Euro India collaboration in telecommunications opportunities and road blocks

Abstract

With the opening of the Indian telecom sector in the overall context of favourable policies for foreign direct investment, changing telecom technologies and aspirations to develop a telecom sector on par with the best in the world, new opportunities for collaboration have been created. There are opportunities for offering both new products and services. The foreign companies can even support research and development to gain advantage mutually. With their earlier association with Indian telecom sector the European companies can exploit this opportunity. The object of this paper is to discuss the scope for Euro India Collaboration in the telecommunication sector in India. We try to visualize the opportunities and road blocks for the European companies as they shape their strategies in the face of competition from the Japanese and American companies in bidding for a share of the telecom pie in India. It is argues that the earlier experience of European companies in India could be an entry facilitator but they need to be more competitive and customer oriented in their strategy than before. In some cases they need to rebuild their credibility.