254:), a mobile value-added services company for telecom operators. In 2013, Modi established Saket City Hospitals and invested ₹300 crore in it. The hospital has 250 beds. In 2014, Media reported that Saket City Hospitals planned to invest ₹350 crore to expand the hospital's capacity by adding 350 beds by 2016. In 2004, he founded Spice Hotspot, the first Indian mobile retail chain. Spice Mobiles was among the earliest producers of Indian-branded handsets. In June 2008, he exited the telecom business in a deal with
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