In The News – Akash Ambani, chairman, Reliance Jio: Learning the ropes from the best teacher in town

It was in late 2002 that Reliance Industries telecom arm, Reliance Infocomm, started services which both disrupted and raised a storm in the telecom services market. Apart from the controversies associated with the CDMA mobile services it offered, it also brought into focus Mukesh Ambani’s vision and execution skills in the field of telecom, which was then dominated by Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal.

However, a family settlement in 2005 saw the telecom venture pass into the hands of younger brother Anil Ambani.