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2024 September


Telcos-ISPs, tech cos blow hot & cold over Wi-Fi hotspot plan

Telcos-ISPs, tech cos blow hot & cold over Wi-Fi hotspot plan

New Delhi: Another big fight is brewing, with telecom and internet service providers (ISP) on one side and tech companies on the other, over the government’s Wi-Fi hotspot initiative under the PM-Wani framework.


‘Mobile towers’ redefined in right of way guidelines

‘Mobile towers’ redefined in right of way guidelines

In case, the infrastructure company fails to reach an agreement with the property owner, the former "may apply to the District Collector or designated officer through the portal to determine whether such installation or right of way is necessary for public interest," the notification said.


Private 5G connections to grow 65.4% annually until 2030

Private 5G connections to grow 65.4% annually until 2030

The insights from the report indicate that private 5G networks will play a critical role in various applications, including the remote control of assets where it ensures low-latency and high-reliability communication.


Vultr partners with HEAVY.AI to boost GPU-accelerated analytics

Vultr partners with HEAVY.AI to boost GPU-accelerated analytics

With the NVIDIA GH200 running on Vultr Cloud, HEAVY.AI claims to deliver up to five times better price performance compared to eight A100 instances, completing standard analytic SQL benchmarks like TPC-H100 in under 4.5 seconds and executing 11 of the 22 queries in less than 100 milliseconds.


Trai moots single authorisation for all telecom services

Trai moots single authorisation for all telecom services

While Trai has laid out authorisation terms and conditions for telecom operators, satellite players, internet service providers and M2M among others, over-the-top (OTT) has been kept out of the mechanism.


Gartner study: 30% of enterprises to automate network by 2026

Gartner study: 30% of enterprises to automate network by 2026

Additionally, Gartner will elaborate on these topics at their upcoming IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies conferences, taking place in London, Tokyo, and Las Vegas later this year.


Ministry, Indosat, Mastercard Launch Cybersecurity Online Academy

Ministry, Indosat, Mastercard Launch Cybersecurity Online Academy

Indosat will utilise its experience in digital talent development, while Mastercard will offer its expertise in cybersecurity solutions and training, having delivered similar projects in various markets across Asia Pacific and globally.


Ericsson launches enterprise 5G portfolio for efficiency boost

Ericsson launches enterprise 5G portfolio for efficiency boost

Tiwari stated, "As enterprises continue to increase automation, improve safety, and invest in seamless connectivity to meet end-user expectations, existing technologies such as Wi-Fi and Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) often fall short due to technical limitations, cost, and complexity."


Study finds tech connectivity drives leadership in business

Study finds tech connectivity drives leadership in business

Businesses need seamless integration and harmonization of data to fully realise the opportunities that technologies like augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) bring," Dent added.


India’s ambitious PM-WANI push fails to pick up pace amid major pushback by telcos

India’s ambitious PM-WANI push fails to pick up pace amid major pushback by telcos

Mumbai: Sumitra Shyam (42), a housewife in Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur, has a robust business of running a Wi-Fi hotspot at her residence in the city's Wellesley Ganj locality.


DoT identifies & notifies products for revised, stricter public procurement norms

DoT identifies & notifies products for revised, stricter public procurement norms

Apart from that, royalties, technical charges paid out of India, and supply of repackaged and refurbished goods was excluded from the calculation of local content as per the order issued by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT).


Rural broadband project lags over planning glitches

Rural broadband project lags over planning glitches

It also plans to deploy multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) technology, instead of the earlier GPON, albeit nine years after it had first been suggested by an expert panel that included past Nasscom presidents Kiran Karnik and Som Mittal.