Market Study ICT Sector India. Edition October 2011. osec.ch
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UB City, Bengaluru - the IT hub of India
Title
Market Study – ICT Sector India.
Language
English
Number of pages
82
Author
Ms. Purnima Khandelwal, Director InI Consulting Pvt Ltd 400072 Mumbai / Maharashtra India http://www.iniconsulting.in
Pulisher
Swiss Business Hub India Osec Zurich Contact: Alberto Silini, +41 44 365 5151, exporthelp@osec.ch
Edition
October 2011
Copyright
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Content. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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SECTION I: OVERVIEW
2.8.2.
E-Governance
51
2.8.3.
Agriculture
53
2.8.4.
Bio-informatics
54
1.1.
India
4
1.2.
ICT in India
5
SECTION III: OPPORTUNITIES FOR SWISS SMEs
1.3.
Indian IT-ITES, BPO
6
3.
1.4.
Electronics Hardware
9
1.5.
Telecom
10
SECTION IV: ACCESSING INDIAN MARKET
58
1.6.
ICT Research & Development
11
4.1.
Investment Environment
58
1.7.
ICT Penetration and Scope in India
12
4.2.
Key Issues and Requirements
60
1.8.
ICT Clusters in India
13
1.9.
Growth Potential & Growth Drivers
Opportunities for Swiss SMEs
55
SECTION V: CONCLUSIONS
for ICT in India
14
1.10.
Government Policies and Initiatives
15
1.11.
Technology and Business priorities
5.
Conclusions
62
SECTION VI: Annexure & References
64
for ICT in India
16
6.1.
Network Readiness Index for India
64
1.12.
ICT- Emerging Technologies
17
6.2.
Country Data
66
1.12.1.
Cloud Computing
18
6.3.
Demographic Trends
67
1.12.2.
Business Intelligence
19
6.4.
Key Macro-level Risks
68
1.12.3.
Mobility
20
6.5.
Major challenges and concerns for
1.12.4.
Social Media
21
1.13.
Opportunities in Indian ICT Sector: Macro Outlook
ICT in FI are: 6.6.
E-governance projects initiated by government of India
70
6.7.
Fairs and Events
71
6.8.
Regulatory and Trade Bodies
72
22
SECTION II: SUB-SECTOR PROFILES 24
69
2.1.
Health Care
23
6.9.
Abbreviations
75
2.2.
Animation and Gaming
26
7.
List of Tables
80
2.2.1.
Animation
27
8.
List of Figures
81
2.2.2.
Gaming
28
2.3.
Education
29
2.4.
Manufacturing
34
2.5.
Telecom
36
2.6.
Finance, Banking and Insurance
41
2.7.
Security
44
2.7.1.
Electronic Security and Surveillance
45
2.7.2.
IT Security Solutions
46
2.8.
Others
49
2.8.1.
E-Commerce
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SECTION III. Opportunities for Swiss SMES SECTORS
KEY OPPORTUNITY
RELEVANCE FOR SWISS SMES
OBSERVATIONS
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