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Tanay Singh Thakur February 8th, 2025 10:12 AM 36 COMMENTS

Airtel More Focused on 5G Expansion, 4G Capacity Not a Priority Now

Bharti Airtel's Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Gopal Vittal, recently confirmed that the company is not looking to invest in expanding 4G capacity anymore. The investments will flow towards increasing 5G capacity and coverage. At the Q3 FY25 results, Vittal said that Airtel will deploy more 5G radios as more 5G devices come into its networks. Since not everyone in India has a 5G phone, the company is slowly increasing... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 8th, 2025 6:55 AM 20 COMMENTS

BSNL Kerala Announces 5000 Indigenous 4G Sites Deployed

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has announced that it has deployed 5000 indigenous 4G sites in Kerala. The company has so far installed more than 65,000 4G sites with indigenous technology PAN-India. BSNL's 4G technology is provided by Indian tech companies. Not only that, but BSNL;'s 4G tariffs are the lowest in the world. This brings BSNL closer to its goal of deploying 1 lakh... Read More

Kripa B February 7th, 2025 11:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

UK Launches AI Trial for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

The UK's NHS is launching the world-leading trial of artificial intelligence (AI) to detect breast cancer earlier, which could lead to faster diagnosis of the disease. Nearly 700,000 women across the country will take part in a trial to test how cutting-edge AI tools can be used to catch breast cancer cases earlier, the Department of Health and Social Care announced on February 4, 2025. Also Read: Google Cloud’s AI... Read More

Kripa B February 7th, 2025 9:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

NEC Unveils Solution to Modernise Mobile Network Infrastructure Construction

NEC Corporation has developed a solution that enables the modernisation of tasks, including planning, design and construction work, when telecommunications carriers install network infrastructure such as base stations. The company said the introduction of this solution makes it possible to reduce the time required to build mobile infrastructure, from RAN to core, by approximately 60 percent compared to conventional methods. Also Read: NEC Completes Construction of ADC Submarine Cable In... Read More

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