BEYOND Expo united over 500 global organizations, media, and leaders to showcase AI advancements, startups, and tech. Featuring a unique AI Hack Day and product launches, it highlighted the convergence of digital and physical tech.
Zoom enhances its Earnings Accelerator with an MCP connector for AI assistants, providing insights from sales calls. It also introduces a plugin for OpenAI Codex to query sales data via natural language.
Vontier divests Teletrac Navman, a fleet management software provider, to Resida Capital. The deal aims to simplify Vontier's business and focus on core operations, retaining a minority stake for future returns.
India's government and Trai are investigating Airtel's new 5G network slicing service. The service prioritizes postpaid customers, raising concerns about net neutrality and potential harm to prepaid users' service quality. While Airtel claims it improves overall network experience, critics and regulators are examining compliance with non-discrimination norms.
Telarix and Telesmart partner to enhance cloud number services, offering clients increased operational control over telecom numbers through an integrated, API-enabled platform. This expands management, provisioning, and compliance, addressing evolving software-driven telecom models.
Bharti Airtel introduces Priority Postpaid 5G plans using network slicing for faster, reliable service during peak times. This innovation aims to enhance user experience for priority customers.
Vi's AGR dues cut by 27%, easing cash flow and opening fundraising. Bharti Airtel may seek reassessment. Government converted dues into equity, increasing its stake in Vi.
India's TRAI is developing spectrum regulations for V2X technology, enabling cars to exchange real-time data. This aims to improve road safety by addressing human error, a major cause of accidents.
Iran's internet shutdown costs $35M daily, crippling businesses. US strategy leverages this, aiming to reconnect Iranians via Starlink/VPNs. Citizen reporting and social media expose regime's vulnerability to its own people, feared more than foreign adversaries.
Telecom industry body COAI urges the government to lower spectrum auction prices, citing significant 5G infrastructure investments with no ROI. They call for revised models as 6G approaches.
The HONOR 600 & 600 Pro launch with a 50MP telephoto camera (120x zoom), AI Photo to Video 2.0, 7,000 mAh battery & 80W charging. Priced from SGD $799, the series emphasizes photography, video creation, and powerful performance.
India is set to launch an enhanced Telecom Technology Advancement Fund (TTDF) by October with increased investment. The fund aims to support technology development and R&D, with past allocations already benefiting over 100 companies, many focusing on 6G.
Kingston launches industrial SSDs for heat, resonance, and heavy workloads. Targeting retail, transport, logistics, and security, these drives offer SATA/NVMe options with industrial temps and advanced features for long-term system success.
Indian telecom operators like Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea adjusted prepaid plans, reducing validity or increasing prices, often bundling OTT services. Despite these changes, market trackers note minimal impact on ARPU, with expected tariff hikes yet to materialize.
IoT Analytics' Q1 2026 report shows executives moving toward granular AI discussions like Agentic AI and SaaSpocalypse, while balancing rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East and supply chain exposure.
Banks & telcos are replacing SMS OTPs with 'silent verification' (SIM-device match), biometrics (face ID), & in-app OTPs for stronger 2FA security. This collaboration combats SIM cloning & eSIM swap fraud, improving digital transaction safety.
A US trade report highlights India's DTH domestic satellite preference, mandatory ISRO routing, data localization, and localized internet shutdowns as significant trade barriers. It also notes concerns over "politically motivated" content takedown requests.
