About Us

Tonse Telecom is a strategy consulting organization that was founded in 2005. Over the years, the company has delivered strategy consulting in wireless, satellite, telecom and other sectors to start-ups, government agencies, regulators, large and small enterprises worldwide.

Tonse Telecom has to date successfully delivered over 160 consulting projects including M&A advisory, competitive intelligence, RFP, technology business plans, industry whitepapers, strategic roadmaps, product feature development, marketing and evangelization to world’s top companies, incubators, venture capitalists, policy agencies, industry bodies and service providers.

Company Profile

About Sridhar Pai Tonse, founder and CEO

Sridhar T. Pai is CEO and founder of Tonse Telecom (www.tonsetelecom.com), a research, analysis and consulting organization focusing on the Indian telecom sector since 2005. Under his leadership Tonse Telecom became the foremost player in consulting and advisory space for the market for the telecom sector with over 150 consulting projects delivered:

              • Product business plans and feasibility studies
              • Multiple third-party market and tech diligence services delivered.
              • Business Plans for investment community including VC, PE, startup incubators, accelerators, angels, corporate funds
              • Reports for industry associations such as Wi-Fi Alliance, WiMAX Forum, GSMA, regulatory agencies, policy makers
              • Strategy and advisory services for telecom carriers, MNO, ISPs, content players, handset firms, VAS businesses and infrastructure players in the sector.
                • Market Sizing: Handset Bundling, VAS, Missed Calls, Hosted IBS, IM messaging, Aerostat Feasibility, 3G dialer, 4G Small Cells, Spectrum Consulting, Unlicensed Wi-Fi, Hosted PBX, Global IP Trunking, MNP Core Router, Neutral Host, MVNO, IoT in Manufacturing, 4G LTE Test lab and several others.
                • In 2017, Sridhar focused his attention on creating an audio learning tool for rural children (www.isparkinnovations.net) which has since deployed over 100k learning tools for deprived school children in India.
                • Sridhar currently coaches start-up entrepreneurs, and shares his learnings.
                • Connect with Sridhar on LinkedIn, Twitter. Follow his writing here
                • Check out his profile here