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Empire and Post-Empire Telecommunications in India

Empire and Post-Empire Telecommunications in India

A History

Pradip Ninan Thomas

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For my dear aunt Molly Zachariah, remembering my uncle Sam Zachariah, and for Sajit, Sanjay, Chitra, Maya, Sammy, and Ethan. You guys are so very special.

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Contents

While there probably are archives in India that have material on the history of telecommunications in India, the bulk of data gathered that informs the first three chapters in this volume is from archives in London and Oxford, including the British Museums India Office Records, the London Metropolitan Archives, the National Archives at Kew, the British Telecom Archives, and the Bodleian at Oxford that hosts the Marconi archives. I am also appreciative of access to the University of Queenslands library and, in particular, to the Parliamentary Papers Online, which is a rich trove of material on the era of the Empire. I am grateful to the many librarians and library administrators who helped me and were unfailingly generous with their time and patience. Archival work was carried out through most of July 2016 when I was on a sabbaticaland I acknowledge the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the School of Communication and Arts, and the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, for granting me the time away to gather this information.

AIR	All India Radio
AT&T	American Telephone and Telegraph Company
BBC	British Broadcasting Corporation
BBNL	Bharat Broadband Network Limited
BE	Bharat Electronics
BI	British India Steam Navigation Company
BJP	Bharatiya Janata Party
BPO	business process outsourcing
BSNL	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
BTEF	Bharatiya Telecom Employees Federation
C-DAC	Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
C-DOT	Centre for Development of Telematics
CAG	Comptroller and Auditor-General
CBI	Central Bureau of Investigation
CDMA	code division multiple access
CDRs	call detail records
CIS	Centre for Internet and Society
CMS	Central Monitoring System
COAI	Cellular Operator Association of India
CrPC	Criminal Procedure Code
CSA	Central and South American
DDoS	distributed denial of service
DoE	Department of Electronics
DoT	Department of Telecommunications
EATC	Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies
ECIL	Electronics Corporation of India Limited
EIC	East India Company
EIG	EuropeIndia Gateway
EIJTC	European and Indian Junction Telegraph Company
EITC	Electric and International Telegraph Company
ETC	Eastern Telegraph Company
FDI	foreign direct investment
FERA	Foreign Exchange Regulation Act
FICCI	Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FNTO	Federation of National Telecom Organisations
FOSS	free and open-source software
FYP	Five-Year Plan
Gbps	gigabit per second
GDP	gross domestic product
GFI	Global Financial Integrity
GHz	gigahertz
GoI	Government of India
GPO	General Post Office
GPRS	General Packet Radio Service
GSM	Global System for Mobile
HMG	Her Majestys Government
I-ME-WE	IndiaMiddle EastWestern Europe
IANA	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
ICANN	Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
ICERT	Indian Computer Emergency Response Team
IETC	Indo-European Telegraph Company
IETD	Indo-European Telegraph Department
ILDO	International Long Distance Operator
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IRTC	Indian Radio Telegraph Company
ISBC	Indian State Broadcasting Corporation
IT&T	International Telephone and Telegraph Company
ITeU	International Telegraph Union
ITI	Indian Telephone Industries
ITU	International Telecommunication Union
IWTC	Imperial Wireless Telegraphy Committee
MIT	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MMS	Multimedia Messaging Service
MTNL	Mahanagar Telecom Nigam Limited
NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASSCOM	National Association of Software and Services Companies
NCoG	National Centre of Geo-Informatics
NDA	National Democratic Alliance
NETRA	Network Traffic Analysis
NFON	National Fibre Optic Network
NFTE	National Federation of Telecom Employees
NGOs	non-governmental organizations
NIC	National Informatics Centre
OTT	over-the-top
P&T	Post and Telegraphs Department

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