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Association of Competitive Telecom Operators Introduction

ACTO is an industry association body formed by several leading nonintegrated long distance carriers that predominately provide service to the Enterprise market segment. Its members provide enterprise services to multi-sited corporations, Indian BPO outsourcing and ITES sector operating global networks. ACTO is committed to further Indias pro-competitive policies and to partner closely with DoT and Regulator to enhance the stakeholders engagement with the specific needs of the enterprise segment. ACTO is a registered entity under Societies Registration Act.

Aims & Objectives


To represent the stand alone long distance telecom operators / carriers industry to government and regulatory bodies. To promote best practice regulations to reflect the dynamism of the long distance telecom data services sector. To promote regulatory certainty for investor confidence and consumer benefit. To partner with the national and international organizations, Governments, regulators, stakeholders to further the interest of Industry segment. To advocate for rationalization of Licensing and Regulatory framework to march with the technological developments.

Association of Competitive Telecom Operators 601, Nirmal Tower, 26, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001 Tele: +91-11-43565353, +91-11-43575353, Fax: +91-11-43515353

Office Bearers
Designation
President Vice-President General Secretary Joint Secretary Treasurer Director

Name
Satya N Gupta Naveen Tandon Rajesh Ballal Manoj Misra Priya Mahajan S C Saxena

Activities
ACTO, through its members, would bring in International best practices for Enterprise Services to Indian telecom market. It aims to herald a new era of sophistication in serving the Enterprise customers and urging the policy maker and regulators to formulate policies which will enhance Indians reputation as a global destination for investment. One of ACTOs early initiatives has been to draw the Governments and the Regulators attention to the special needs of the global enterprise customers, both Indian and global multi-sited companies. ACTO also plans to work with policy makers and regulators to fully integrate the impact of changing technology and new services on Indians licensing and regulatory regime. To begin with ACTO members have already made a high level presentation about its objectives and major issues to DOT which was well received at highest level.

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Sectoral Outlook Indian Enterprise Market


Enterprise data sector offers a huge opportunity as can be seen from the following table:

Activity
Long Distance Voice Local Voice IP Access Packet Private Line VPN Ethernet Managed Business VOIP Managed IP Telephony Hosting Services Content Distribution Application Services Security Continuity and Recovery Managed Storage Outsource Task Contact Center Business Wireless

2008 2009
2509 679 561 30 729 383 35 88 47 152 15 166 104 15 38 1515 18 1052 2502 650 596 29 830 423 61 102 62 199 18 244 126 23 54 1861 21 1313

2010
2505 630 634 27 864 448 85 117 70 254 22 364 148 34 51 2241 24 1518

2011
2512 616 673 25 908 468 120 140 64 317 26 545 171 43 59 2649 27 1695

Total (US$ million)

8,136

9,076

10,037

11,057

Source: Various Industry Estimates

Association of Competitive Telecom Operators 601, Nirmal Tower, 26, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001 Tele: +91-11-43565353, +91-11-43575353, Fax: +91-11-43515353

Members
The ACTO membership currently constitutes dedicated enterprise service providers who have been recently licensed after liberalization of long distance segment. The members are:

AT&T Global Network Services India Private Limited

BT Global Services India

Cable & Wireless Network India Private Limited

Orange Business Services, (Equant India)

Verzion Communication India Private Limited

Pacific Internet India (P) Ltd. (Pacnet)

Citycom Networks Pvt. Ltd

ACTOs membership is open to all those telecom companies who primarily focus as dedicated enterprise service providers and wish to participate in the development of Indias enterprise telecommunications structure are welcome to reach out to ACTO secretariat.

Association of Competitive Telecom Operators 601, Nirmal Tower, 26, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001 Tele: +91-11-43565353, +91-11-43575353, Fax: +91-11-43515353

Secretariat
S C Saxena, Director 601, Nirmal Tower, 26, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place New Delhi-110 001 Tel. No. +91-11-43575353; Mobile: +91-9818885588 e-mail: info@acto.in web: www.acto.in

Fees Structure for Membership

Membership Type Ordinary Membership


(Companies having NLD/ILD License and predominantly in Enterprise business)

Membership Fee Processing Fee : INR 100,000 Annual Fee : INR 400,000 Processing Fee : INR 100,000 Annual Fee : INR 50,000 NA

Associate Membership
(For vendors / customer companies having business relationship with ACTO or its members. Not for companies having telecom license)

Honorary Membership(Based on the sole


discretion of ACTO)

Service Tax would be extra as applicable. Please print the accompanying membership form on your Company Letter Head.

Association of Competitive Telecom Operators 601, Nirmal Tower, 26, Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi 110001 Tele: +91-11-43565353, +91-11-43575353, Fax: +91-11-43515353

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