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Kolkata recalls the phone call that ushered in India's mobile revolution
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Before selfies. Before WhatsApp. Before 5G. India’s mobile revolution began with one simple phone call.
On July 31, 1995, Bengal’s Chief Minister Jyoti Basu held a Nokia handset in Kolkata. At the other end, in Delhi, Union Telecom Minister Sukh Ram picked up.
But this historic call wasn’t just about technology. It was about vision.
It began years earlier, when Sukh Ram, during a visit to Japan, noticed his chauffeur casually carrying a mobile phone in his pocket.
That image stayed with him. And one question kept coming back to him:
If Japan can have this, why not India?
Back home, he turned that thought into action. Teaming up with Dhirubhai Ambani and Modi Telstra, he worked to create India’s first mobile network.
And on that morning, when Kolkata’s Jyoti Basu spoke to Delhi’s Sukh Ram, India didn’t just make its first mobile call. It stepped into a new era.
From a service that was once a ₹8 per minute luxury, mobile phones have now become a basic right, connecting over a billion Indians every day. But every connection we make today traces back to that first ring.
Because sometimes, a simple phone call can change a nation’s story.
#Telecom #TelecomHistory #Mobile #OnThisDay #FirstMobileCall
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भारतात मोबाईल सेवा कधी सुरू झाली? एका मिनिटाच्या कॉलसाठी किती पैसे लागायचे?
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29 साल पहले आज के दिन ही हुई थी भारत की पहली फोन कॉल, जानिए डिटेल्स
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13 Jul 2024
On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, made history by placing the world's first mobile phone call. He called a rival telecommunications company to inform them he was speaking via a mobile phone. This groundbreaking moment marked the beginning of the mobile communication revolution, transforming how we connect with the world. 🌍📲
#FirstMobileCall #MartinCooper #Motorola #MobilePhoneHistory #TechMilestone #CommunicationRevolution #TechHistory #MobileInnovation
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On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola, made history by placing the world's first mobile phone call. He called a rival telecommunications company to inform them he was speaking via a mobile phone. This groundbreaking moment marked the beginning of the mobile communication revolution, transforming how we connect with the world. 🌍📲
#FirstMobileCall #MartinCooper #Motorola #MobilePhoneHistory #TechMilestone #CommunicationRevolution #TechHistory #MobileInnovation @jeffkagan @JimHarris @MartyMobile @daniel_kraft #wireless #mwclasvegas
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31 Jul 2023
Today is the Historic Day when in India the First Mobile Phone Call was made by then WestBengal CM Com. Jyoti Basu dialled to Sukhram Ji (Communictions Minister) in Delhi from Calcutta in 1995.
#FirstMobileCall #TheGreatLeap
31 Jul 2023
India's FIRST!
Comrade Jyoti Basu, as chief minister of West Bengal, made India's first cell-phone call from Kolkata's Writer's building to Sukh Ram in Delhi's Sanchar Bhawan on 31st july 1995. He was then communications minister in the P.V. Narasimha Rao govt.
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28 साल पहले आज के दिन भारत में पहली बार बजी थी मोबाइल की घंटी, बंगाल के मुख्यमंत्री और केंद्रीय दूरसंचार मंत्री के बीच हुई थी बात
#FirstMobileCall #Mobile #telecom @ITU @nokia #Nokia #JyotiBasu #SukhRam #History #TodayINHistory #dwsamachar @NokiamobileIN
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El 3 de abril de 1973, Marty Cooper se paró en una esquina de la Sexta Avenida de Nueva York y sacó una guía telefónica de su bolsillo… el resto es historia…
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क्या आप जानते हैं कि दुनिया की पहली मोबाइल कॉल किसने की थी?
#FirstMobileCall #MobileCall #Tech
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ETTelecom | A witness to history: Remembering India’s first mobile call 25 years ago #FirstMobileCall #NarendraModi #SandeepGoyal #RajanBhartiMittal #DoT #Industry #THEDepartmentOfTelecommunications #BhartiAirtel #SunilBhartiMittal telecom.economictimes.indiat…
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मोबाइल नेटवर्क के 25 वर्षों के उपलक्ष में आपको यह जान कर गर्व होगा की भारत में पहली कॉल स्पाइस ग्रुप के टेलेस्ट्रा नेटवर्क द्वारा की गयी थी!
#SpiceMoney #FirstMobilecall #25Years #Fintech #Digitalpayments #Telecommunications #July311995 #ModiTelstra.
ALT मोबाइल नेटवर्क के 25 वर्षों के उपलक्ष में आपको यह जान कर गर्व होगा की भारत में पहली कॉल स्पाइस ग्रुप के टेलेस्ट्रा नेटवर्क द्वारा की गयी थी! #SpiceMoney #FirstMobilecall #25Years #Fintech #Digitalpayments #Telecommunications #July311995 #ModiTelstra.
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मोबाइल नेटवर्क के 25 वर्षों के उपलक्ष में आपको यह जान कर गर्व होगा की भारत में पहली कॉल स्पाइस ग्रुप के टेलेस्ट्रा नेटवर्क द्वारा की गयी थी!
#SpiceMoney #FirstMobilecall #25Years #Fintech #Digitalpayments #Telecommunications #July311995 #ModiTelstra.
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#DidYouKnow #TelecomFacts #firstmobilecall #JourneyofMobileinIndia
On this historic day 24 years ago, the first mobile phone call was made in India. @ETTelecom @DDNewsLive @airnewsalerts @ConnectCOAI @ITUSecGen @ITU @rsprasad @SanjayDhotreMP @DoT_India @TRAI
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On this day in 1973, the first #mobilephone call was made.
What do you commonly use your phone for today? Send us a tweet! 📞📱#FirstMobileCall #MobileHistory
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