After Tata's people's car, Zenith’s people's laptop, the Indian telecom giant, Spice has come up with the people's phone. Spice has planned to announce its $20 (roughly £10) phone tomorrow at Barcelona’s Mobile world congress, the world's biggest telecoms conference.

Speaking of the phone, the chairman of Spice, BK Modi said, "The People's Phone is a world first. It will be available to the consumer for under $20, making it accessible to a vast number of people who currently cannot afford the expense of a mobile handset."

According to the Company, it will launch a Braille version of the phone in India. It is also set to reveal the world's first phone to play films on a disc. The People's Phone will be just one of several launches at this week's Barcelona conference. Next-generation handsets and wireless technology are once again set to dominate the conference.

Last month the telecom company unveiled its plans to launch a pilot scheme in India that will let mobile users to make free phone calls as long as they are prepared to listen to a short advertising jingle. The plan is intended to break the monopoly on the market enjoyed by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar.