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Srikapardhi February 12th, 2025 5:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Stc Group Partners with AWS to Drive AI and Cloud Transformation in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian telecommunications company stc Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced a collaboration to advance digital transformation in Saudi Arabia by supporting cloud-based services and AI infrastructure. As part of this partnership, stc Group has been recognised as a System Integrator Premier Partner, the highest AWS Partner Tier. Also Read: STC Group Completes 1 Tbps Data Centre Connectivity Trial on 850 Km Network AWS and stc Group to... Read More

Srikapardhi February 12th, 2025 4:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telstra Achieves 516 Mbps 5G SA Uplink Speed with Ericsson and Qualcomm

Australian telecommunications operator Telstra has achieved uplink speeds of 516 Mbps in collaboration with Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies. This record surpassed the previous speed of 447 Mbps in October 2024. Ericsson noted that this is the highest uplink speed achieved on a live commercial sub-6GHz 5G Standalone (SA) network. Also Read: Telstra Achieves 340 Mbps Uplink Speed Over 5G SA; Deploys Dynamic Network Slicing Solution Importance of High Uplink Speeds... Read More

Kripa B February 12th, 2025 3:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

Salesforce Announces USD 500 Million Investment in Saudi Arabia to Drive AI Innovation

Salesforce has announced plans to invest USD 500 million in Saudi Arabia to accelerate AI innovation, enhance workforce development, and expand its local partner ecosystem to support local businesses in the region. This follows the company's pledge at Davos to expand its presence in Saudi Arabia with a new regional headquarters in Riyadh. Also Read: Salesforce to Cut 1,000 Jobs Amid AI Expansion: Report Transforming Cloud and AI Adoption In... Read More

Tanuja K February 12th, 2025 3:46 PM 0 COMMENTS

Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 Launched in India: Price and Specs

Beats, a subsidiary company of Apple, recently launched the Powerbeats Pro 2 in India. This is a truly wireless stereo (TWS) earbud and comes with super advanced features. These earbuds are so good that they even surpass the AirPods Pro 2 from Apple. But yes, they are super expensive, but whether it is worth your money or not is something you will have to determine on your own after going... Read More

Srikapardhi February 12th, 2025 3:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

KDDI Joins Aduna as an Equity Partner in API Venture

Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI has joined Aduna, a joint venture between leading global telecom operators and Ericsson, as an equity partner. In an announcement on Wednesday, Aduna said, "KDDI will further strengthen Aduna's vision of accelerating the adoption and innovation of common network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) by developers on a global scale." Also Read: Aduna Partners with Sinch to Expand Global Network API Access KDDI Joins Aduna Aduna was... Read More

Tanuja K February 12th, 2025 2:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus Rolling OxygenOS 15 for OnePlus 10 Pro

OnePlus has now started to rollout the OxygenOS 15 update for OnePlus 10 Pro. At the same time, OnePlus 11R is also getting a new OxygenOS update. Both of these are premium devices, and are now getting the Android 15 update from OnePlus. OnePlus 10 Pro 5G is getting version 15.0.0.401 in North America while the OnePlus 11R is getting version 15.0.0.601 in India. Note that OnePlus 11R has already... Read More

Kripa B February 12th, 2025 1:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Google, Meta, and Others Form Safer Internet India Coalition to Combat Online Fraud

Major global Big Tech and telecom companies, including Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Airtel, have joined the New Safer Internet India (SII), a newly formed policy advocacy group focused on combating cyber threats and enhancing user safety, the group announced on February 12, according to a multiple media reports, including Moneycontrol. Also Read: Airtel Expands Network to Cover Over 89,000 Villages in India Coalition Members and Cybersecurity The coalition's members include... Read More

Tanuja K February 12th, 2025 12:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Awards Nokia with Contract to Expand 5G FWA

Bharti Airtel has awarded Nokia with a fresh contract for expanding the presence of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) in India. Under this contract, Nokia will supply Airtel with its 5G FWA outdoor gateway receiver and Wi-Fi 6 access point, utilising Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6 and Modem-RF chipsets. This will enable Airtel in expanding the reach of high-speed broadband network in areas where fiber is hard to deploy. Bharti Airtel is... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 12th, 2025 11:25 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea is Walking the Talk with Capex Spends in Q3 FY25

Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), the third-largest telecom operator, recently announced Q3 FY25 financial results. The results showed that the revenue for the quarter was Rs 111.2 billion, a QoQ improvement of 1.7%. While this is marginal revenue growth, the telco was still able to scale its capex to new heights. This was possible due to the successful fundraising through equity during early part of the year. Vi said that its... Read More

Srikapardhi February 12th, 2025 11:08 AM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel Expands Network to Cover Over 89,000 Villages in India

Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has been expanding its network to villages by deploying telecom sites to extend coverage to rural India. Over the last two years, Airtel has expanded its network to cover over 89,000 villages through the deployment of around 43,000 sites. In its presentation last September, Airtel stated that its 5G network coverage reaches 140,000 villages, while its 4G network coverage extends to 800,000 villages across India. Also Read:... Read More

Kripa B February 12th, 2025 9:49 AM 0 COMMENTS

Confluent Partners With Jio to Advance Development of GenAI Use Cases in India

US-headquartered data streaming company Confluent has partnered with Jio Platforms Limited (JPL) to accelerate the development of real-time and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) use cases in India while integrating Confluent Cloud with Jio Cloud Services. "Confluent, Inc., the data streaming pioneer, today announced it has signed a strategic partnership with Jio Platforms Limited for Jio Cloud Services," the company said on Tuesday. Also Read: Reliance Jio Partners With Polygon Labs... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 12th, 2025 7:01 AM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL’s Rs 345 Plan Offers 60 Days of Validity with Calling and Data

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, offers customers a Rs 345 prepaid plan for 60 days. This plan is one of the most affordable 60 days service validity plan in the country. While BSNL has not yet launched 4G everywhere, it is in the process to do so. Until now, BSNL has put more than 65,000 sites on-air. The Rs 345 plan from BSNL is a... Read More