One cannot build a great building on a weak foundation. A robust base alone creates a strong superstructure. However in the case of BharatNet project,...
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Editorials
Editorial – May 2024
The BharatNet project is floundering miserably with 65 per cent GPs (Gram Panchayat connectivity) reporting a down and out status. ...
Editorial – February 2024
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented Interim Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha. The government is looking ...
Editorial – January 2024
The telecom industry and all who observe and track it are waiting for the gazette notifications ...
Editorial – November 2023
Usually companies are hyper vigilant about protecting their commercial interests. They would marshal facts and give ...
Editorial – October 2023
India’s startup ecosystem is a stellar success story globally, on various parameters –traction in different sectors, ...
Telecom
Japan enacts law ensuring access to third-party apps
Japan on Wednesday enacted legislation to ensure tech giants like Google and Apple give access to ...
Sparkle and Telecom Namibia partner to drive digital transformation
Telecom Namibia is wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of Namibia, and the company ...
Starlink is now present in 100 countries: Elon Musk
Starlink, the satellite internet service, is now present in 100 countries, said SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ...
ACT Fibernet adds cities in A.P., NCR, as home broadband growth outpaces telecom
Home internet provider ACT Fibernet announced on June 12 that it was expanding service to more ...
COAI shares key priorities for telecom sector’s robust growth
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Wednesday shared key priorities for the telecom industry ...
EU Probes UAE Telecom Giant’s Eastern Europe Acquisition
The European Commission has launched a thorough investigation into UAE-based telecom company e&’s acquisition of PPF ...
IT
Most Indians believe technology, including AI, will accelerate economic growth: Report
Most Indians (89 per cent) believe technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), is a key enabler in ...
Electronics & IT sector promises lakhs of jobs for young talented Indians: MoS Jitin Prasada
The electronics and IT sector promises lakhs of new jobs for young talented Indians in the ...
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw takes charge as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw assumed charge as Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting here today. Speaking with ...
Paytm cuts jobs as part of restructuring, facilitates outplacement support
Fintech firm One97 Communications, owner of Paytm brand, is laying off an undisclosed number of employees ...
Cognizant to acquire Belcan for $1.3 billion: Reports
Information technology services provider Cognizant Technologies has agreed to acquire digital engineering firm Belcan for nearly ...
HCL Technologies launches Enterprise AI Foundry to speed up GenAI-led biz
IT services company HCL Technologies (HCLTech) on Monday announced the launch of Enterprise AI Foundry and ...
Broadcasting
Tata Communications announce five-year host broadcasting services deal with World Athletics
Tata Communications announced a five-year global host broadcasting services deal covering the World Athletics Series of ...
Zee Entertainment to raise nearly $240 million, to use funds for growth
Zee Entertainment Enterprises’s board has approved a fundraise of up to $239.6 million, the Indian broadcaster ...
Spotify raises US prices of its premium plans in bid to push margin
Spotify raised prices for its premium plans in the United States on Monday, the latest step ...
Dish TV’s Q4 net loss widens 16% to Rs 1989 crore
Dish TV’s net loss for the quarter ended March 31 has widened to Rs 1989 crore, ...
M&E stakeholders urge TRAI to exclude OTT, online gaming and music from Broadcasting policy
As Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) nears the finalisation of the National Broadcast Policy (by ...
TRAI move on new broadcasting policy to make India a global content hub: BIF
Broadband India Forum (BIF) on Monday commended the initiative by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ...
BPO
ZTE Corporation expands operations with launch of BPO center in Uzbekistan
ZTE Corporation has inaugurated a remote services export Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) center in Uzbekistan. The ...
Romania’s BPO industry to hire 10% more within two years
The number of employees in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry will increase by 10% in ...
ED conducts raids in Kolkata in connection with fake call centre scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is carrying out raids and search operations at multiple locations in the ...
US announces overhaul of its annual lottery for H-1B visas to reduce potential for fraud
The US has announced a major overhaul of its annual lottery for the H-1B speciality occupation ...
Varanium Cloud set to open second office and BPO centre in Maharashtra’s Sawantwadi
Varanium Cloud Limited, a digital technology company, is setting up its second office and business process ...
H-2B Visas: Cap reached for additional returning workers for the H1 FY 2024
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the cap for the additional ...