C-DOT, India's premier telecommunications R&D centre, has been a pioneer and a nation builder. Committed to providing a wide range of indigenously developed, cost-effective, state-of-the-art total telecom solutions. In the eighties, C-DOT developed rural telecommunication products like Rural Automatic Exchanges (RAXs) ideally suited to Indian conditions which are working without air conditioning, C-DOT acquired legendary status for their ruggedness and reliability. Starting from the single mission of providing a dial tone, C-DOT has grown to the level of a national centre for Research and Development in communication technology in many areas like