…25 years ago on this day, the mobile phone rang for the first time in the country! These two talked

New Delhi. In today’s time, life without a mobile phone cannot be imagined. But 25 years ago, people used to manage their work without a mobile phone. If we talk about the present time, mobile phones have become the second largest telecom market in the world. Let us tell you that the foundation of the mobile revolution in India was laid on 31 July. On 31 July 1995, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu made the first mobile call to the then Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram.

Let us know some interesting facts related to the first mobile call in India…

Mobile service in India was started 25 years ago on 31st July 1995. On that day, the first call was made from a mobile phone in India. Which took the form of a revolution in the country. At that time, money was charged for incoming calls as well as outgoing calls.

The first conversation was from Kolkata to Delhi- Jyoti Basu made this call from Writers Building in Kolkata to Sanchar Bhavan in New Delhi. India’s first mobile operator company was Modi Telstra and its service was known as Mobile Net.

The first mobile call was made on this network. Modi Telstra was a joint venture between India’s Modi Group and Australia’s telecom company Telstra. This company was one of the 8 companies that got the license to provide cellular service in the country.

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Telecommunication in India has come a long way since 1995. It is believed that the number of mobile subscribers reached 50 lakhs within 5 years of the launch of mobile services. At the end of May 2015, the total number of telephone connections in the country crossed the one billion mark. But after this, this number increased manifold.

Money was charged even for incoming calls
It took time for mobile services to reach more people in India and the reason for this was the expensive call tariff. At the time of the launch of mobile networks, apart from outgoing calls, one had to pay for incoming calls as well. Initially, an outgoing call was charged up to Rs 16 per minute.

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