- Mobile service was first launched in the country on July 31, 1995
- Modi Telstra became the first company in the country to launch this service
- The first call was made from Kolkata to Delhi
Mobile phones in India are 25 years old. Mobile service was first launched in India on July 31, 1995. Launched in 1995, the service has reached millions of people in India today. Mobile phones have changed since then. At the time it was used only for talking, now it is used for many things including study, shopping, banking and address finding. Its journey from PCO to India 25 years ago has now reached the pockets of the people. Let's know 25 years of mobile journey ....
Modi Telstra launched this service
Modi Telstra launched its first mobile service in India. At the time, the company named the service Mobile Net. Nokia's handsets were used to bring the service to the masses. After Modi Telstra, Spill Telecom also started this service.
The first call was made from Kolkata to Delhi
The first mobile call in the country was made on July 31, 1995. Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu launched the mobile net service 25 years ago. He made the first call from Kolkata to Union Communications Minister Sukhram in Delhi. The Nokia handset (2110) was used to make this call.
Also had to pay for incoming calls
Incoming calls were also charged with outgoing 25 years ago. The customer had to pay Rs 16 per minute for outgoing calls and Rs 8 per minute for incoming calls. At that time, one had to pay Rs 4,900 to buy a mobile phone. In the 5 years since the service started, only 1 million customers have been created.
Incoming calls became free in 2003
The CPP (Calling Party Page) principle was applied in 2003. That means mobile incoming calls were made free. At the same time, the charge for incoming calls on landlines was reduced to Rs 1.20 per minute. This led to an increase in the number of customers.
3G entered in 2008 and 4G in 2012
In the year 2009, 3G technology made a splash in the world of networks. The data transfer speed of this technology is 21 mbps, which is much higher compared to 2G. 4G was launched in the year 2012 and now preparations for 5G are underway in India.
TRAI was established in 1997
TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) was established in 1997 by the government to protect the rights of consumers and to monitor healthy competition in companies. This improves telecom service and also controls things other than mobile number portability.
More than 50 crore smartphone users in India
More than 500 million people in India are now using smartphones. This is an increase of 15 percent compared to 2018. According to market research firm techARC, the number of smartphone users in India has reached 50.22 crore by December 2019.
Pager before mobile
Telecom was launched on July 31, 1995, but the pager service was also launched two months earlier, on March 16. This small device had one-way conversations. The sender's message was received in writing by the person in front. We can compare it with the telegram. In mobile communication there was a two-way conversation with voice. Because of mobile, pagers have only existed for a few years.
