BY: - MOHAMMAD ARSHAD, AMIT DHOTE.
EMAIL: -mohd.arshad97@gmail.com, dhoteamit699@gmail.com.
INTRODUCTION
“It’s all about communication and trust relationships.”
– Vesku Paananen, the father of the ringtone business, 2000
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