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Sky wars: India's satellite spectrum battle heats up

While Airtel and R-Jio are gearing up to launch satellite Internet services in India, the country's satellite spectrum allocation saga is far from over

Skulls, crossbones and QR codes

From the second man to the second-story man, QR codes have moved from being a thing of convenience to a sneaky window for cybercriminals to tap

Empowering India's future communication landscape

The telecom equipment and electronics market in India stands at a crucial juncture, requiring significant R&D investments to move forward

Beyond 5G, into a faster future

Future telecom services will enable quicker downloads, higher remote work efficiency, and seamless access to cloud-based services and apps

Driving the future: Automotive industry's digital revolution

India's automotive sector is fast embracing connected technologies and V2X advancements to improve safety, efficiency, and user experience

NAAS: THE FUTURE OF NETWORKS

This cloud-based networking paradigm is here to stay and transform modern IT, enhancing flexibility, security, and efficiency for businesses globally

"Cloud is not inherently vulnerable"

A seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in international operations, marketing and sales, Siki Giunta leads CloudSMART Business, Industry Cloud and the Google Ecosystem Business at HCL Tech. In an interaction with Shubhendu Parth, she talks about the technologies driving Cloud, challenges of Network Cloudification, security issues, and the impact of Cloud operating models and data engineering on generative Al. Excerpts:

THE CIM CARD ERA BEGINS

Despite the infrastructure, hardware, and skillset challenges, India is navigating its way to automation by adopting Connected Intelligent Machines

FTTH + WI-FI = SOLUTION FOR INDIA'S DIGITAL ECONOMY

India must explore FTTx and modern Wi-Fi solutions to address 5G monetisation challenges and create an inclusive, sustainable, digital society

The great Indian Al push

MeitY has come up with a multi-year plan to develop an India dataset platform and build indigenous compute infrastructure

Fostering a secure global ecosystem

A shared regulatory framework is vital to ensure a robust digital landscape and a secure interconnected Digital Public Infrastructure

Data matters, so does intelligence

By embracing intelligent automation, organisations can reduce errors, and enhance innovation, effectively addressing the new realities of data

The future belongs to Web3, and it is time to back it

Though the Web3 startup sector is facing financial challenges, there is little doubt it is going to deliver economic and technological gains in the long run

Kyndryl, Veritas unveil data protection and recovery solution

IT infrastructure services provider, Kyndryl has tied up with Veritas Technologies to launch two new services, Data Protection Risk Assessment with Veritas and Incident Recovery with Veritas.

Indian smartphone market declined 10% YoY in H1 2023

The smartphone market in India recorded a decline of 10% in the first half of 2023, compared to the same period in 2022.

Get Ready For More Cyberattacks

Convergence can amplify the attack surface through a troika of increased digital access, rapid digitisation, and amalgamation of technologies

Telecom, networking decelerate tech spending

Three of the top four IT services companies in India disclose a YoY decline in tech spending among communications and networking clients around the world

Quantum takes a leap of faith

The Future Technologies Forum focused on tech sovereignty and its impact on geopolitics, and quantum supremacy in terms of practical applications and cybersecurity

A key to unlocking the true potential of 5G

With India's young population and a large pool of technology talent, the country has the potential to become the world's cradle for 5G skills

IT'S TIME TO RESOLVE THE SPECTRUM CONUNDRUM

India needs a balanced policy that can protect the spectrum rights of the incumbent broadcasting sector and also accommodate the 5G players

The new productivity game-changer

Evolving technology and market demands are fuelling Cloud adoption in India, empowering businesses with enhanced productivity, growth, and efficiency

"CLOUD-BASED SOLUTIONS STREAMLINE OPERATIONS"

What has been the impact of Cloud technology on the traditional telecom sector in India?

"SMBS HAVE NOW STARTED TO EMBRACE CLOUD SERVICES"

India, like the rest of the world, is seeing a massive uptake of various flavours of Cloud. How disruptive is the trend for variants like vertical, custom, and sovereign Cloud?

TELCOS & THE CLOUD - A BARBENHEIMER SHOWDOWN

Telcos are exploring the opportunity to offer Cloud services - a sneak peek at whether they can make it to the front row of providing enterprise services in India

Why do feature phones make business sense for Jio?

Jio's primary plan for the Jio Bharat 4G feature phone ecosystem is to convert non-data users into data users, thereby tapping the vast 2G subscriber base

The new semiconductor game plan

With Micron's plant, Vedanta's new partnership, and AMD and Applied Materials' million-dollar ventures, India's networking market could get a major boost

Ericsson and Intel to advance next-gen optimised 5G infrastructure

Ericsson and Intel have joined forces in a strategic partnership to harness the prowess of Intel’s 18A process and manufacturing technology for Ericsson’s forthcoming advanced 5G infrastructure.

Russian Quantum Centre to develop quantum computing in the cloud

A quantum computer accessible through cloud services will allow researchers and business users to run key quantum algorithms in real-time.

The Cloud quagmire

Despite the strides made in its adoption, the Cloud landscape in India faces several challenges, primarily related to the policies governing its usage

Telcos' path to digital transformation

Telcos must adopt horizontal architectures, moving beyond siloed network functions to offer competitive services and platforms beyond connectivity