutions including hardware
and services, e.g. implementation services. The value of the hardware and services
resold is excluded if it can be determined. All related revenues from implementation
services (consulting, implementation / customization, training) are booked as consulting &
systems integration services revenues.
Please note that we consider highly verticalized Systems Infrastructure Software and
Tools as Application Software Products in some industries, as they really are at the core
of the respective applications. This applies in particular to software products dedicated to
the telecom sector in areas like billing, telecom network management or platforms for
enhanced services. For example, telecom network management clearly is an application
area for a telecom operator, while traditional systems and network management software
products are designed to help run an IT system and as such are considered as Systems
Infrastructure Software by PAC.
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Segments & Sub-Segments
Business Applications
Horizontal Business Applications:
Accounting & Finance
Supply Chain Management, Distribution & Purchasing
Human Resources Management
CRM / Sales Management / Sales Force Automation
Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement
Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Asset Management
BI Reporting and Decisional Tools (front-end)
Vertical Business Applications:
All industries need specific vertical business applications. Below you find some
examples:
Manufacturing: Material Requirements Planning, Quality Management, Manufacturing
Execution Systems
Banking: Account Management, Payment Transactions, Credit Management Systems
Insurance: Policy and Product Management, Claims Management, Commissions and
Partner Management
Public: Tax & Revenue Management, Grant Management, Hospitals, Patient
Management
Telecom / Utilities: Billing / Metering, Network Maintenance Management
Retail & Wholesale: Points of Sale, Merchandising
Services: Services Automation
Transport: Booking Systems, Traffic Control Systems
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Consulting & Systems Integration (C&SI) Services Segmentation
This sub-category is derived from PAC’s project services segment and includes:
IT Consulting;
Systems Integration.
Furthermore, PAC considers only the portion of Consulting Services that is Business
Application Software-related (BAS-related), and of that SAP-related, as follows.
IT Consulting
� Planning, specification, and design of information systems;
� IT-related process consulting.
According to PAC’s segmentation, it includes purely IT-related services (audit of the
information system, design, selection of technologies and products, etc.), but also the
"process consulting" (Business Process Reengineering – BPR, change management and
similar services) part of IT projects such as ERP implementation projects.
- In terms of technology, application-related IT consulting services relate to:
Application software products (custom development or packaged software);
Application-related tools: BI, development tools, integration platforms, workflow,
content management, etc.
- In terms of services, application-related IT consulting includes:
Consulting on the organization of information systems: all preliminary services,
such as studies prior to the development and / or implementation of new
applications, the overhaul of processes and procedures involving information
technology, preparation of changes in application systems, etc.;
Consulting on the selection / implementation of application software and
packages: it covers consulting on horizontal application software products, such
as enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management
(CRM), supply chain management (SCM), human resources management
(HRM), etc., and vertical application software products, such as points of sale,
core banking systems, etc.;
Assistance in miscellaneous project management tasks: support for all projects
involving vertical or horizontal applications, change management, governance, IT
suppliers relationship management, etc.;
Also includes process and application-related consulting services in industrial
information systems, control / command / supervision, simulation, and embedded
software in the areas of defense, transport, energy, telecommunications, etc.
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Systems Integration
This segment includes the following services:
� Custom software development;
� Packaged software implementation;
� Integration of applications and infrastructure products.
Important: this category includes both types of IT services invoiced on a Time & Material
(also known as T&M, contract staff, staff augmentation, body shopping, etc.) basis as well
as on a fixed-time / fixed-price basis.
Application-related Systems Integration
- In terms of technology, application-related services relate to:
Application software products (custom development or packaged software);
Application-related tools: BI, development tools, integration platforms, workflow,
content management, etc.
- In terms of services, application-related systems integration includes:
Design / development of customized management information systems or
applications;
Design / development / implementation of package-based information systems or
applications (ERP, CRM, etc.);
Maintenance of applications (customized or package-based) on time & material
contracts;
Integration projects for customized and package-based applications;
Also includes application-related systems integration services in industrial
information systems, control / command / supervision, simulation, and embedded
software in the areas of defense, transport, energy, telecommunications, etc.
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Outsourcing Services Segmentation
According to PAC’s segmentation, outsourcing is characterized by:
Long-term contracts (3 to 10 years or even more);
Often takeover of the outsourcing customer’s assets (human resources and / or
infrastructure) by the outsourcer;
Takeover of responsibility by the supplier: performance of defined services,
fulfillment of defined service level agreements – not only provision of staff and / or
infrastructure;
Payment: still very often on a fixed-price basis, but modular in order to respond to
the changes in customers' requirements. Payment conditions are increasingly
variable, e.g. dependent on the degree of utilization (keyword: “outsourcing on
demand”). Additionally, the price may also be based on non-IT measurements
(“business metrics“).
However, these criteria do not necessarily apply to all kinds of outsourcing services.
Exceptions are, e.g., managed services / outtasking (normally no transfer of assets
and / or staff), Web hosting or application service providing (ASP) / Software as a Service
(SaaS) (often at short notice, no transfer of assets and / or staff, payment often based on
a “pay-per-use” model).
Hosting Services
Application Hosting – hosting of an application, including server / mainframe and basic
system operation, but excluding application management.
Application Management Services (AM)
Application management (AM) describes the maintenance and enhancement of existing
applications (custom development and / or customized software products), sometimes
even their initial development, under a long-term (multi-year) contract with a commitment
to fulfilling pre-defined service level agreements (SLAs) on a fixed-price basis. Often, staff
is transferred.
Please note: PAC considers “stand-alone application management” as well as AM
embedded in complete or application outsourcing deals to be included in the respective
segments.
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Overview Segmentation
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