The son of a local greengrocer in the town of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh looks set to revolutionise the telephone industry in India with the invention of a Rs 251 (US$3.65) smartphone.
Mohit Goel started his company, Ringing Bells, using a loan from his father’s fruit and vegetable business, assembling high-spec phones in India using Taiwanese parts. The invention of the Freedom 251 brings roaming data within the reach of millions of Indian families with low incomes, adding fuel to India’s already strong technical internet revolution. Read more: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
