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Srikapardhi February 2nd, 2025 11:29 AM 0 COMMENTS

Melita Demonstrates Quantum Communications Testbed Network in Malta

Maltese operator Melita has demonstrated its quantum communications testbed network. The Melita Data Centre in Madliena hosted a live demonstration of Malta's quantum communications testbed network being developed and deployed in the PRISM project. This testbed network has been developed as part of the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) project, designed to create a quantum communications network across the EU with cybersecurity capabilities. Also Read: SoftBank and Quantinuum Partner for... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 2nd, 2025 7:07 AM 21 COMMENTS

BSNL Rs 1499 Plan is One of the Best Validity Options in India

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, offers the most affordable tariffs to consumers. This is because BSNL wants to regain its market share and has also not yet deployed 4G throughout India, so it can't really charge more. While everyone is talking about the validity plans in the market, it is important we focus on the Rs 1499 plan from BSNL because it is one of... Read More

Kripa B February 2nd, 2025 12:06 AM 0 COMMENTS

CES 2025: Nvidia AI Announcements, Launches and Partnerships Across Industries

Nvidia announced and showcased many new products and services at CES 2025 in Las Vegas last month. Nvidia's founder and CEO Jensen Huang, delivered a keynote that included the company's new products to advance gaming, autonomous vehicles, robotics and agentic AI. AI is advancing at an "incredible pace," Huang told the audience at the event, saying, "It started with perception AI — understanding images, words and sounds. Then generative AI... Read More

Kripa B February 1st, 2025 2:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Government to Provide Broadband to Rural Schools and Health Centres under BharatNet

The Centre will provide broadband connectivity to all government-run secondary schools and primary healthcare centres (PHCs) in rural areas through the BharatNet project, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. Also Read: Fastest 5G Rollout Globally Highlights India’s Technological Prowess in Telecom: Economic Survey Broadband Expansion Through BharatNet "Broadband connectivity will be provided to all Government secondary schools and primary health centres (PHCs) in rural... Read More

Kripa B February 1st, 2025 1:42 PM 2 COMMENTS

Fastest 5G Rollout Globally Highlights India’s Technological Prowess in Telecom: Economic Survey

Growing consumer consumption of internet services, an expanding smartphone ecosystem, and access to one of the world's cheapest data rates have pushed the average wireless data usage per month from 12.1GB in FY21 to over 21.2GB (as of September 2024), according to the Economic Survey 2024-25 released Friday. Also Read: Bharat Offers One of the Cheapest Mobile Data Rates Globally: DoT Rising Data Consumption and Cheap Rates "India's telecom sector... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 1st, 2025 6:55 AM 16 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio’s All Data Plans will Work with Voice Plans Now

Reliance Jio recently brought new prepaid plans for customers. These plans are voice and SMS-only vouchers. But the good thing is that these vouchers will now support all the data plans offered by Jio. Until now, there were two data plans that these new voice and SMS-only vouchers didn't support - Rs 69 and Rs 139. But now these data vouchers will also be supported. This update comes as Jio... Read More

Srikapardhi January 31st, 2025 11:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Omantel Partners with Airgain to Enhance 5G Coverage Across MENA Region

Omantel, the telecom service provider in Oman, has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Airgain, a California-based wireless connectivity solutions provider, to enhance 5G coverage across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The rapid expansion of 5G, according to the companies, has brought new challenges for telecom operators, particularly in balancing cost-effectiveness with network performance. Also Read: Omantel Successfully Completes Laboratory Trial of RedCap 5G Technology Overcoming... Read More

Srikapardhi January 31st, 2025 9:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

DataBank Raises USD 250 Million Investment from TJC

DataBank, a data centre colocation, interconnection, and managed services company, has raised USD 250 million equity investment from TJC (formerly The Jordan Company), alongside a USD 600 million secondary share offering. This funding came from excess investor interest in the USD 2 billion primary equity round in October 2024, bringing the total debt and equity raised to nearly USD 5 billion over the past 18 months. Also Read: DataBank Secures... Read More

Srikapardhi January 31st, 2025 5:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Prepaid Plans with Short Term Validity: January 2025 Edition

Bharti Airtel offers a simple selection of plans and usable options for prepaid subscribers. As a result, Airtel customers do not need to go through the hassle of comparing numerous plans and deciding which one to recharge with. We have previously covered Airtel's voice-centric plans and bulk data plans in detail. Also Read: Detailed: Airtel Prepaid Plans for Voice-Centric Users in January 2025 Airtel's Short-Term Prepaid Plans Now, you may... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 31st, 2025 4:50 PM 17 COMMENTS

Jio Changes Validity of Rs 69 and Rs 139 Data Plans

Reliance Jio has changed the validity of the Rs 69 and the Rs 139 data prepaid plans. These are data add-on packs and come with the same validity as the user's base plan. So for example, if the user's base plan had the validity of 42 days left, then these data vouchers would also be there for the remainder of the 42 days. However, Jio has now changed the validity... Read More

Tanuja K January 31st, 2025 4:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Galaxy S25 Series Gets Gemini Live with Hindi Support in India

Samsung is tailoring the Galaxy S25 series for the Indian market as much as possible. The Galaxy S25 series was recently announced and during the launch event, a lot of focus was given to the phone's AI (artificial intelligence) capabilities. A deeper Google Gemini integration with the Samsung apps was announced with the Galaxy S25 series. Now, Samsung has announced that the Galaxy S25 series is coming with Hindi language... Read More

Kripa B January 31st, 2025 2:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

HCLTech and Microsoft Launch AI-Powered Feature for Cricket Australia Live App

HCLTech and Microsoft have partnered with Cricket Australia (CA) to introduce a new generative AI (GenAI) feature in the Cricket Australia Live app. The AI Insights matchday companion feature provides fans with text-based updates throughout live matches, offering deeper context on key moments, player performances, and milestones beyond traditional scores and commentary. Also Read: HCLTech and Google Cloud Partner for AI-Driven Cybersecurity Solutions HCLTech and Microsoft Launch AI Feature The... Read More