Atul Bhattarai / Rest of World:
A look at the rise and fall of India’s missed call industry, which was transformed by Twitter-owned ZipDial that serviced 5M missed calls a day at its peak — In the age of expensive data, missed calls became more than just a cheap way to communicate. But in India, technology moves faster than you’d think.
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