Telecom Sector MTNL

Index

3MTNL EYES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH SINGAPORE TELECOM �

SignTel

SingTel Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. 4

Strategic Analysis 6

Porter's Five Forces 6

Porters Five Forces Analysis 7

SWOT ANALYSIS 9

12The Financial Analysis �

12Income Statement �

14Cash Flow Statements �

16Ratio Analysis �

21Prospective Analysis (Projections) �

24Credit Analysis �

�26Net Present Value (Valuation) �

MTNL

Mahanager Telephone Nigam Ltd. 27

Strategic Analysis 29

Porter's Five Forces 29

SWOT ANALYSIS 30

The Financial Analysis 32

Income Statement 32

Cash Flow Statements 33

Ratio Analysis 34

Prospective Analysis (Projections) 37

Credit Analysis 40

42Net Present Value(Valuation) �

Abridged Comparison of SingTel and MTNL42 �

Biblliography42 �

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September 16, 1999. Indian Express

Source: http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19990917/fco17029p.html

MTNL EYES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH SINGAPORE TELECOM

Singapore, Sept 16: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) is eyeing "strategic partnerships" with Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) in several areas although an equity partnership in its cellular venture is ruled out for the moment, says chairman and managing director S Rajagopalan.

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Partnerships could range from marketing cellular services, billing, customer care, leasing satellite space and even production of yellow pages in which SingTel is an acknowledged success, he said. "Today, my licence prevents me from going for a joint venture partnership in the cellular network. The safer thing is to have some kind of strategic partnership where people can bring their strengths together. Good partnerships are possible. SingTel is keen (on a tie-up), but it's a question of sharing (revenue). We need to work it out." Rajagopalan said.

MTNL is also interested in seeing if it could repeat SingTel's success in using ADSL technology to extend the bandwidth on its huge copper network, he added.

Rajagopalan said MTNL was having "serious problems" with its directory printing and had hence decided to go for global tenders. SingTel on the other hand,