SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2005 / 02 / 22

Rural thrust is key to growth of Indian Telcos

Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of India’s second-biggest mobile-phone network, says fishermen on the nation’s southern coast are using their cell phones while at sea to call traders and find out who’s paying the most for lobsters, reports Financial Express.

He’s planning to stop that.

Instead, Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd will offer the fishermen a wireless Internet service that would provide up-to-date prices for their catch and even allow them to book orders from their boats. Doing that, the fishermen “will significantly increase their earnings”, he says."

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