Srikapardhi

Passionately following the Indian #Telecom Industry for over a decade from Business, Consumer and a Technical perspective. My primary focus area is Consumer & Digital Experience.

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Verizon Activates New FWA Lines in Portland Region

Verizon Activates New FWA Lines in Portland Region

Verizon Business said it has activated more than 740 new Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) lines with the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet), a transit agency providing bus, light rail, commuter rail, and paratransit service in the Portland metro region. This deployment will enable passengers to pay fares using … Read More

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Islalink Achieves 800Gbps Transmission Speed Over IONIAN Submarine Cable

Islalink Achieves 800Gbps Transmission Speed Over IONIAN Submarine Cable

Islalink and Nokia have successfully tested Nokia’s sixth-generation Photonic Service Engine (PSE-6s) over an unrepeated 330 km submarine cable connecting Crotone, Italy, with Preveza, Greece, setting a new capacity-reach record for 800 Gbps transmission on the IONIAN cable system. Also Read: Islalink Inaugurates Ionian Transmission System Connecting Greece and Italy … Read More

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SoftBank and Fujitsu Partner to Drive AI-RAN Commercialisation by 2026

SoftBank and Fujitsu Partner to Drive AI-RAN Commercialisation by 2026

SoftBank Corp (SoftBank) and Fujitsu Limited (Fujitsu) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on October 25, 2024 to strengthen their collaboration in developing AI-RAN, a new architecture combining artificial intelligence (AI) with Radio Access Networks (RAN), aiming for commercialisation by 2026. Under this agreement, the companies will initiate joint … Read More

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SoftBank and Nvidia Build AI-Powered 5G Network Using AI Aerial

SoftBank and Nvidia Build AI-Powered 5G Network Using AI Aerial

Japan’s SoftBank and Nvidia announced on Tuesday a series of collaborations designed to accelerate Japan’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) initiatives while also unlocking billions of dollars in AI revenue opportunities for telecommunications providers worldwide. During his keynote at Nivida AI Summit Japan, Nivida founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced that SoftBank … Read More

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SmartCIC Launches LEO Satellite Service Powered by Starlink

SmartCIC Launches LEO Satellite Service Powered by Starlink

SmartCIC Global Services, the global connectivity and managed services arm of SmartCIC Group, has announced the launch of its managed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite service, which the company plans to rapidly deploy across 30 countries. The company said the new offering provides secure, scalable and cost-effective connectivity across remote … Read More

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E& UAE and Ericsson Sign MoU to Collaborate on 6G Research

E& UAE and Ericsson Sign MoU to Collaborate on 6G Research

E& United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ericsson have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly explore 6G technology, its use cases, and future network evolution. The MoU will serve as an early engagement for defining the next generation of future mobile network evolution and will include a series of … Read More

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CtrlS Datacenters to Offer Direct Access to Oracle Cloud and AI Services

CtrlS Datacenters to Offer Direct Access to Oracle Cloud and AI Services

CtrlS Datacenters, Asia’s largest Rated-4 data center operator, today announced that it will offer its customers direct, high-speed connectivity to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services, including AI tools and Oracle Autonomous Database. The new service, powered by OCI FastConnect, will be available through CtrlS’ datacenters in Mumbai and Hyderabad, with … Read More

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Equinix Opens Salalah Data Center in Oman

Equinix Opens Salalah Data Center in Oman

Equinix has officially opened its data center in Salalah, Oman, in partnership with local telco Omantel. The facility – known as SN1 – is to be commercially and operationally managed in full by Equinix as a carrier-neutral and open-access Equinix International Business Exchange (IBX) data center. According to Equinix, this marks … Read More

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Airtel Solarises Over 3,500 Mobile Sites in Q2

Airtel Solarises Over 3,500 Mobile Sites in Q2

Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel emphasises sustainability as it strives to deliver environmentally friendly technology. There are multiple instances to support this, with Airtel 5G Plus being a notable example. When Airtel launched its 5G services, the company stated that its 5G technology is more energy-efficient. According to Airtel’s website, … Read More

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