Exciting portends
There is a lot of excitement in the global mobile communication business. Technological advancements that were effected in the past decade have borne fruit. Today one person amongst every twenty in the world uses a mobile phone.

Editorial
A single percent increase in the telephone density of the country sets off a three per cent growth in the GDP. Policy makers need to keep this at the back of their minds. And the telephone density includes mobile phones.

Cell Trivia
Many inventions are attributed to trivial incidents or have strange beginnings. For a business that deals with connecting people, the beginning was extremely apt.

Mobile revolution unveils
Radio or sending voice on the air without wires, was developed in the 1890’s. The "walkie talkie", developed in the late 1930’s, was one of the first practical applications of mobile communications.

Talking about the new generation
Coming generations would be confounded by the thought that people needed wires to connect telephone lines. They would not be able to digest the fact that phones needed to remain fixed and people needed to change their settings according to the telephone location.

US -- Lessons from the leader
A recent survey by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) revealed that the average cellular monthly bill in mid-1999 was around $40, half of that a decade ago.

Cell phone magic rings in Europe
The players in the European market have the effrontery to claim that growth in mobile communications in this region would not only outpace the fixed line growth but also overtake it.

Asian tigers burning bright
Asia is a market of contrasts. While there are umpteen countries that offer very little in the name of mobile services, some provide remarkable services. Still others have staggering growth rates in mobile connectivity.

For those who dare to dream
Jiteshbhai, a trader from south Mumbai, commutes from a far-away suburb in Mumbai and sports a sleek Nokia 5110 handset and has two calling cards. One, he explains with great verve, is a regular calling card and the other a pre-paid one, which he can pick up from any decent grocery store.

A dream that went bankrupt
It was during the Kargil battle that many Indians noticed the wonder world of satellite telecommunications (Satcom). Many battle-scarred soldiers were able to speak with their near and dear ones using Iridium phones.

Brothers in arms
Apple Computers and the Betamax technology for video cassettes have one thing in common. Both were great products and technologies, that were extremely user-friendly, and both could not dent the market as was expected.

Smartly staying ahead in the race
Agrani, literally means ‘staying ahead’ in Sanskrit. And that’s exactly what the Subhash Chandra promoted ASC Enterprises intends to do with its Agrani project.