Telecommunications Consultants India

Telecommunications Consultants India Limited
Company typeCentral Public Sector Undertaking
Headquarters
New Delhi
,
India[1]
Area served
Worldwide [2]
Key people
OwnerDepartment of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India
Websitewww.tcil.net.in

Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL) is a central public sector undertaking. It is under the ownership of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India. It was set up in 1978 to give consultations in fields of Telecommunications to developing countries around the world. Started with an initial investment of 10lakh.[4] TCIL is present in almost 80 countries, mainly in the Middle East, Africa and Europe.[5][6]

It has executed E-governance projects, GSM systems, optical fibre on power transmission lines, VSAT networks and radio trunking projects.[4] It diversified into civil works also. In 2012, the standalone net worth of the company was 420 crore.[7] It is a Miniratna company under the Ministry of Communications & IT. In 2010-2011 financial year, the turnover of the company was 1833 crore.[8]

Pan-African e-Network project for Tele-medicine and Tele-education was implemented by the company on a turnkey basis. It provides training activities in the field of Telecomm and IT.[9] TCIL has 959 employees as on 25 June 2021.[10]

  1. ^ "Contact Us - TCIL". tcil.net.in.
  2. ^ "Presence- TCIL". tcil.net.in.
  3. ^ "Board Of Directors". TCIL. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b "TCIL likely to sell stake in Hexacom to Bharti Tele". The Hindu Business Line. New Delhi, India. 5 January 2004.
  5. ^ "Telecommunications Consultants India Limited". TCIL. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ^ Parbat, Kalyan (7 February 2013). "Government considering divesting 10% stake in Telecom Consultants of India Ltd". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  7. ^ "Acquisition of 60% shares of TCIL Saudi Co. Ltd. from NESMA Group to make it a 100% owned subsidiary company of TCIL". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. ^ "TCIL pays Rs. 4.32 cr. dividend to government". The Hindu. India. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  9. ^ "TCIL: Connecting the world". Hindustan Times. New Delhi, India. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  10. ^ "TCIL". Retrieved 25 June 2021.