CATEGORIES

Hot and hybrid

Idle resources, visibility, hidden costs, security loose-ends and complications of provisioning – can the hybrid cloud addresses such on-ground issues?

Enabling technology advancements beyond 2021

Sectors that are going to see high adoption of 5G include public sector, industrial automation, healthcare, education, and media and entertainment

“Telecom will disrupt and transform the economy”

Telecom will transform industries by creating a connected ecosystem and enabling digital enterprises and digital commerce. It will also help reboot the economy for faster growth

The bedrock of digital economy

The first-ever virtual Telecom Leadership Forum saw the industry experts deliberate on the technology trends, 5G’s impact on society, local manufacturing, and the issues reshaping the ecosystem

Get ready to change the rules of the game

While innovation at the grassroot level can be the real game changer for India, the country needs to promote the ecosystem that can support this

IT PAYS TO INVEST IN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE

The spill over socio-economic benefits will far exceed the direct impact and rise exponentially for the wellbeing and growth of the humankind

Playing the 5G balancing act

While adoption of 5G is inevitable, the intricate relation between human, machine, and data can only be determined by how we control and use it

Get, set, better connect

India needs better connectivity and proliferation to achieve the digital dream and Wi-Fi 6E may be one of the best solutions in hand

A race for collaboration and competition

Will they steal each other’s pudding or will they add a cherry? A multi-faceted panel sniffs out the equation between hyperscalers and telcos

Build good cars; do not worry about the road

Experts at the V&D panel deliberate on how India should loosen its purse string to build adequate infrastructure for the new digital economy

5G is all about use-cases

Industry experts and leaders unravel the enablers and possibilities of the upcoming telecom standard and what it has in store for business and India

5G And Beyond: The Digital Future

Discussion around higher speed and performance of 5G over its predecessors tend to miss the forest for the trees. Studies reveal greater RoI over short term from private networks

5G Is Peanut Butter, Unless…

Every good thing has a hidden side, one that surfaces slowly and, often, when you least expect it. Be cautious when pushing the button on your big 5G project

We seek to become the AWS for B2B and B2C communication

Infobip operates a full-stack Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) with private cloud infrastructure and zero-hop connectivity to telecoms globally. As the company Managing Director Harsha Solanki has quadrupled the turnover of the enterprise in the last four years and is working towards building Infobip as an engineering mitochondrion with its benchmarkdefining CPaaS infrastructure and an innovation-centric perspective. In an interaction with Shubhendu Parth, she talks about the business communication trends, the evolving CPaaS market, and how organizations are adopting omnichannel solution to strengthen customer engagement in the New Normal. Excerpts:

The (relay) race is on for the CSPs

Communications service providers can learn from the best practices of successful relay race teams to capture a significant piece of 5G market opportunity

INDIA'S TOP OTT PLATFORMS

The first-ever comprehensive research in India by Voice&Data-Mozark-CMR ranks the country’s OTT platforms on their functional experience and emotional quotient

“The 5G to 6G shift will happen in steps”

As per NTT’s 2020 Global Managed Services Report, organizations indicated that MSPs will provide maximum value during the next 3-5 years through their security capabilities (44%), financial stability, trust and reputation (43%), and automation (43%). Murtaza Bhatia, National Manager – Vertical Solutions, NTT Ltd. India, in an interaction with Pratima Harigunani gives a quick peek into what transpires as the global behemoth undergoes a big internal redesign. He also points out the state of cloud, low-power innovations, photonics, industry collaboration and 5G from a practical and poised lens.

Indian telcos want to live an edge-y life

Online gaming, connected vehicles, and remote working environments require an unprecedented level of low-latency networks

Give contact center service providers their due

Time is ripe for the DoT to define clear guidelines for the third-party contact centers in India. Any further delay will impact services in several vital sectors

Driving the home network connectivity

Wi-Fi 6E is likely to hit its stride in 2022-23 timeframe as the spectrum is released around the globe and clients and applications start to arrive

Better safe, than sorry

Real-time app monitoring solutions help enterprises get a single consolidated view of actionable security intelligence and fight against hackers

Amazon Unveils Mobile-Only Video Plan For India

Amazon has announced that it has tied up with Airtel to roll-out a mobile-only plan for India. The Prime Video Mobile Edition is a single-user plan created especially for India, the company said in a release.

Five Data-Centric Trends To Watch Out For In 2021

The beginning of a new decade promises to be the time to consolidate and build on the gains of widespread digital transformation we witnessed in 2020

Google Cloud, Nokia partner to work on cloud-native infra

Google Cloud has announced that it has signed a global, strategic partnership with Nokia to bring new solutions for communications service providers (CSPs) that will help modernize their network infrastructures, build on a cloud-native 5G Core, and develop the network edge as a business services platform for enterprises.

Solidifying SD-WAN Security

Enterprises are increasingly plugging on SD-WAN to facilitate business-aware connectivity in a growing hybrid environment. Here is how they can make it more secure

The big BFSI enabler

How the cloud will accelerate economic recovery from the pandemic driven slowdown and drive the growth for India’s banking sector

Fuelling power sector growth

How emerging communication technologies can help India’s power sector drastically improve its quality of services and profitability

Get ready to surpass the cloud

With 5G, there will be no cloud computing, because it’s not about the cloud, it’s about the best way to work, store and transmit information

Alternative cloud makes a better sense

Instead of mega clouds, small and medium businesses can opt for a simpler and more affordable option with alternative cloud to takes care of their needs

The new network normal of 2021

Corona virus has impacted the world in previously unimaginable ways. Here are some fanciful and other serious predictions for the postpandemic normal