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July 31, 1995: Today West Bengal Chief Minister made India's first cellular phone call, inaugurating Modi Telstra's MobileNet service in Calcutta.
History of Cellular Telephony in India
1992
Telecommunication sector in India liberalized to bridge the gap through government spending & to provide additional resources for the nation's telecom target. Private sector allowed participating
1993
The telecom industry gets an annual foreign investment Rs 20.6 million
1994
License for providing cellular mobile services granted by the government of India for the Metropolitan cites of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata & Chennai. Cellular mobile service to be duopoly (i.e. not more than two cellular mobile operators could be licensed in each telecom circle), under a fixed license fee regime for 10 years.
1995
19 more telecom circles get mobile licenses
1995(August)
Kolkata became the first metro to have a cellular network
1997
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is set up
1998
Annual foreign investment in telecom stands at Rs 17,756.4 million.
1999
FDI inflow into telecom sector falls by almost 90% to Rs. 2126.7 million
1999
Tariff rebalancing exercise gets initiated
1999(March)
National Telecom Policy is announced.
2000(June)
FDI inflow drops further down to Rs 918 million coming
2000 (January)
Amendment of TRAI Act.
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