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On July 31, 1995, 25 years ago, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu (Chief of West Bengal Jyoti Basu), the first Mob from the then Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram …Read more
This day was held on mobile for the first time in the country
New Delhi. In today’s time, life cannot be imagined without a mobile phone. But 25 years ago, people used to run their work without a mobile phone. If we talk about the present time, then the mobile phone has become the second largest telecom market in the world. Let us know that on July 31, the foundation of the beginning of mobile revolution was laid in India. On July 31, 1995, the first mobile call was made by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal Jyoti Basu (Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram) at that time.
Let’s know some interesting things related to mobile calls for the first time in India ….
Mobile service in India started 25 years ago on 31 July 1995. For the first time in India, a call was made from mobile. Which took the shape of a revolution in the country. At that time, along with outgoing calls, they used to invest money for incoming calls.
The first thing was from Kolkata to Delhi- Jyoti Basu made this call from Kolkata’s Writers Building at Sanchar Bhawan in New Delhi. India’s first mobile operator company Modi was Telstra and its service was known as Mobile Net.
The first mobile call was made on this network. Modi was the joint venture of Telstra, India’s Modi Group and Australia’s telecom company Telstra. This company was one of the 8 companies that were licensed 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 by 5 years after the start of mobile service, the number of mobile subscribers reached 50 lakhs. In late May 2015, the total number of telephone connections in the country crossed one billion mark. But after this, this number increased manifold rapidly.
Incoming calls also used to make money
Mobile service in India took time to reach more people and the reason for this was expensive call tariff. In addition to outgoing calls at the start of mobile networks, incoming calls had to be paid. Initially, an outgoing call was charged up to Rs 16 per minute.