Cell Phone Nation: How Mobile Phones Have Revolutionized Business, Politics and Ordinary Life in India (57 page)

Bangalore,
21
,
37
,
92
,
196
,
221
;
see also
Bengalaru

Bangladesh,
37
,
54

bank accounts,
116
–
17
,
125
; women and,
130
; branches,
126
; basic,
128
; in Kenya,
123

bans on phones,
165
,
167
,
174
,
195
,
225
n,
256
n

Barabanki,
157
–
8

Barelvi, Sayyid Ahmed,
22

Barendregt, Bart,
13

Basque separatists,
145

BBC,
160

bees,
212

Behram Baug,
100

Beijing,
205

Bell telephone company,
67

Bell, Alexander Graham,
26
,
202

Below the Poverty Line (BPL),
222

Benegal, Shyam,
29

Bengal Gazette
,
23

Bengal,
22
,
190

Bengalaru,
21
,
92
,
195
–
6
,
221
;
see also
Bangalore

bhaaichaara samitis
,
152
–
5

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL),
30

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL),
50
–
1
,
55
–
7
,
78
,
93
,
96

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),
47
,
49
,
152
,
196

Bharti Airtel,
53
–
4
,
77
,
140
;
see also
Airtel

Bhojpuri,
82
,
106
,
187
–
9
,
217
,
254
n

bicycles,
ix
,
116
,
147
,
149
,
158
,
163
,
220

Bihar,
116
–
17
,
123
,
126
,
128
–
9
,
166
,
190
,
199
,
217
,
222
,
254
n,
258
n

Bilaspur,
161

Birla Institute of Technology,
123

Birla,
55
–
6

Birla, Aditya,
55

Blackberry,
102
,
208

Bloch, Marc,
20
,
22

Block
Development Officer (BDO),
222

Bluetooth,
xxxii
,
192
–
4
,
199
–
200
,
217
,
219

boatmen at Banaras,
9
,
82
,
132
–
5
,
169

Bollywood,
104
–
05
,
181
,
193
,
209
,
214

Boston Globe
,
9

bottom of the pyramid (BOP),
6
,
87
,
119
,
199

Brahmins,
2
,
21
–
3
,
25
,
149
,
152
–
4
,
163
,
189

brandy: needed by printers,
24

Braudel, Fernand,
223
–
4

bribery,
8
,
129
,
131
,
201
,
246
n; digital,
223

brides and mobiles,
11
,
169
–
70
,
173
,
175
,
177
,
181
,
204

Britain,
3
–
4
,
20
,
24
,
69

broadcast: ability to,
8
,
10
,
162
,
169
,
195
,
197
,
200
,
202
,
204
,
221
,
223

Bushmen,
168
–
9

Butter Chicken in Ludhiana
,
53

cable,
35
,
42
,
51
,
57
,
138
,
246
n; needs estimated,
35

California,
65

calls: cost of,
x
,
12
,
46
,
67
,
72
,
141
,
151
,
210

cameras: in phones,
9
,
76
,
99
,
109
,
156
,
159
,
194
–
6
,
250
n

Canada,
35
,
168
,
191

cancer,
212

car industry,
89
–
90
,
96
,
100
,
102
;
see also
automobile

Caribbean,
11
,
121

Cash, Johnny,
14

caste Hindus,
154
,
163

caste,
3
,
14
–
15
,
19
,
22
,
30
–
1
,
78
,
109
,
118
,
143
,
146
–
8
,
152
,
154
,
157
,
163
,
166
–
7
,
174
,
176
,
181
,
188
,
210
,
214
,
220
,
231
n,
249
n,
254
n

Castells, Manuel,
9
,
134
,
145
,
209
,
215

Catholic Church,
9

CDMA,
51
,
54
–
5
,
74

CDs/VCDs/DVDs,
187
–
8
,
191
,
193
,
195
,
217

cell phones,
see
mobiles, phones, teledensity

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI),
74
–
5

census,
6
,
148
,
232
n

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),
47
,
58

Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT),
33

CGNet Swara,
160
–
2
,
219

Chandigarh,
131

Charan Singh,
31

Cheeka,
67
–
9
,
216
,
238
n

Chemmeen
,
120

Chennai,
26
,
39
–
40
,
43
,
55
–
6
,
75
,
78
,
91
,
96

Chhattisgarh,
160
,
162
,
219

Chicago, University of,
125

Chile,
169

China mobiles,
80
,
99
,
102
,
107
,
197
,
242
n,
249
n

China,
3
,
6
,
13
,
30
–
1
,
75
,
148
,
169
,
204
,
208
,
216
,
239
n

Chopra, Priyanka,
105

Chorwad,
54

Choudhary, Shubhranshu,
160
–
2

Christians,
12
,
118

Churasia, Sumit,
65
,
83
–
4

Chaze Mobile,
191

ClearTrail,
204

Clinton, Bill,
222

Coca-Cola,
168

Code Division
Multiple Access (CDMA),
see
CDMA

‘Code of Morals, A’,
204

Cohn, Bernard S.,
23

Communications, Department of,
42
–
5

Communications, Minister of,
5
,
48
,
57
–
8
,
202
–
03

Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG),
58
–
9