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contact us at:
Cellular Operators
Association of India
14, Bhai Veer Singh Marg,
New Delhi 110 001
Tel: + 91 11 2334 9275
Fax: + 91 11 2334 9276/77
Email: contact@coai.in |
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| History of Cellular Telephony in India |
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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 |
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1993 |
The telecom industry gets an annual foreign investment Rs 20.6 million |
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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. |
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1995 |
19 more telecom circles get mobile licenses |
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1995(August) |
Kolkata became the first metro to have a cellular network |
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1997 |
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is set up |
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1998 |
Annual foreign investment in telecom stands at Rs 17,756.4 million. |
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1999 |
FDI inflow into telecom sector falls by almost 90% to Rs. 2126.7 million |
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1999 |
Tariff rebalancing exercise gets initiated |
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1999(March) |
National Telecom Policy is announced. |
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2000(June) |
FDI inflow drops further down to Rs 918 million coming |
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2000 (January) |
Amendment of TRAI Act. |
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