| As per a recent study on corporate investments by | | | | telecom sector is among the most growing sectors in |
| the Reserve Bank of India, the investment in | | | | the country. |
| infrastructure is higher at 53 per cent of the cost in | | | | The automobiles sector in the country has witnessed |
| FY'10 as compared to the 45 per cent in FY'09. | | | | an upsurge due to the burgeoning middle class. The |
| Power and telecom accounted for over half of the | | | | car sales have increased and India's automobile sector |
| cost of all projects. The total investment in the | | | | is likely to become the top ten markets for the |
| infrastructure sector stood at Rs 2,95,805 crore in | | | | company globally by 2011. India's automobiles sector is |
| FY'10. | | | | an emerging favorite investment destination for |
| Among the segments of infrastructure sector, the | | | | automobiles manufacturers. |
| power sector attracted the maximum investment to | | | | In the tractor segment in the automobile sector, |
| the amount of Rs 1,68,326 crore, telecom at Rs | | | | Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) has become the |
| 1,17,689 crore, metal and metal products at Rs 1,12, 732 | | | | world's top tractor company by selling a record of 1.59 |
| crore, construction at Rs 47, 636 crore and mining and | | | | lakh tractors in 2009 and surpassed John Deere of the |
| quarrying at Rs 14, 009 crore. | | | | US. |
| A lot of corporate investment was witnessed in | | | | The growing Indian Telecommunications network is the |
| metals and metal products with a share of 20.3 per | | | | second largest in the world with more than 621 million |
| cent, followed by construction projects and cement | | | | users. The Liberalization process in India primarily |
| among the various infrastructure segments. | | | | allowed various private telecom players for value |
| The investment was predominantly directed towards | | | | added service and later on with the growing Indian |
| the power sector. The infrastructure sector also | | | | Economy, India is one of the manufacturing hubs for |
| observed a continued thrust on public private | | | | many Telecom Companies. An attractive trade and |
| partnership according to the study and had a positive | | | | investment policy and lucrative incentives for foreign |
| impact on stimulating investment in power, telecom and | | | | collaborations have made India the most attractive |
| construction projects in the infrastructure sector. | | | | markets for the telecom equipment suppliers and |
| India's telecom sector witnessed an increase in user | | | | service providers. |
| base by 17.98 million users in June 2010. The telephone | | | | The telecom sector in India has undergone a major |
| subscriber base in the country's telecom sector went | | | | process of transformation with significant policy |
| up to 671.69 million. India's telecom sector is one of the | | | | reforms. India offers an unprecedented opportunity for |
| largest telecom markets in the world and is estimated | | | | infrastructure vendors, telecom service operators, |
| to touch 700 million subscribers by 2012. As per the | | | | manufacturers and associated services companies. A |
| Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the | | | | host of factors are contributing to enlarged |
| number of telephone subscriber base in the Indian | | | | opportunities for growth and investment in the Indian |
| telecom sector stood at 653.92 million as on May 31, | | | | telecom sector. However, the Indian Telecom market |
| 2010 thereby recording an increase of 2.49 per cent | | | | is yet to reach many geographical locations, there are |
| from 638.05 million in April 2010. Recently, the telecom | | | | yet load of opportunities for more and more telecom |
| infrastructure firm Quippo-WTTIL has signed a deal | | | | operators to invest in the Indian Telecom Sector. |
| with IBM to provide technical support. The Indian | | | | |