Apple’s online store has gone live in India, offering users a host of products and services. This includes services like trading old phones for a new iPhone and provision of support and premium experience to consumers across the...
Read MoreThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a whitepaper on ‘smart cities in India: framework for ICT infrastructure’. In this study paper, TRAI has emphasised on the role of ICT in making smart cities...
Read MoreMinister of state for electronics and IT, Sanjay Dhotre has informed the parliament that Aarogya Setu app has over 157 million registered users and that the app has maintained utmost transparency in all aspects. Elaborating on...
Read MoreThe International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published Connecting Humanity – Assessing investment needs of connecting humanity to the Internet by 2030, a comprehensive new study that estimates the investment needed...
Read MoreWhile addressing the parliament, minister of state for communications Sanjay Dhotre said that the government has no proposal to exclude Chinese telecom gear companies from 5G contracts. Earlier in August 2020, the Department of...
Read MoreAccording to the minister of state for communication and IT, Sanjay Dhotre, the government has no intention of discontinuing 2G mobile services as the choice of technology for provision of telecom services are left to the...
Read MoreThe Digital Communication Commission (DCC) is likely to take up the issue of data security and ownership in its upcoming meeting scheduled for September 19, 2020. According to industry sources, DCC may also discuss the...
Read MoreAccording to Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), TRAI’s decision to not regulate over-the-top (OTT) communication services such as WhatsApp and Skype will continue to hurt telecom operators already burdened with a...
Read MoreAccording to the Broadband India Forum (BIF), TRAI’s recommendations on regulatory framework for over-the-top (OTT) communication services would aid the progress of the sector and are largely in the interest of the consumers....
Read MoreAccording to a recent report by EY, the pressure to maintain telecom infrastructure and the resilience of network reach is industry’s top challenge which has been battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. While concerns regarding the...
Read MoreAccording to Broadband India Forum (BIF), the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) verdict will allow companies to move ahead with certainty on business plans. Further, BIF added that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should...
Read MoreMoody’s Investor Service has affirmed Bharti Airtel’s Ba1 corporate family rating (CFR) and revised the outlook to stable from negative. The move follows the recent clarity around adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues payment...
Read MoreAccording to ITI Limited, it is expecting to sign a telecom network contract worth Rs 77.96 billion with the Ministry of Defence shortly. In 2017, ITI Limited was declared lowest bidder for the Army Static Switched Communication...
Read MoreThe government is planning to offer incentives worth Rs 1.68 trillion in a bid to attract major global manufacturing companies to India. To this end, government plans to extend production-linked incentives (PLI) scheme, that was...
Read MoreAccording to Canalys, global 5G smartphone shipments will reach nearly 280 million units in 2020, with 62 per cent of these in Greater China, followed by North America and EMEA. Overall smartphone volumes are projected to...
Read MoreAccording to a recent report by JP Morgan, rising data consumption and gentle price hikes in the telecom sector is expected to drive average revenue per user (ARPU) recovery. In addition, upgrade to smartphones by subscribers...
Read MoreMediaTek has partnered with VVDN Technologies to introduce a new range of MediaTek AIoT solutions in India for home and office use cases. This new range of products are expected to be rolled out in India in the fourth quarter of...
Read MoreUiPath, an enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) software company, has partnered with Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) as part of its Academic Alliance Programme. The programme is designed to...
Read MoreAccording to Fitch Ratings, the Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict on telecom sector dues will not be able to stabilise Vodafone Idea Limited’s (VIL) position as the telco is expected to continue losing subscriber market share. The...
Read MoreAs per industry sources, NTT and edge internet firm AlefEdge have partnered to deliver 5G-based Edge internet to application developers by leveraging AlefEdge’s software-defined mobile edge platform. Through this partnership,...
Read MoreAccording to BofA Securities, after building a digital layer (Jio Platforms) on top of the existing physical layer of retail shops, Reliance Industries would focus on adding a third layer of commerce and monetise the existing...
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