Tracing Change: The Telecom Industry

From the postal system being the sole means of sending messages to the instant messaging options that are easily accessible today, we have come a long way in facilitating communication with loved ones and others, not just within the country but across the whole world. LAKSHMI MITTER throws light on some of these changes.

In the second half of the pre-independence period, India was using the postal system for its communication needs. Letters would take several days to reach their destination. However, with the advent of the electric telegraph in 1850, people could send short messages called telegrams that could be de