Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Information technology and telecommunications

India is world famous for its great potential in the sector of the Technology Division Information and Communication Technology (ICT). It is one of the leading countries in the ranking of countries with greater number of qualified engineers, becoming the third-largest reserve labor highly competitive technology.

It is expected an annual growth of the ICT sector of between 25 and 30% over the next five years, reaching a value of 60,000 million dollars in 2010. This increase is based on the exports of this sector representing about 80%, and in the agreements reached between Indian and foreign companies, who are expected to continue outsourced software services in India.

The following companies SENSEX constituents and belonging to the ICT sector will be analyzed in the coming posts:

Infosys Technologies Limited

Satyam Computer Services Limited

Tata Consultancy Services Limited

Wipro Limited

The telecommunications industry, is the second in terms of attracting investment foreign concerns, after the energy sector. It is expected a big increase in investment in this sector, especially in basic telephony, satellite communication services, digital and other value added services. India is positioned as the second largest market in As for mobile phones, after China.

The largest provider of telephone services, member of the index, will be discussed Also in coming posts:

Bharti Airtel Limited

Companies in Sensex

The 30 companies that comprise the SENSEX and that will be explored below, are the

following:

Company - sector 

Associated Cement Companies Ltd. Cement

Bajaj Auto Ltd-Automotive

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd-Capital goods

Bharti Tele Ventures Ltd-Telecommunications

Cipla Ltd-Pharmacy

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd-Pharmacy

Grasim Industries Ltd-Miscellaneous

Gujarat Ambuja Cements Ltd.-Cement

HDFC-Financial

HDFC Bank Ltd.-Financial

Hero Honda Motors Ltd.-Automotive

Hindalco Industries Ltd-Metallurgy

Hindustan Lever Ltd-FMCG

ICICI Bank Ltd-Financial

Infosys Technologies Ltd-Information Technology

ITC Ltd-FMCG

Larsen & Toubro Limited-Capital goods

Maruti Udyog Ltd-Automotive

National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd- Energy

ONGC Ltd-Fuel and Gas

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd-Pharmacy

Reliance Energy Ltd-Energy

Reliance Industries Ltd-Fuel and Gas

Satyam Computer Services Ltd-Information Technology

State Bank of India-Financial

Tata Consultancy Services Limited-Information Technology

Tata Motors Ltd-Automotive

Tata Power Co. Ltd-Energy

Tata Steel Ltd-Metallurgy

Wipro Ltd-Information Technology