India, Feb. 26 -- Despite the tremendous growth in Indian telecom as well as the wider digital revolution enabled by it, there is a lack of credible and informative books covering the long arc of history spanning more than a century and a half. This is more so when one looks at books authored by practitioners even as there are few excellent books by some academicians.

Building upon his rich and wide experience in the sector spanning over four decades, 'Battles of Telecom' is a bold attempt by A K Bhargava to fill this vacuum. An Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officer of the 1977 batch, he not only worked extensively in the field across different functions and geographies, but he assumed leadership roles in the public sector companies Mahan...