TTML Organization
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML) spearheads the Tata Group's presence in the telephony sector in the telecom circles of Maharashtra and Goa, and Mumbai.
TTML commenced landline operations in 1998 and today has the largest wireline base in Mumbai and Maharashtra amongst all private operators, with over half a million subscribers, and around 50% market share. It commenced full mobility wireless services on the CDMA-1X platform in 2004-5, and has over 7.5 million wireless subscribers today, with around 14% market share. It is also a market leader in wireless data cards, with its pioneering Plug2Surf 1-X data cards and its recent launch of express wireless broadband services with Photon+.
TTML’s network has been rated as the only congestion-free network across Maharashtra and Mumbai in 3 consecutive reports issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). TTML has also recently been rated the No.1 wireless telecom service provider in terms of overall customer satisfaction across Mumbai and Maharashtra in independent studies commissioned by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
The Company has been responsible for a number of innovations over the years, including its market introductions last year of 1 GB memory USB wireless modems, the world’s first CDMA AM/FM Radio Phone, the Ganesha-motif Sumukha phone, the launch of the Novatium sub-$100 PC in Mumbai, and, for the first time, a 100 Mbps to the home ethernet-based broadband service.
Leveraging its high quality buried fibre Next Generation Network extending over 1500 kms in Mumbai, TTML recently announced its vision for Digital MumbaiTM – broadband anytime, anywhere in Mumbai city.
The Company has also been allocated GSM spectrum recently, and will be launching GSM services in Mumbai and Maharashtra shortly. The GSM network will re-use to a large extent the robust and reliable infrastructure already developed for the Company’s CDMA services.
With the full portfolio of products and services required by different categories of retail and enterprise consumers, and an excellent network backed by good customer care, TTML is well positioned to lead the market in the years ahead.
The Company is listed on the BSE and the NSE, and has over 600,000 shareholders. Its revenues for the fiscal 2008-9 were in excess of Rs 2000 Crores, with an EBIDTA of around 29%.
