C-Dot: Village Voice ; the Telecom Technology Trailblazer has Helped Set Up 20 Million Fixed Phone Lines, Half of the Total Landlines in India, As Well As 32,900 Rural Exchanges.

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The telecom technology trailblazer has helped set up 20 million fixed phone lines, half of the total landlines in India, as well as 32,900 rural exchanges.

In July 1986, Jakatia, a retired headmaster and the oldest citizen of Kittur village, Karnataka, picked up a telephone and made a call. For a village with a population of 12,500 and little means of communication, it was a big deal. For India, it marked the beginning of the telecom revolution.

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C-Dot: Village Voice ; the Telecom Technology Trailblazer has Helped Set Up 20 Million Fixed Phone Lines, Half of the Total Landlines in India, As Well As 32,900 Rural Exchanges.

Kittur was the first rural communication project set up by the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), the autonomous, non- p...

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