Dreams of a Digital India turning into a nightmare

New Delhi

IN THE past decade, nearly one billion people have been connected to wireless phone service as part of India's mobile communications revolution, making it the second-largest mobile phone market in the world. But a recent combination of rapidly rising growth and bad infrastructure has turned India's dreams of wireless phone expansion into something of a nightmare.

Anguish over dropped calls has cut across income levels and social strata and led to unkind jokes about the countr…