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Separately, Trai has sought views on whether DoT’s December 2023 order should be the benchmark for determining spectrum pricing on `a per MHz basis’ for fixed satellite services offered by LEO/MEO constellation operators.
The deal is part of Vi's recently announced plans to buy $3.6 billion (read: â‚ą30,000 crore) of 4G and 5G gear from Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung over a three-year span to bolster its 4G operation and roll out 5G networks in key cities across its 17 priority circles.
The regulator also said it has recommended the government to provide a glide path to financial accounting and reporting, assignment of spectrum and numbering resources at a national level for entities obtaining unified service authorisation.
The government of India is setting up telecommunication equipment manufacturing zones in the country, as the sector is expected to go through a revolution in attracting foreign direct investments, Union Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia said on Friday.
For this, Airtel has built a centralised database of blacklisted URLs and every SMS is scanned in real time by an AI algorithm to caution users from accidently clicking on suspicious links.
The Network Language Model (NLM) empowers operations teams to make faster, data-driven decisions by correlating alerts with AI-driven insights from sources like email notifications and maintenance logs.
Both BIF and SIA India believe such a move will ring in regulatory clarity and create a more conducive environment for attracting top dollars from the biggest global satellite constellation operators such as Eutelsat OneWeb, Elon Musk’s Starlink, Amazon-Kuiper, SES and Telesat.
Further, the learnings and insights obtained by the vendors in the Indian market over the last two years, will enable the company to embark on a more flexible and modular rollout plan by customising the services for all advanced technologies (4G & 5G), it added.
"This subculture provided a visual language that resonated with their target users, and the game allowed players to nurture their wellbeing through virtual houseplant care."
Talking about the 4G coverage of uncovered villages in the country, the Minister said a total of 7,101 4G mobile towers have been commissioned by telcos, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and BSNL under various Digital Bharat Nidhi funded 4G schemes including 4G saturation scheme.
The telecom companies had then moved the issue to the top court claiming there were several errors in arriving at the AGR dues which totalled over Rs 1 lakh crore.
However, Vodafone Idea's discussions with lenders and vendors remain on track, despite the setback in its curative petition on the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) issue in the Supreme Court, ET reported citing people familiar with the matter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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).
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.
A week ago, Trai was forced to extend the deadline for whitelisting — or registering with telecom operators — SMS content by a month to October 1, after pleas by telcos, banks and ecommerce firms that had warned of widespread disruption to delivery of commercial messages containing URLs, OTT links and call-back numbers.
Overseas travel for leisure, work and education has pushed up international recharge packs for telecom companies, with average data consumption per person increasing to 2 GB-5 GB per day from 500 MB before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tom Fawcett, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Lab & Production at Viavi, expressed the company’s enthusiasm in contributing to the 1.6T development ecosystem.
This will help customers simplify data management, eliminate multiple point solutions, and take advantage of the latest AI innovations and advanced analytics capabilities to drive their business forward.”
“We have received a representation from the steel ministry on RINL, and it is being examined," said another official, adding that there is a view within the government that it will not be prudent to let public sector banks (PSBs) take a substantial haircut on their loans or pick up equity stakes in these firms in lieu of repayments.
Talking about the targets for the telecom sector in the coming time, Scindia said there are three key areas --–to connect the entire country digitally, propel make-in-India and ensure future-ready technology in India.
The QoD API is designed to enable businesses to deliver real-time experiences across a range of applications, including extended reality and autonomous vehicles, according to the company statement.
Customers who are looking for the best possible iPhone will be able to take advantage of this huge step forward, whether they’re applying edits to a photo without lifting a finger, rewriting meeting notes for a more professional tone, or using the advanced camera system to capture their next masterpiece in 4K120 fps in Dolby Vision — all while enjoying extraordinary battery life."
The adoption of IoT technologies has seen a notable increase among enterprises, driven by the promise of improved operational efficiency, cost savings, and enhanced data analytics capabilities.
Apple Watch Series 10 builds on a decade of breakthrough innovations to offer the most advanced version yet, with even more intelligence, our biggest wearable display, and a design that’s slimmer and sleeker than ever."
Studies have shown that enhanced mobile connectivity and broadband penetration have a direct impact on GDP and job creation, especially in emerging economies such as India, said Ashwinder Sethi, partner at global TMT consulting firm Analysys Mason.
Core-Backbone has announced an upgrade and extension of its key network routes in Germany, utilising Infinera’s GX Series ICE6 800G coherent solution.
Vi’s stock plunged almost 11.5% to close at Rs 13.36 on the BSE Friday, just days after its revenue market share (RMS) plummeted to an all-time low of 15% in the fiscal first quarter, as per latest data collated by the telecom regulator.
Leveraging advanced technologies such as AI, cloud computing, and blockchain, our financial institutions can deliver faster, more efficient, and cost-effective services,” stated Destry Damayanti, Senior Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Indonesia.
The development of IMSecure involved a strategic partnership with a global firm specialising in digital security, ensuring high industry standards are met in protecting customer information.
New Delhi: The Centre plans to allocate more than Rs 6,000 crore additionally to Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) for 4G network gear of the state telco's much-delayed rollout, the absence of which has been exacerbating its subscriber losses.
About 62% of companies in telecom, ISPs, and related industries plan to expand their workforces in the fiscal first half, showing positive hiring trends.
The series provides enterprise-grade network security features such as an advanced antivirus engine, adaptive intrusion detection and protection, AI-based deep packet inspection, and sophisticated application control.
This approach helps unlock the potential of skilled labour while reducing costs, making work more efficient by minimising repetitive tasks and providing quicker access to essential knowledge.
The telecom regulator is pushing the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) to take strong steps to check rampant instances of spam and phishing communications that are rapidly shifting to over-the-top (OTT) apps, such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
Aris added that Open Union offers a marketplace of industry-proven technology, matching the quality of branded equipment sourced directly from suppliers.
This, since it needs to finalise pending network gear procurement deals swiftly to plug 4G coverage gaps and roll out 5G in priority circles to rein in customer losses and compete more effectively with bigger rivals, Jio and Airtel who have already launched 5G services nationally.
In a hearing in September last year, the erstwhile Resolution Professional of Aircel Entities had asked the Supreme Court to allow interim sale of right to use spectrum so as to prevent further “diminution, erosion in value and reduction of useful life” of the natural resource.
Schatz elaborated on the importance of the latest updates, explaining, "Dragos understands the complexity of these environments and the growing risk and builds that knowledge into the platform so customers can identify and protect their most critical assets with greater precision and confidence.
Nonetheless, investments in advanced technologies like edge AI are likely to mitigate some of these supply chain hurdles, leading to enhanced processing capabilities and applications for IoT devices.
The TRAI data showed both Jio and Airtel reported RMS gains in the April-June period, on the back of strong revenue growth in both urban and rural markets despite the absence of a tariff hike in the June quarter.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has disconnected 2.75 lakh telephone numbers and blocked services to 50 entities in a crackdown on spam calls and unregistered telemarketers.
The acquisition expands Ramboll's presence in North America, Europe, and Asia and is aligned with the company's ambitions to reduce the climate footprint of the data centre industry, which is crucial to the digitalised society.
The innovative technology deployed for the trial promises faster connectivity, enhanced user experience, and improved network efficiency, catering to high-demand use cases like video conferencing, live streaming and large file uploads, according to the statement.
The collaboration introduces an integrated fibre and Wi-Fi solution designed to provide a high-quality end-user connectivity experience in sectors such as multi-dwelling units (MDUs), hospitality, large public venues (LPVs), and education.
ET reported in its August 24 edition about the impending disruption in delivery of service and transactional messages from banks, financial institutions and ecommerce firms on their mobile phones from next month following the Trai mandate, which was aimed at curbing spam, specifically phishing attempts.
He added, "Not only has the growth in vendor shipments swung firmly behind 5G-enabled CPE devices, but operators are turning to FWA as the key driver for monetising their 5G network investments."
"Jio has brought a very lucrative proposition for an average phone user in India who struggles to upgrade memory because of paid storage," said Neil Shah, founding partner of technology consulting firm Counterpoint Research.
Noida GST office has ordered Vodafone Idea (VIL) to pay "penalty of Rs 26,89,94,489 along with demand and interest as applicable" on September 1 for alleged "excess availment of ITC and short tax paid for FY 2019-20" by the company.
“In view of this, a need is felt to review and put in place provisions, including regulating tariff for SMS and Voice calls beyond a certain limit, to curb UCC (unsolicited commercial communication) from UTMs using 10-digit numbers (p2p).”
New Delhi: The government should enforce traceability and user privacy rules on WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Meet as well as other calling and messaging apps along with telecom operators as such platforms provide similar services using internet network, industry body COAI said.
Speaking with Kiran Rathee and Romit Guha, Scindia, also the minister of development of north eastern region (DoNER), said the government has fixed no timeline to sell its stake in Vodafone Idea but is also unconcerned about the day-to-day operations of the professionally-run company.
“The plans today are simplified, straightforward and easy-to-understand with an all-inclusive bundled voice, data, and SMS packages, preferred by elderly consumers,” Airtel wrote in its submission to an industry consultation paper published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
The former Universal Services Obligation Fund has been expanded to support innovation, research, and green technologies, furthering India's mission of becoming digitally connected and self-reliant by 2047.
Bolstered by the recent equity funding, Vodafone Idea (Vi) has paid its entire statutory dues of about â‚ą700 crore for the April-June quarter, including the licence fee and spectrum charges, on time to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), a first for the beleaguered telecom operator in more than two years.