Reliance jio-late, but the latest and later?

Authors

Swati Kulkarni, SIES College of Management Studies
Prakash Vel, University of Wollongong DubaiFollow

RIS ID

135006

Publication Details

Kulkarni, S. A. & Vel, K. 2019, 'Reliance jio-late, but the latest and later?', in V. Pereira & A. Sikdar (eds), Business and Management Practices in South Asia: A Collection of Case Studies, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. pp. 203-222.

Abstract

The licence for setting up telephone exchanges was given to a British company called 'Oriental Telephone Company' in 1881. This com­pany constructed telephone exchanges in different cities of India like Calcutta (now Kolkata), Madras (currently Chennai) and Bombay (now Mumbai). Once India became independent from British rule in 1947, India's Ministry of Communication formed the Department of Post, Telephone and Telegraph by nationalizing different foreign telecom companies.1 It completely enjoyed its monopoly for a substantial time in providing telecom services in India. Private companies had to be satisfied only with the production of telecom equipment in India.2