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A well-developed telecom sector is important for the growth of every country. The Telecom sector has been playing a vital role in the economic development of the country. Telecom sector plays crucial role in economic growth as well as development of various sector of an economy. In India telecom sector have shown tremendous growth after the liberalization. Many private company have entered in to the market which has created stiff competition in the market. All the telecom companies have to show superior performance to survive in the competitive market. In this paper an attempt is made to study the profitability analysis of public sector telecom companies in India. The objective is to study the profitability of public sector telecom companies i.e. BSNL and MTNL during the period 2012-2013 to 2016-2017. The study is based on the secondary data. The tools used are ratio analysis and anova test. This study examines the overall profitability and financial soundness of Indian public sector telecom companies. Analyzing the telecom companies overall profitability indices reveal that the performance of public sector telecom companies was very poor during the study period. The companies were having very limited growth with respect to the profitability which is mainly due to very high operating expenses and the huge competition in the sector. With the increasing competition in the telecom sector, profitability has become a greatest challenge to Indian public telecom companies. Both the public sector telecom companies should explore every possibility for improvement and increase the profitability to survive in the competitive market.