Telecom Infrastructure

Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) has appointed Dhananjay Joshi, MD and CEO of Summit Digitel, as the chairman.

India's Tata Group is set to announce an AI partnership with US chip firm Nvidia, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. An announcement is expected later in the day, the source added. Meanwhile, India's Reliance and Nvidia said on Friday they have formed a partnership to create AI language models and generative apps for million...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against GTL Infrastructure Limited and officials of 13 banks, including SBI, ICICI, PNB and Axis Bank, for allegedly causing a loss of over Rs 1,400 crore to banks.

The government is neither considering to bring any law nor has any plans to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence in the country, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written submission to the Lok Sabha said there are ethical concerns and risks around artificial intelligence, and the governmen...

Meta Platforms on Thursday voiced its strongest criticism to date of a push by EU telecoms operators to get Big Tech to foot additional network costs, saying this would not solve their financial problems and also ignores tech companies' hefty investments. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and other operators have lobbied for two ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark on Monday and discussed India's strides in building next-generation digital infrastructure. In a tweet, Lundmark said it was a privilege to meet Prime Minister Modi and discuss how Nokia is contributing to India's 5G journey and next phase of digital transformation, and also how the fir...

India's sprawling digital public infrastructure received a glowing endorsement from billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday as he praised the country's "great" digital network, reliable and low-cost connectivity, and said this will be the cheapest 5G market. India can be "such an example" for other countries, he said.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will bring out a consultation paper to further strengthen digital inclusion, looking at three key aspects of devices, connectivity and literacy. The consultation paper on anvil is expected to look at three key aspects -- devices, connectivity and literacy.

Big tech firms and EU telecom operators could face questions from the European Commission about their investment outlays and cloud infrastructure plans before legislation to make the former pay telcos for their network costs. Firms like Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Meta say the idea of paying telcos for network costs amounts to an Internet traffic ...

The current web ecosystem is still not ready to support the metaverse technology. For metaverse to work out as a fully functional virtual universe, it needs to be supported by high-speed Internet and as per Purohit, only 25 percent of the global population will have access to 5G by 2025.

The investment of Rs 10,000 crore for electric vehicles has been approved under the Maharashtra government's industrial promotion scheme for electric vehicles, M&M said in a regulatory filing.

Airtel and Meta on Monday announced a collaboration to invest in telecom infrastructure for India to cater to the increasing demand in the country for high-speed internet and digital services. The telecoms provider will partner with Meta and Saudi Telecom Company to extend 2Africa Pearls, the world's longest subsea cable system, to India.

As part of the collaboration, Airtel will partner with Meta and STC (Saudi Telecom Company), to extend the world's longest subsea cable system, 2Africa Pearls, to India.

A group of Indian telecom gear makers have received a mandate from Indian Railways to set up a 5G-based mobile communication network on a trial basis between Palwal and Mathura stations, a senior official of industry body VoICE said on Thursday. The Voice of Indian Communication Technology Enterprises (VoICE) Director General R K Bhatnagar told PTI...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended registration rules of telecom infrastructure companies to provide access of their assets.

Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) has appointed Dhananjay Joshi, MD and CEO of Summit Digitel, as the chairman.

India's Tata Group is set to announce an AI partnership with US chip firm Nvidia, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. An announcement is expected later in the day, the source added. Meanwhile, India's Reliance and Nvidia said on Friday they have formed a partnership to create AI language models and generative apps for million...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against GTL Infrastructure Limited and officials of 13 banks, including SBI, ICICI, PNB and Axis Bank, for allegedly causing a loss of over Rs 1,400 crore to banks.

The government is neither considering to bring any law nor has any plans to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence in the country, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. IT and Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a written submission to the Lok Sabha said there are ethical concerns and risks around artificial intelligence, and the governmen...

Meta Platforms on Thursday voiced its strongest criticism to date of a push by EU telecoms operators to get Big Tech to foot additional network costs, saying this would not solve their financial problems and also ignores tech companies' hefty investments. Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and other operators have lobbied for two ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark on Monday and discussed India's strides in building next-generation digital infrastructure. In a tweet, Lundmark said it was a privilege to meet Prime Minister Modi and discuss how Nokia is contributing to India's 5G journey and next phase of digital transformation, and also how the fir...

India's sprawling digital public infrastructure received a glowing endorsement from billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday as he praised the country's "great" digital network, reliable and low-cost connectivity, and said this will be the cheapest 5G market. India can be "such an example" for other countries, he said.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will bring out a consultation paper to further strengthen digital inclusion, looking at three key aspects of devices, connectivity and literacy. The consultation paper on anvil is expected to look at three key aspects -- devices, connectivity and literacy.

Big tech firms and EU telecom operators could face questions from the European Commission about their investment outlays and cloud infrastructure plans before legislation to make the former pay telcos for their network costs. Firms like Google, Netflix, Amazon, and Meta say the idea of paying telcos for network costs amounts to an Internet traffic ...

The current web ecosystem is still not ready to support the metaverse technology. For metaverse to work out as a fully functional virtual universe, it needs to be supported by high-speed Internet and as per Purohit, only 25 percent of the global population will have access to 5G by 2025.

The investment of Rs 10,000 crore for electric vehicles has been approved under the Maharashtra government's industrial promotion scheme for electric vehicles, M&M said in a regulatory filing.

Airtel and Meta on Monday announced a collaboration to invest in telecom infrastructure for India to cater to the increasing demand in the country for high-speed internet and digital services. The telecoms provider will partner with Meta and Saudi Telecom Company to extend 2Africa Pearls, the world's longest subsea cable system, to India.

As part of the collaboration, Airtel will partner with Meta and STC (Saudi Telecom Company), to extend the world's longest subsea cable system, 2Africa Pearls, to India.

A group of Indian telecom gear makers have received a mandate from Indian Railways to set up a 5G-based mobile communication network on a trial basis between Palwal and Mathura stations, a senior official of industry body VoICE said on Thursday. The Voice of Indian Communication Technology Enterprises (VoICE) Director General R K Bhatnagar told PTI...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has amended registration rules of telecom infrastructure companies to provide access of their assets.