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Bharti Airtel Tuesday reported that its consolidated net profit for the fiscal second quarter surged 168% from the year earlier as tariff hikes lifted average revenue per user (ARPU) but also led to subscriber losses.
This sentiment was echoed by Maurie Dobbin, founder and Managing Director of TeleResources, who stated, "Infovista Synergy empowers us to deliver region-specific solutions, tailored to local markets, while leveraging their powerful technology suite.
Bharti Airtel’s consolidated net profit for the fiscal second quarter surged 168% from the year earlier as tariff hikes lifted average revenue per user (ARPU) but also led to subscriber losses.
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea suffered significant subscriber losses in August due to a sharp tariff hike in July, according to TRAI data.
Besides, royalties, technical charges paid out of India and supply of repackaged and refurbished goods were excluded from the calculation of local content as per the order issued by the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
This anticipated increase in revenue reflects a growing trend among digital service providers who are looking to add connectivity solutions alongside their primary offerings.
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited unveiled its new logo along with seven new initiatives cutting across security, affordability, and reliability aspects to improve connectivity across rural and urban areas.
“In the optical domain we want to be world top three over the next three to five years,” Agarwal said, adding that the company is banking on three growth levers globally – mobile tower fiberisation for 5G backhaul and government-funded projects for fibre-to-the-home as well as data centres.
As the enterprise software stack grows more complex and interdependent, we can't assume that any new update or version release—for internal products or the hundreds of third-party components an organization might use—will be safe to deploy.
Going forward, analysts expect Jio's AirFiber service to be a key catalyst for home broadband adoption, especially since the cost of CPE (customer premise equipment) has fallen over the last 2-3 years.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is in talks with Indian and foreign telecom companies to deploy its end-to-end indigenous 4G/5G stack developed in partnership with homebred equipment-maker Tejas Networks, a top executive said.
Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said that agencies like World Telecommunications Standardisation Assembly and 3GPP should put guardrails to prevent the misuse of technologies.
New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has prepared a draft cabinet note seeking to waive the requirement of providing bank guarantees (BGs) for securitisation of deferred spectrum instalments, subject to some conditions, officials said.
At Reliance Industries Limited's 47th Annual General Meeting (AGM), the company unveiled JioBrain, a comprehensive suite of tools and platforms designed to span the entire artificial intelligence (AI) lifecycle.
Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that spectrum for satellite services in India will be allocated administratively, but it will not be without cost.
This market, valued at around USD $83.2 billion in 2023, is driven by several critical factors, including the increasing number of data centres worldwide.
Airtel’s decision to go for another round of mobile broadband network expansion is tied to its aim of deepening its 4G and 5G coverage in Gujarat, Maharashtra, MP, Kerala and West Bengal where it now has a limited 4G presence.
Mittal also discussed the potential of Satcom services, which will enable connectivity in even the most challenging environments, ensuring that every corner of the country can access fast internet using various formats, including voice and video.
Daniel Dines, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of UiPath, commented: "As Indonesia sets its sights on becoming a global economic powerhouse, strengthening workforce resilience, and building digital skills are critical.
Telemarketing entities or resellers of SMS services must be brought under government’s licensing regime to hold them accountable for culprits transmitting spam messages across the delivery value chain, otherwise “this piecemeal approach” will not yield any positive results, telecom companies have argued.
Insiders said that over the past few weeks Ericsson and South Korea's Samsung were locked in a fierce duel that resulted in the Swedish vendor bagging the plum 4G/5G gear supply contract from Vi for Delhi.
Airtel's ARPU is estimated to jump 9.2% sequentially to â‚ą230 in the second quarter while both Jio and Vi are likely to report 6% on-quarter uptick on this key performance metric to 193 and â‚ą155, respectively, ICICI Securities said.
With both companies leveraging their expertise, this collaboration is positioned to meet the rising demand for integrated and cloud-based solutions, offering new opportunities for technological development in the region's digital landscape.
Poka Lambro, a provider of fibre broadband access and middle-mile network services, covers an area of 4,200 square miles in West Texas, stretching from the regions south of Lubbock to just north of Midland in the Permian Basin.
The new AI Companion 2.0 offers capabilities such as persistent side panel availability throughout Zoom Workplace, providing seamless integration for users, and advanced contextual understanding based on prior conversations and current activity.
The Global Fabric platform aims to streamline connections for businesses to integrate with employees, customers, and devices, facilitating access to applications and digital services across multiple cloud environments, including those supporting artificial intelligence (AI).
In case the DoT decides to waive the bank guarantee requirement for past auction dues, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, along with Vi, will also benefit to an extent.
The application of Riverbed Aternity is expected to significantly alter IT management and the employee experience, especially considering the reliance on high-performance computing facilitated by Intel processors, Thunderbolt, and Wi-Fi technologies, essential for both data-intensive industries and regular office tasks.
“This deviation makes the consultation paper and the consequent recommendations vulnerable to legal challenges, particularly since it fails to address the issue outlined in the DoT’s reference, such as ensuring level playing field,” Jio said in the letter, a copy of which was also sent to Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
In addition, firms can share the reports with the National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS), a unit under the DoT, instead of test labs if companies fear leakage.
Apart from the whitelisting of messages, Trai had also mandated telecom operators to migrate telemarketing calls starting with 140 series to the blockchain-based distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform by September 30 so that there is better monitoring and control.
The development will provide Oracle customers and partners in Malaysia with the opportunity to utilise advanced AI infrastructure and services, including the migration of mission-critical workloads to OCI.
Bharti Airtel is combating the "growing menace" of cyber frauds with network intelligence and Al to analyse patterns and accurately identify spammers, CEO Gopal Vittal said as he asked customers to be vigilant on 'suspected spam' indicator, now available.
This enhanced navigation solution combines a modern and intuitive driver experience with the Trimble PC*Miler routing algorithm and a robust commercial vehicle location database.
He has previously worked at CommVault, Armor Cloud, Ciena, and Cisco, where he successfully fostered strong partner ecosystems and executed go-to-market strategies that drove growth in both established and emerging markets.
This innovation aims to not only enhance our telecom business operations but also drive revenue growth and resolve customer issues with unprecedented speed and efficiency by minimising legacy burdens and standardising so that LLMs can easily understand MNO products, supporting well-organised API calls necessary for problem-solving.
In its reference, the MIB stated that some existing provisions under FM Phase-III policy may require a relook in order to cater to technology shifts.
The move came after Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) asked telcos to blacklist and disconnect unregistered telemarketers.
Salesforce's move to introduce Agentforce is a significant development in autonomous bots, yet the conversation led by industry experts like Cohen highlights the importance of continuous innovation and integration of diverse AI capabilities.
Dennis Hoffman, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Telecom Systems Business at Dell Technologies, stated, "Capitalising on the multiple opportunities presented by AI has become the most compelling driver of network cloud transformation.