Indian - Businessman | October 23, 1957 -
On the ground, our operations are in India. We believe we are in a country where the growth is still to be captured, so we will remain reasonably focused in this country.
Sunil Mittal
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1976, I was all of 18, and when I stepped into the world of business, the capital I had in my hand was 20,000 rupees.
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Africa is not for the weak-hearted: infrastructure issues are there. The middle class is absent in most of the countries. We have to cater to the low end of the market to grow.
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All competitors are fierce competitors; Vodafone is the world's second largest company. We fight it each day. Idea Cellular is big and successful, too. Competition is competition; we are used to it.
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I personally believe every country has the same amount of spectrum. It is not that India has less... It needs to be vacated from other places; that is what other countries have also done.
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If you can teach a child, then her family and her future is taken care of.
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In 1983, the government imposed a ban on the import of gensets. I was out of business overnight. I was in trouble.
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I sensed my chance and embraced the telecom business. I started marketing telephones, answering/fax machines under the brand name Beetel, and the company picked up really fast.
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I wanted to prove that a son of a politician can be a successful businessman.
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We were in the market ahead of competition. We brought new products on the market ahead of competition. We rolled out our networks. We begged, borrowed, stole, put things out. And while they were never near perfect, they were first. And that gave us, to my mind, a lot of advantage.
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Government must make spectrum free. There should be free network, but it is not happening.
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I had the chance to witness the evolution of the Nuclear Deal into Dr. Singh's legacy as he assiduously, piece by piece, crafted the Indo-US nuclear deal against all odds, including risking his government.
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