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Which company launched the first mobile phone operations in India?

  1. Bharti Airtel

  2. Essar

  3. Max Touch

  4. Modi Telstra
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Explanation

Modi Telstra (a joint venture between the Modi Group and Telstra of Australia) launched India's first mobile phone service in 1995 in Kolkata. Bharti Airtel (then Airtel) launched later that year. Essar and Max Touch were other early players but not the first. The Modi Telstra service was later rebranded and eventually became part of Vodafone India.

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