Question

Match the following communication services to the corresponding years in which they started.

• A. 1976
• B. 1963
• C. 1986
• D. 1972

Answer 1

The Department of telecommunications under the ministry of Communications started the telex service in 1963 to transmit typed messages. In 1976, the International Subscriber Dialled Telephone Service was started to connect Mumbai and London directly on the phone. In 1972, the Post and Telegraph Department started the six-digit pin code system in the country. In 1986, the speed post service was started.