# Semiconductors and Telecommunications

Telecommunications buys from Semiconductors; telecommunications depends on semiconductors.

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[Semiconductors](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/semiconductors/) (industry) and [Telecommunications](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/telecom/) (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.