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No respite to telecom sector woes

With the AGR dues overweighing green shoots of deleveraging and restoration of pricing power, the Indian telecom industry will continue to reel under pressure

India should use PPP model to scale up telecom infrastructure

He specializes in greenfield telecom ventures and loves building businesses from zilch. The head of convergence business at Sterlite Power, NK Panda is also working towards creating a nationwide fibre optic network primarily on power utility infrastructure. In an interaction with Anusha Ashwin he talks about the strengths of the company, its efforts to make India digitally empowered, and fibre optic connection plans. Excerpts:

Dawn of the digital decade

5G is expected to have a deep and lasting impact on the country’s economy and open up a plethora of business possibilities. Here is what you can look forward to during the year

Blockchain makes real-time intel sharing possible

Subex, a leading telecom analytics solutions provider, has joined hands with the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG) to provide a Blockchain-based fraud management solution to its customers. As part of this alliance, Subex becomes part of the RAG Wangiri Blockchain Consortium, which seeks to use the technology to gather real-time industry threat intelligence about fraudsters. The consortium includes some of the world’s leading Communications Service Providers (CSPs) from North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. In an interaction with Voice&Data’s Pradeep Chakraborty, Subex Products and Strategy head Rohit maheshwari shares more details about the partnership. Excerpts:

Before the party begins

The 5G device ecosystem is bound to develop well, not just in anticipation of new radio rollouts but also in preparation of applications such as edge AI, VR, and AR

A checklist for extraordinary success

How the service provider can address the growth market and move beyond the traditional subscriber-driven revenue model

5G to enable smart home interoperability

Beside a slew of cutting-edge technologies and solutions that were showcased, the largest exhibition by China in India also displayed products that can make life simpler.

5 trends to look for in 2020

As we get ready for an era of AI-enabled apps, the “Low-code No-code” framework is beginning to decentralise product development, allowing everyone an equal chance to create interesting apps

Ready, Steady, Deploy NextGen Robust Network

Before 5G can deliver on its promises and quality of service metrics, wireless systems designers and engineers must overcome sizable challenges. They need to solve the complexities across the spectrum—impeding device, network and data center design

Scaling up Cost-effectively

While the buzz around 5G sounds too good to be true, preparation, groundwork, and getting networks ready the new standard hold the key to its successful roll out. Here is why CUPS will play a key role in the upgrading the network

Enterprise Business, New Opportunities to Drive Growth

Operators will soon develop new business models and start offering innovative solutions to monetise the OTT platforms

Top 5 Carrier Infra & Managed Services Companies

It’s a Smaller Pie

We Believe that Internet is the WAN

Sreelakshmi Sarva, Head, Product Strategy, NetFoundry, speaks to us about the changing networking landscape

TIME TO COOL THE HEELS

With 5G tailwinds not likely to arrive anytime soon enough and carriers yet to recoup their 4G investments, big-ticket deals are not awaited

Swiss-knife Trends

Solutions that unify more and more carrier and OTT services into single views and bills are in vogue

Macro Models Need a Rejig

Opportunities exist for telecom tower companies to redefine growth, provided they adapt to the new structural shifts

INFRA QUEST

Networks need to be smart, agile, and pervasive as next-generation services grow and intelligence moves to the edge

Gearing up for a New Era

Enterprise networking market is witnessing a paradigm shift in response to the new-age connectivity needs

Business of Connecting People, Places and Things

Cambium Networks is into the business of connecting people, places, and things in India. While these deployments are in their early to late stages, the company is showing the transformative power of connecting people to the world. Discussing further, Bharat Sharma, Director Presales, India & SAARC, Cambium Networks, tells us on how the company is playing an active part in India’s wireless connectivity business

Biggest Challenge of 5G will be the Transition

As the 5G fever picks up, we spoke to Donna Majcen, VP, Global Marketing, Keysight Technologies, on a range of issues. Her message was clear. 5G is a transformational technology, and if communications has to be the backbone for businesses, governments and consumers, 5G is the answer. Globally, organisations are gearing up to ride the 5G wave

Bigger is no More Better too

Business pressures faced by telcos are impacting the IT outsourcing deals as well, which are getting smaller and shared by multiple vendors

Smart Solutions Suitable For IoT Applications

SenRa, a PAN India Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) provider for long range-based (LoRa-based) Internet of Things (IoT) applications, has partnered with a premier technology company to deploy smart solutions PAN India

Communication Disruption

The disruption that communication platforms have caused is immense. This digital world rides on the power of these ubiquitous platforms that are an undeniable necessity for any kind of communication. But amidst security breaches and cyber thefts, a generic messaging platform, like WhatsApp, will certainly not be suitable for business/ corporate message exchanges. When business productivity nowadays depends heavily on effective mobile communication, a secure enterprise-grade messaging platform is therefore in great demand. As enterprise messaging covers the growing convergence of both physical and virtual communication, communication glitches across geographical borders get blurred, and it significantly eliminates the threat of security breaches. One such popular enterprise-grade messaging platform provider is Flock. The company is India’s pioneering simple and efficient team messaging app with advanced security features that makes collaboration between any enterprises’ team members easy. Devashish Sharma, CTO, Flock, in an interaction with us explains why not having a strong security apparatus in place can lead to official and confidential company data being compromised and runs the risk of cybertheft

Coming Together In Strategy

On the eve of at Tech Mahindra winning the $ 1 Billion AT&T transformation deal, Manish Vyas, President, Communications, Media & Entertainment Business, and CEO, Network Services at Tech Mahindra, talks to us

Chatbots Working Magic

When was the last time you dialled the helpline number of a brand and ended up waiting for more than 5 minutes in the telephonic queue? It would be a long time back. Gone are the days when you were forced to deal with customer representatives who were located far from your geographical location. On the other hand, even the automated IVR (Interactive Voice Response) system could not cater to all our needs effectively

BSNL-MTNL Merger

In anticipation of getting two government-owned telecommunication entities profitable, the Union Cabinet yesterday laid out its revival package of merging BSNL and MTNL

Being Client Centric

Bharti Airtel Global Chief Information Officer Harmeen Mehta talks to us about the power and role of new technologies in making Airtel more and more customer centric

Making Smartphones Last Longer: The Rise Of Battery Capacities

Smartphone brands are responding to the consumer demand with increasing battery capacities as a differentiating factor

How Will Apple's New iPhones Fare

Apple has unveiled its 2019 generation of iPhones, alongside a greater emphasis on content, via Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade

Cloud To Client

Anand Bhaskar, MD, Service Providers Sales, Cisco India & SAARC, speaks about the various dimensions coming up in the telecom sector