HEADLINES
ViewPoint
Interconnection in the 5G Age: Bringing together connected devices, networks and critical ecosystems
By 2035, it is anticipated that there will be about 270 million 5G connections in India. Having...
Face To Face
“6G is on the cards by the end of the decade”: Interview with Ookla’s Doug Suttles
For almost two decades, Ookla has been working in the fields of both fixed and mobile network...
Editor's Pick
Wider Scope: Telecom PLI scheme extended to benefit design-led manufacturing
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to extend the production-linked incentive...
News
Indian smartphone market declined by 1 per cent YoY in H1 2022; tapering demand expected to impair growth in 2022, says IDC
According to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 35 million smartphones were shipped to India in Q2 2022, a 3 per cent year-over-year (YoY) growth, while...
Videos
Interview with Peeyush Vaish, Partner and Telecom Leader, Deloitte India
The roll-out of 5G and satellite communication services has ushered in a new era of development in the telecom space. Together, these technologies hold immense promise for enabling the transition of the telecom sector from a...
- Telefocus
- Private Network
- Virtualisation
- Enterprise Grade Solutions
- Smart Cities
A New Paradigm: Enterprises warm up to private network deployments
With 5G on the horizon, private networks have emerged as a means to create smart factories and...
A New Paradigm: Enterprises warm up to private network deployments
With 5G on the horizon, private networks have emerged as a means to create smart factories and...
Redefining Business : Softwarisation and virtualisation in the telecom sector
The telecommunication industry has been one of the fastest changing industries in the past two...
Securing Enterprises: Growing focus on data protection and risk mitigation
Cybersecurity has today emerged as a key area of concern for enterprises across the globe. This is...
Pole Position: Smart infrastructure is helping towercos chart new territory
Smart infrastructure, in the form of smart poles and smart towers, is a rapidly emerging trend in...
- Enterprise Telecom
- Edtech
- IT, ITeS & BPM
- Transportation
- Logistics
- Healthcare
Interview with Utkarsh B, Chief Architect, Flipkart
Enterprises in the retail sector have started deploying various new-age technologies and solutions...
Interview with Aman Mittal, Vice-President, Lovely Professional University
Edtech has become a buzzword after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, as students began...
Scaling Up: IT/ITeS and BPM players deploy new-age technology solutions
Enterprises in the information technology (IT)/IT-enabled services (ITeS) and business process...
Wheels of Change: ICT solutions altering the mobility landscape
Information and communication technology (ICT) has fundamentally altered how transport systems are...
Digital Delivery: Tech solutions enabling forecasting and traceability along supply chains
Of late, there has been a massive uptick in the adoption of new-age technology solutions by...
Interview with Shuvankar Pramanick, Deputy CIO, Manipal Hospitals
There has been increasing uptake of digital technologies across the healthcare sector of late. The...
Companies
“5G offers a lot more than faster connectivity”: Interview with Nokia India’s Vinish Bawa
h As India stands at the cusp of the 5G revolution, an increasing number of enterprises are...
DISCUSSION BOARD
Divided Views
Lt Gen. Dr S.P. Kochhar, Director General, COAI
Ankit Agarwal, Managing Director, STL
Ankit Jain, Assistant Vice President and Sector Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA Limited
T.V. Ramachandran, President, BIF
Bharat Bhatia, President, IAFI
Tech Watch
Technology Uptake: Key trends that shaped the sector in 2021
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a massive uptake of technologies among...
Preparing for 5G
Enabling 5G: Open RAN defines the way forward
Sanjay Harwani, VP, Research and Development and GM-India, Parallel Wireless The Indian telecom...
Finance
Foreign Capital: Regulatory reforms encourage FDI inflow in the telecom sector
The telecom sector is the third largest sector in terms of foreign direct investment (FDI)...
Specials
Wider Scope: Telecom PLI scheme extended to benefit design-led manufacturing
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has decided to extend the production-linked incentive...
People
Sumeer Kher: Senior Director, Global Services, Ciena India
While describing his role as senior director, global services, at Ciena India, SumeerKher says, “I...
Blogs
How Robust Telecommunication Solutions Will Push Power Growth in India
Telecom sector is essential to all other sectors of an economy. Currently, India is the...

Company Wire
Vi names Ravinder Takkar as new chairman; Himanshu Kapania to step down
Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has named Ravinder Takkar as the new chairman, effective August 19, 2022. Takkar will take over from Himanshu Kapania, who will continue to be a part of Vi’s board as a non-executive director....
Press Release
HFCL partners Qualcomm for 5G mmWave fixed wireless access product development
Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited (HFCL) has entered into an agreement with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. for HFCL’s design and development of 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) fixed wireless access (FWA) customer premise...
White Papers
5G in Mid-Band – RAN Validation
5G is being delivered in multiple formats and frequency bands to increase user experience into...
Products Release
Viavi Observer expands end-user experience scoring and problem isolation to cloud-based apps
Viavi Solutions has announced the latest update to its comprehensive network performance monitoring and diagnostics (NPMD) platform, Observer. Version 18.8 continues to build on the promise of simplified cloud monitoring with...
Devices & Services
Vi offers SonyLIV Premium subscription with post-paid add-on pack launch
Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has launched a new post-paid add-on pack offering SonyLIV Premium subscription to its users. The add-on pack offers 30-day access to SonyLIV Premium with 10 gigabytes (GB) of free data at a monthly...
