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Semiconductors and Telecommunications

Telecommunications buys from Semiconductors; telecommunications depends on semiconductors.

Semiconductors (industry) and Telecommunications (industry): 2 relationships.

How they are linked

1. Buys from

Physical flow · ₹5.4 per ₹100 · Telecommunications buys from Semiconductors

Telecommunications buys goods or services from Semiconductors; counted through every round of supply, ₹5.4 of each ₹100 of its output goes to them (OECD input-output tables, India 2022).

  • ₹5.4 of every ₹100 of Telecommunications output, all rounds
  • ₹3.2 bought directly

2. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 5 of 5 · Semiconductors → Telecommunications

1 of the enterprise types in Telecommunications depend on semiconductors.

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Radio, core and transport equipment vendors: baseband and RF chips (criticality 5 of 5)

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