Famous Telecommunication - List of Famous Telecommunication

The telecommunication industry is among the best performing industries in the world in recent years. The high profitability of telecommunication businesses has attracted a lot of investors and businessmen to enter this sector. A branch of electrical engineering, telecommunication deals with the technology of communicating at a distance through electrical signals or electromagnetic waves. Telecommunication technologies include telephone, internet, radio, microwave transmission, fiber options, and satellite communications. The telecommunication industry is a very vast one and includes businesses involved in cabling, transmission, wireless communication, media, and IP networks. It is a complex interconnected network of sectors and sub sectors involved in creating, operating and maintaining telecommunication services. This is one of the fastest developing industries and advancement in communication technologies has led to a tremendous boost to the national economies of various countries around the world. Today, the industry offers never-before opportunities in various sectors like social networking application, IP technologies, home integration technologies, home entertainment, advanced broadcast networks and newer approaches to media distribution through the internet. Browse these biographies and timelines to explore the lives and works of various famous business people in the field of telecommunications from all over the world.

The Most Famous Telecommunication

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Dhirubhai AmbaniDecember 28, 1932IndianDhirubhai Ambani was an Indian entrepreneur who founded Reliance Industries Limited and made it one the largest private sector comapnies in India
Kumar Mangalam BirlaJune 14, 1967IndianKumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian industrial mogul and chairman of the multinational Aditya Birla Group
Ratan TataDecember 28, 1937IndianRatan Tata is one of the leading Indian industrialists, ex- Chairman of the largest Indian conglomerate, Tata Group of Companies
Mukesh AmbaniApril 19, 1957IndianMukesh Ambani is an Indian business tycoon, Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and is ranked among the richest people in the world
Iqbal QuadirAugust 13, 1958BangladeshiIqbal Z
Sunil Bharti MittalOctober 23, 1957IndianSunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian entrepreneur who founded Bharti Enterprises
Carlos SlimJanuary 28, 1940MexicanA multi-billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Carlos Slim is known for his self-made fortune
Denis O’BrienApril 19, 1958IrishDenis O’Brien is an Irish entrepreneur who was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015
Akash AmbaniOctober 23, 1991IndianAkash Ambani is an Indian businessman and son of Mukesh Ambani
Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847AmericanOne of the leading inventors of the USA, Thomas Edison was a multitalented personality
Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son

Masayoshi Son is a Japanese entrepreneur who founded SoftBank, a multinational telecommunications corporation

JapaneseAugust 11, 1957166 views

Werner von Siemens

Werner von Siemens was a German inventor who established ‘Siemens’ one of the largest telecommunications company in Europe

GermanDecember 13, 1816164 views

Denis O’Brien

Denis O’Brien is an Irish entrepreneur who was listed among the World's Top 200 Billionaires in 2015

IrishApril 19, 1958174 views

Mo Ibrahim

Mo Ibrahim is a Sudanese-British entrepreneur who founded the telecommunications company Celtel International

BritishMay 3, 1946170 views

Mukesh Ambani

Mukesh Ambani is an Indian business tycoon, Chairman of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and is ranked among the richest people in the world

IndianApril 19, 1957230 views

Carlos Slim

A multi-billionaire businessman and philanthropist, Carlos Slim is known for his self-made fortune

MexicanJanuary 28, 1940182 views

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian industrial mogul and chairman of the multinational Aditya Birla Group

IndianJune 14, 1967250 views

Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata is one of the leading Indian industrialists, ex- Chairman of the largest Indian conglomerate, Tata Group of Companies

IndianDecember 28, 1937243 views

Sunil Bharti Mittal

Sunil Bharti Mittal is an Indian entrepreneur who founded Bharti Enterprises

IndianOctober 23, 1957193 views