Key facts about Indian Telecom Sector: 

• World's second-largest mobile phone users base with over 950 mn.
• World's fourth-largest Internet users with over 121 million.
• PwC : the Indian telecom sector will provide employment to as many as one crore people by 2012.
• World's most competitive and one of the fastest growing telecom markets.
• The total revenue of the Indian telecom sector grew by 7% to 283,207 crore (US$53.81 billion) for 2010-11 financial year, while revenues from telecom equipment segment stood at 117,039 crore (US$22.24 billion).
• The industry is expected to reach a size of 344,921 crore (US$65.53 billion) by 2012 at a growth rate of over 26 per cent.

Why Telecom Management ?   Gateway to the fastest growing industry "Telecom"   Develop cross functional skills for leadership roles. Telecom Management is a unique programs and offered by only 23 Universities across the world.    Better career opportunity in booming telecom field with higher pay package. Freedom to choose jobs in wide variety of areas: Technology: Network planning, Enterprise networking, security, CDMA, GSM, 3G, Wimax etc Management: Marketing, Operations, HR, Finance, Business Consulting, etc Techno-management areas: Pre-sales, Product development, Program management, Project management, OSS/BSS consulting, Telecom consulting, Telecom regulation, International voice trading etc        Gain skills to design networks, establish or influence policy making, technology adoption and standards decisions, create cost models for new technology implementations, grasp the organizational and user implications of networking systems.      Interdisciplinary program which covers technology, business-management and regulation.    Gain a clear picture of the telecommunications market and its future direction.  Develop understanding of telecom operations from the management, finance, legal and regulatory perspectives.      Participate in techno-commercial decision making.