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Srikapardhi February 7th, 2025 9:07 PM 0 COMMENTS

Windward Launches AI-Powered Solution to Monitor Undersea Infrastructure

Maritime AI company Windward has launched its Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection solution, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solution designed to monitor vital undersea infrastructure, including subsea cables, pipelines, and offshore rigs while providing real-time monitoring alerts. Also Read: ITU and ICPC Form Global Advisory Body to Strengthen Submarine Cable Resilience Rising Threats to Maritime Infrastructure Windward's software launch comes amid rising concerns over the vulnerability of global energy and data networks.... Read More

Srikapardhi February 7th, 2025 6:38 PM 2 COMMENTS

Singtel Launches 5G+ Using 700 MHz Spectrum in Singapore

Singtel announced that it is the first operator in Singapore to deploy 700 MHz spectrum, further boosting its 5G coverage nationwide. With this enhancement, Singtel's 5G will be known as Singtel 5G+, and feature increased signal strengths of up to 40 percent in high-rise indoor and underground spaces, as well as in remote areas across Singapore. This move follows the Info-communications Media Development Authority's grant of the rights to use... Read More

Kripa B February 7th, 2025 4:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Oracle Adds New Generative AI Capabilities to NetSuite

Oracle has introduced a new set of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven features in NetSuite, one of its corporate finance software offerings, to streamline complex pricing processes for businesses. "The new generative AI capabilities and AI agents can help customers streamline data entry, centralize the management and deployment of large language models, optimise product configurations, and accelerate sales processes and issue resolution," Oracle Netsuite said on Thursday. Also Read: Oracle to Invest... Read More

Tanuja K February 7th, 2025 3:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

OPPO Find N5 to Come with IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 Rating

Pete Lau, Chief Product Officer at OPPO and founder of OnePlus has confirmed that the OPPO Find N5 will come with IPX6, IPX8, and IPX9 ratings. These certifications mean that the device can be submerged in water, and will still work. A photograph of the phone shared by Pete on his social media handle shows the upcoming OPPO Find N5 being sprayed with water through jets. This marks a huge... Read More

Tanuja K February 7th, 2025 3:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G at Just Rs 71,999: Check Specs

Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra, the flagship phone of 2023 is now available at a very low price compared to what it launched for. The Galaxy S23 Ultra 5G is now available only for Rs 71,999. This phone has all the AI (artificial intelligence) features of the latest Galaxy smartphones and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. Moreover, there's a powerful camera integrated into the device. On Amazon... Read More

Tanuja K February 7th, 2025 2:17 PM 1 COMMENTS

Dor Play, a New OTT Aggregator App with 20+ OTTs is Here

Dor Play, a new app for entertainment content lovers has been launched by Streambox Media. This app is an OTT (over-the-top) aggregation platform meant for users who want to get access to content from several OTT platforms under the same roof. Think of platforms like Airtel Xstream Play, JioTV, Tata Play Binge, and more; this is what Dor Play effectively is at the end of the day. With Dor Play,... Read More

Tanuja K February 7th, 2025 1:41 PM 14 COMMENTS

Phone Calling Cost in India Down 94% Since 2014: Scindia

Union telecom minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia recently said that the cost of making a one-minute phone call in 2014 was 50 paise. Today, it has dropped to 3 paise, which is a reduction of 94%. The telecom industry tariffs saw a major restructuring and a dip in costs for consumers when Jio announced free calling and data in the initial days with its SIM cards. Competitors had to follow suit to... Read More

Tanuja K February 7th, 2025 1:20 PM 25 COMMENTS

Airtel’s Chief Calls for Further Tariff Repair in the Industry

Bharti Airtel's Vice Chairman and Managing Director (MD), Gopal Vittal, said in a recent statement that the industry (telecom) needs further tariff repair to ensure sustained investments and long-term value creation. This statement comes right after the telecom operators hiked the tariffs and saw an uptick in their ARPU (average revenue per user). Bharti Airtel's ARPU reached a staggering Rs 245 during the quarter, the highest for any telecom operator... Read More

Kripa B February 7th, 2025 1:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

AI Designed for Speech Recognition Deciphers Earthquake Signals

Artificial Intelligence (AI) built for speech is now decoding the language of earthquakes, Nvidia said in a blog post, noting that researchers have repurposed an AI model built for speech recognition to analyse seismic activity, offering new insights into how faults behave before earthquakes. A team at Los Alamos National Laboratory used Meta's Wav2Vec-2.0, a deep-learning AI model originally designed to process human speech, to study seismic signals from Hawaii's... Read More

Kripa B February 7th, 2025 11:58 AM 0 COMMENTS

AI-Powered HR Tech Company Phenom Acquires Talent Mobility Platform EDGE

Phenom, an AI company specialising in HR, has acquired EDGE, a resource management and talent mobility platform. "The acquisition strengthens Phenom's workforce intelligence solutions for the professional services industry and global capability centers (GCC)," Phenom announced on Thursday, February 7, 2025. The companies did not disclose the value of the transaction. Also Read: BlackRock Plans to Hire 1,200 People in India, Expand AI Capabilities: Report Strengthening Resource Planning "This sixth... Read More

Srikapardhi February 7th, 2025 11:05 AM 0 COMMENTS

Indus to Acquire Telecom Towers of Bharti Airtel and Hexacom for Rs 3,308.7 Crore

Telecom infrastructure company Indus Towers (Indus) will acquire mobile sites of Bharti Airtel Limited and Bharti Hexacom Limited for Rs 3,308.7 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. The boards of Bharti Airtel and Bharti Hexacom have approved the sale/transfer of approximately 12,700 telecom towers and 3,400 telecom towers for Rs 2,147.6 crore and Rs 1,134 crore, respectively. The deal excludes the transfer of sites installed under Universal Service... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 7th, 2025 7:02 AM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea SonyLIV Prepaid Plans

Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator in India, has three plans on offer which come bundled with SonyLIV OTT (over-the-top) benefit. Users can also purchase SonyLIV from outside, but getting it free with a prepaid plan is also not a bad option. There are three plans which cost Rs 95, Rs 408, and Rs 998. The Rs 95 plan is a prepaid data voucher while the Rs 408 and... Read More