The government is planning to launch broadband services readiness index of states based on parameters like infrastructure, approval processes and utilisation of the high-speed Internet, a top telecom department official said on Sunday. “According to a study by ICRIER (a research firm), USD 100 billion investment will have a seven-fold … Read More
At a time when pressure is mounting on tech companies to utilise facial recognition technology with care to avoid its misuse, Google has said it will not offer the controversial technology for now. Toeing Microsoft’s line which has asked governments across the world to regulate this technology, Google said facial … Read More
Asus launched the ZenFone Max Pro M2 and ZenFone Max M2 earlier this week. The ZenFone Max Pro M2 is the successor to the Max Pro M1 while the ZenFone Max M2 is the follow-up device of the ZenFone Max M1, which was launched just a couple of months ago. … Read More
Rubbishing reports of shifting its focus on premium gaming phones and power users, Taiwanese tech major Asus on Friday said it would continue to develop its ZenFone series of smartphones. “With regard to the doubts raised by some on the continuation of the ZenFone brand, we confirm that we will … Read More
Apple has informed artists that they can no longer post content to the Connect section of Apple Music — its a music and video streaming service. “Today we’re streamlining music discovery by removing Connect posts from Artist Pages and For You. “This means you’ll no longer be able to post … Read More
Over 400 million people are using video-on-demand service Facebook Watch monthly and 75 million people daily who spend at least one minute on Watch, the social networking platform has announced. Launched in the US in 2017, the video service allows users to enjoy videos from different genres, including entertainment, sports … Read More
Google has introduced extra controls into its Chromebook laptops where parents will now have the ability to set screen time limits and bedtime hours, remotely lock devices and monitor app usage. Google in 2017, launched the Family Link app to help parents stay in the loop with how their children … Read More
Swedish networking and telecom major Ericsson on Thursday said it had opened a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerator in this tech hub for research and development (R&D) in AI and Automation. “The new facility will accelerate our execution strategy by leveraging AI and Automation technologies to create data-driven, intelligent and robust … Read More
Chinese smartphone maker Vivo on Thursday announced an additional investment of Rs 4,000 crore over a period of four years for opening a new manufacturing plant on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh that will generate 5,000 jobs in its first phase of expansion. The new 169-acre land has been … Read More
The government on Wednesday said legacy staff cost, cutthroat tariff war, and absence of 4G services are some of the major reasons for losses at state-owned telecom firm MTNL. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha informed the Lok Sabha that the Department of Telecom had received revival plan of MTNL, which has … Read More
Broadband services are ready in over 1.16 lakh village panchayats out of the 1.21 lakh connected with optical fibre network under the BharatNet project, Parliament was informed Wednesday. The government plans to connect all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats (GPs) with optical fibre cable (OFC) enabled broadband services by March 2019. … Read More
Three leading industry bodies have submitted a joint proposal to the government for provisioning of interoperable internet and broadband services through a common platform, entailing roll out of a million Wi-Fi hotspots by September 2019, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. “Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Internet Service Providers … Read More
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