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Construction and infrastructure and Telecommunications

Telecommunications buys from Construction and infrastructure; telecommunications depends on construction and infrastructure.

Construction and infrastructure (industry) and Telecommunications (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹4.2 per ₹100 · Telecommunications buys from Construction and infrastructure

Telecommunications buys goods or services from Construction and infrastructure; counted through every round of supply, ₹4.2 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹4.2 of every ₹100 of Telecommunications output, all rounds
  • ₹2.4 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Construction and infrastructure → Telecommunications

2 of the enterprise types in Telecommunications depend on construction and infrastructure.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Tower and passive-infrastructure companies: site building and foundations (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Network construction and fibre-rollout contractors: civil works (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.