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The Pickle's Secret Recipe Or A Pickle?
The war to lead the 5G regime is on. But there is a lot of twist to the plot – how many patents one holds, how many essential ones, and how well can they be bought or sold?
Time To Restore Telecom Industry's Health
Telcos can support the Digital India dream only if they are financially viable. Will the government take some quick long-term measures?
Wi-Fi: The Next Giant Leap For India
Proliferation of Wi-Fi hotspots will not only help realise the Digital Bharat dream but also boost rural economy and drive the AatmaNirbhar Bharat mission
Making Industry 4.0 happen
Wired networks are expensive and lack the flexibility, while Wi-Fi has its own limitations. The solution lies in 4.9G and LTE based private wireless network
Telcos have got a new competitive edge
Rebuilding the network using cloud-native approach through disaggregation is the best solution for operators willing to build future-ready infrastructure
New consumption models increased Enterprise Agreement sales by 100%
The pandemic has been one of the most disruptive yet transformational events for businesses across the globe. At Cisco, the focus has been to help customers, partners, and the industry stay up and running during this time. As companies start operating in the next normal, Cisco is enabling businesses to become more resilient and agile as they accelerate their digital transformation. Cisco India and SAARC’s Managing Director for Commercial Sales Sudhir Nayar explains how the company is transforming its business model, pivoting a majority of its portfolio to be delivered as a service to help future-proof businesses in the new world. Excerpts:
Not yet a perfect sweet spot
Private LTE may be everything-rolled-into-one – low latency, higher security, seamless connectivity, and wider coverage – but there are creases that still need to be ironed out
Fibreization will pave way for widespread rural broadband
A believer in innovation and customer-first approach, he has been focussing on developing next-gen solutions to address the evolving network and communication opportunities. He has also played a crucial role in establishing STL’s presence in over 100 countries, executing joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and greenfield projects across Brazil, China and Italy. STL’s Connectivity Solutions CEO Ankit Agarwal in an interview with Anusha Ashwin talks about the trends, the company’s longterm vision, 5G and make in India. Excerpts:
Telcos are rethinking strategies around using the public cloud
He has over 21 years experience in delivering value to clients in the enterprise space helping them transform businesses through use of technology. VMware India Senior Director - Enterprise and Government Sales Gaurav Agarwal speaks with Anusha Ashwin to share insights on the impact of COVID-19 on the telecom sector, particularly the network security, network management policy for the new normal, the evolving cloud infrastructure and the emerging 5G technology. Excerpts:
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