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Article: 'Telecom czar' focuses on his next big thing.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2007
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Byline: Mike Hughlett
Jul. 8--In the U.S., Sam Pitroda leads a small, suburban Chicago company that is aiming to make it big with a "wallet" phone -- a device that makes calls and pays for stuff electronically.
In India, Pitroda is big -- in a Bill Gates sort of way -- regaled with titles like "technology guru" and "telecom czar." When the nation's current prime minister created a commission to help overhaul India's education system, he picked Pitroda to lead it.
For decades, Pitroda has had one foot firmly planted in India, his native land, and another in the Chicago area, where he has been living. In the 1980s, he parlayed his success in the ...