# Metal products and Telecommunications

Telecommunications buys from Metal products; telecommunications depends on metal products.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/metal-products-and-telecommunications/

[Metal products](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/metal_products/) (industry) and [Telecommunications](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/telecom/) (industry): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Buys from

*Physical flow · ₹0.8 per ₹100 · Telecommunications buys from Metal products*

Telecommunications buys goods or services from Metal products; counted through every round of supply, ₹0.8 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

- **₹0.8** of every ₹100 of Telecommunications output, all rounds
- **₹0.1** bought directly

### 2. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Metal products → Telecommunications*

2 of the enterprise types in Telecommunications depend on metal products.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Optical fibre and cable makers: armour and strength members (criticality 3 of 5)
- Tower and passive-infrastructure companies: fabricated tower steel (criticality 3 of 5)

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