First city to introduce Telephone service in India is Kolkata.
First city to introduce cell phone service in India is Kolkata
The first telephone exchange in the country was set up in Mumbai.
The first automatic telephone exchange in India was set up in Shimla (1914).
TELEX is Teleprinter Exchange.
EPABX is Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange.
The largest Telecom Company in India is BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd).
BSNL was established in 2000.
Motto of BSNL is Connecting India.
Headquarters of BSNL is at New Delhi.
The mobile service provided by BSNL is Cellone (2002).
The cities where the services of BSNL are not provided are Mumbai and Delhi.
The telecom company that provides services to Mumbai and Delhi are MTNL (Maha Nagar Telephone Nigam Ltd).
MTNL was established in 1986 April 1.
World Telecommunication Day is May 17.
World Television Day is November 21.
Headquarters of MTNL is at New Delhi.
Mobile phone Service provided by MTNL is Dolphin.
The first company provides Internet Service in India is VSNL (Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd).
VSNL provided Internet Service in the year, 1995.
VSNL was established in the year, 1986.
Headquarters of VSNL is at Mumbai.
First Company to introduce mobile phone in the World is Motorola.
Father of mobile phone is Martin Cooper.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was first introduced in the City, Rohtak (Haryana). MNP was introduced in Haryana in 2010 November 25. MNP facility has been nationally launched on January 20, 2011.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
The independent regulator of the telecommunication business in India is TRAI.
TRAI was established in 1997.
Headquarters of TRAI is at New Delhi.
First chairman of TRAI is S.S. Sodhi.
Present Chairman of TRAI is Rahul Khullar.
3G and 4G
3G service in India was introduced in 2008 December 11.
The first city to introduce 3G service in India is New Delhi.
The first company to provide 3G service in India :MTNL
First city in kerala to introduce 3G service is Calicut.
4G service in India was launched in 2012.
The first city to introduce 4G service in India is Kolkata.
The first company that provided 4G Service in India is Airtel.
New Telecom Policy 2012 provides nationwide free roaming and keep their phone numbers even if they switch service providers anywhere in the country with the nationwide intra circle MNP.
Sam Pitroda
Father of Indian Telecommunication Revolution
The first chairman of Telecom Commission
First chairman of World Tel Limited
Chairman of National knowledge Commission (from 2005 to 2009)
Founder of National Innovation Council
Book : Vision, Values and velocity
The first indian to get the World Telecommunication and information Society Award from International Tele Communication Union (ITU).
Telegraph
Telegram Service was introduced in India in 1851.
First Telegraph line was started between Kolkata - Diamond Harbour (1851).
The Telegraph Service was discontinued from 15th July 2013.
Terms related to Telephone
STD - Subscriber Trunk Dialing
ISD - International Subscriber Dialing
NSD - National Subscriber Dialing
TELEX - Teleprinter Exchange
WIMAX - Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access
