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Tanuja K January 31st, 2025 1:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

TDSAT Stays Order of TRAI for Penalty on Jio, Airtel and Vi: Report

The Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has stayed the penalty implemented by the telecom regulator on telcos for failing to curb spam communication. TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) had put a Rs 141 crore penalty on the private telecom operators including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi). Telcos had moved against the order and sought help from TDSAT to settle the matter. The telecom appellate... Read More

Tanuja K January 31st, 2025 12:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Apple Keen on Indian Market: Tim Cook

Apple, a Cupertino tech giant, has been growing rapidly in India. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said recently at the earnings call of the company that they plan to open four more stores in India. This statement comes at the backdrop of Apple registering record revenues in the December 2024 quarter. The four new stores have been already confirmed by the company before. During the holiday quarter, Apple registered a... Read More

Kripa B January 31st, 2025 12:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

PwC and Microsoft Partner to Deploy AI Agents for Industries

PwC and Microsoft have teamed up in a strategic collaboration to transform industries by leveraging AI agents. These AI agents are advanced systems capable of performing tasks autonomously, analysing large sets of data, and supporting decision-making processes. Their collaboration aims to help businesses harness the full potential of AI, driving enhanced business value, better customer engagement, and optimised operations across various sectors. Also Read: PwC India Partners with Meta to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 31st, 2025 12:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vivo Captures Largest Smartphone Market Volume Share in 2024 in India

Vivo, a Chinese smartphone maker, for the first time, has captured the highest share of smartphone market volume in 2024. According to data from Counterpoint Research, in the India Smartphone Market Volume share, 2024, Vivo captured 19% share. It was the largest amongst every brand including Xiaomi, Samsung, OPPO, and Realme. This means that Vivo shipped the highest number of smartphones during the calendar year 2024 in India. In the... Read More

Kripa B January 31st, 2025 12:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

AI Voice Startup ElevenLabs Secures USD 180 Million in Funding

ElevenLabs has raised USD 180 million in Series C funding, bringing its total funding to USD 281 million since its 2022 launch. The round was co-led by a16z and ICONIQ Growth, with participation from new investors like NEA, World Innovation Lab (WiL), Valor, Endeavor Catalyst Fund and Lunate. Existing investors Sequoia Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Smash Capital, SV Angel, NFDG, and BroadLight Capital are also increasing their support, the AI Voice... Read More

Srikapardhi January 31st, 2025 10:01 AM 0 COMMENTS

Ooredoo Partners with ASN to Build Fibre in Gulf Submarine Cable

Ooredoo Group has signed an agreement with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to construct the Fibre in Gulf (FIG) submarine cable system, enhancing regional connectivity across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). "Ooredoo's investment will support the growth of cloud services, big data initiatives, and the acceleration of digital transformation across the region," according to the Group's announcement on January 30, 2025. Also Read: Telstra International to Upgrade Subsea Network with 800... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 31st, 2025 6:56 AM 11 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Brings Back Rs 189 Plan Under Value Category

Reliance Jio has brought the "value" category of prepaid plans after removing it completely a few days back. Under the value category now, users will get the voice-only plans which cost Rs 448 and Rs 1748 plans. Now there's a new sub-category under the value category which is called "Affordable Packs". Under this sub-category from Jio, now there's the Rs 189 plan. This plan is not new by any standard... Read More

Srikapardhi January 30th, 2025 9:17 PM 0 COMMENTS

Batelco Partners with Ericsson to Upgrade 4G and 5G Network in Bahrain

Batelco, part of the Beyon Group and Ericsson have announced the expansion of Batelco's mobile broadband network to enhance its 5G and 4G capabilities by strengthening network coverage and capacity across Bahrain. As part of this expansion, Batelco has deployed Ericsson's latest radio access network (RAN) products and modernised its Ericsson Core network infrastructure to the latest network function virtualisation infrastructure (NFVI) release, incorporating capacity expansions to meet the growth... Read More

Kripa B January 30th, 2025 7:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Prepaid Plans with Short-Term Validity: January 2025 Edition

Now that Reliance Jio's Voice and SMS-only plans have been launched and are well known to users, if you are looking for monthly or short-term validity prepaid plans from India's largest telecom operator, this article will help you with all the available plans and relevant information. Let's take a look at what Jio is offering in this validity segment. Also Read: Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea’s Revised Voice and SMS-Only... Read More

Tanuja K January 30th, 2025 5:26 PM 1 COMMENTS

BSNL Launches BiTV PAN-India in Partnership with OTTplay

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), a state-run Indian telecom operator, has partnered with OTTplay to launch BiTV service throughout India. The pilot launch took place only for Pondicherry. Now, it has been followed with a PAN-India launch. With the BiTV service, BSNL aims to offer its mobile users internet TV service directly on their smartphones. Users will get access to 450+ live TV channels, which also includes premium channels. With... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 30th, 2025 4:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Prepaid Plans Under Rs 50 in 2025

Airtel has five prepaid plans that are under Rs 50 in 2025. These are not plans that will give you service validity as all of them are data vouchers. These plans are meant to be recharged on top of active plans. Data vouchers of Bharti Airtel start at just Rs 11. These are plans meant to help users boost their data consumption. Let's take a look at their benefits, as... Read More

Kripa B January 30th, 2025 4:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

India to Develop Indigenous Generative AI Model: Report

India has announced plans to develop its own generative AI model, joining global players like OpenAI and China's DeepSeek. Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw revealed the initiative at the Utkarsh Odisha Conclave, highlighting India's commitment to AI innovation through the India AI Compute Facility, according to a Moneycontrol report. Also Read: India to Promote Cheap Data Rates, 5G Expansion to Attract Global Investments: Report India AI Compute Facility The facility has... Read More