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Kripa B November 1st, 2024 9:19 AM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Plans to Increase Marketing Budget Ahead of 5G Launch: Report

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is reportedly raising its marketing budgets over the next two months as part of a dual strategy aimed at building awareness for its 5G launch by March and regaining subscribers, a senior official said. However, Vi will not be reviving iconic campaigns from its erstwhile brands, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, such as Vodafone's ZooZoos, the pug, or the "What an Idea sirji" campaign, according to chief... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 1st, 2024 6:56 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Offering 3GB of Bonus Data with Rs 499 Plan: Details

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator, is now offering 3GB of bonus data to the customers with the Rs 499 plan. The Rs 499 prepaid plan from BSNL is an old offering, which is available to customers throughout India. This is a medium-term validity prepaid plan. At the moment, if users are recharging with this prepaid plan, BSNL is giving them 3GB of bonus data. However, there... Read More

Kripa B October 31st, 2024 10:16 PM 6 COMMENTS

Jio Delivers Data at 15 Cents a GB: Mukesh Ambani at Nvidia AI Summit 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) will be the driving force behind India's digital transformation, fuelling innovation, economic growth, and global leadership, said Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang at Nvidia's AI Summit in Mumbai this month. Addressing an audience of entrepreneurs, developers, academics, and business leaders, Huang positioned AI as the cornerstone of India's future. His keynote also included a surprise appearance by actor and producer Akshay Kumar. Introducing Mukesh Ambani, Huang... Read More

Srikapardhi October 31st, 2024 5:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Viettel to Deploy High-Capacity Optical Network for 5G and Cloud in Vietnam

Vietnam's largest service provider Viettel will Deploy Nokia's optical transport solution that will support the growing demand for 5G, data center interconnect (DCI), and cross-border connectivity in Vietnam. This deployment follows a successful trial with speeds reaching a 1.2 Tbps per wavelength. The deployment, to be completed in 2025, will be used to connect Viettel's data centers in key metropolitan areas such as Ha Noi, Ho Chi Minh City, and... Read More

Srikapardhi October 31st, 2024 3:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Lumen and AWS Partner to Enhance AI-Driven Connectivity Across the US

Lumen Technologies and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced an agreement to boost connectivity and network optimisation for AI-driven cloud applications across the US. Under this partnership, Lumen will use AWS technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and security solutions, to modernise its network and product infrastructure while providing fiber connectivity to AWS data centers. Also Read: Meta and Lumen Partner to Expand Network Capacity for AI Development... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 31st, 2024 2:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

MacBook Pro with M4 Chips Launched in India: Check Price

MacBook Pro, the most powerful laptop from Apple has been refreshed with the M4 chip. Apple announced the M4 chip with iMac and Mac Mini in the previous days. Now the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros have been announced with M4 chips. These new laptops come with support for Apple Intelligence. There are three M4 chips - M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max. Let's take a look at the price... Read More

Srikapardhi October 31st, 2024 1:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

SoftBank Enhances AI Platform by Installing 4,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs

SoftBank announced it had finished installing approximately 4,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs in its Japan top-level AI computing platform now under expansion. The platform is one of the largest computing platforms in Japan for large language models (LLMs) learning. SoftBank began operating its 0.7 exaflops AI computing platform equipped with approximately 2,000 Nvidia Ampere GPUs in September 2023. With this installation of approximately 4,000 Nvidia Hopper GPUs, the AI platform's total... Read More

Srikapardhi October 31st, 2024 12:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Viavi to Build Open RAN Lab in Philippines

Viavi Solutions (Viavi) has been selected to design and operate a new lab dedicated to advancing Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) technologies in the Philippines. This initiative aims to lower barriers for new players and support workforce training in the Open RAN sector in Asia. The lab will be located in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Viavi said on Wednesday. Also Read: Telefonica Hispam Selects Viavi’s Automated Network Inventory Management... Read More

Kripa B October 31st, 2024 12:20 PM 25 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea offers Deepawali Rewards: Full Details Here

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is back again with its "Spin the Wheel" and Win Assured Rewards program this Deepawali to make the celebrations even more splendid for its customers. Under the festive bonanza program, customers who recharge on the Vi App qualify to spin the wheel and win assured rewards of up to Rs 3,499, Vi said in a statement on Wednesday. Vi Benefits Overview: Vodafone Idea Prepaid Plans: An Overview... Read More

Kripa B October 31st, 2024 11:24 AM 0 COMMENTS

Meta AI Has More Than 500 Million Monthly Users, Says Mark Zuckerberg

Meta's Artificial Intelligence chatbot, Meta AI, now has over 500 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the company's earnings call on October 30, while highlighting the rapid adoption of Meta's AI offerings. Meta AI launched in September of last year to compete with Microsoft's OpenAI and Google's Gemini. Initially rolled out in over a dozen countries, Meta AI is now available in around 43 countries and multiple... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 31st, 2024 9:38 AM 0 COMMENTS

BSNL Announces 5000 Sites Now Operational Under 4G Saturation Project

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has announced that 5000 sites are now operational under the 4G saturation project. The 4G saturation project is now growing at a healthy pace. Back in July 2024, BSNL announced that it had achieved 1000 site deployments under this project. However, in just three months, the figure has reached 5000 sites. The state-run telecom company is using homegrown technology provided by TCS-led consortium which includes... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 31st, 2024 6:46 AM 14 COMMENTS

BSNL Has Now Installed 50000 4G Sites

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run telecom operator in India, has reached the milestone of installing 50,000 4G sites. Out of this, over 41,000 sites are now operational (as of October 29, 2024). Nearly 36,747 sites were established under Phase IX.2 of the project, and over 5000 sites were installed under the 4G saturation project. The 4G saturation project was funded through the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), also... Read More