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Telcos spent years being told it was becoming irrelevant. Hyperscalers were eating its lunch, OTT players were hollowing out its revenues, and its destiny was to be a glorified utility. …

As India accelerates its digital transformation, resilient, intelligent connectivity is becoming essential for global enterprises seeking to scale operations, ensure business continuity, and unlock opportunities across the country’s fast-growing AI, …

Three recent deployments – in defence, mining, and manufacturing – illustrate how localized private 5G networks are powering mission-critical operations in Industry 4.0. In sum – what to know: Industrial …

EE is also relying on small cells to boost its 5G coverage across the country In sum – what to know: EE eyes nationwide 5G+ by 2030 – Coverage is …

Across industries and continents, enterprise AI is no longer an abstract ambition but a physical, operational, and financial reality. From automotive plants to hospitals, banks, and burger chains, organisations are …

Private 5G is essential to Industry 4.0, says Tech Mahindra; here, it discusses its expanding private 5G portfolio with global enterprises, as well as big opportunities in its home market …

The GSMA has waded into the debate about whether India should allocate mid-band spectrum for private 5G, urging the government that a carrier-led model is best. Meanwhile, word on the …

Few Indian enterprises responded to the government’s private 5G spectrum survey, undermining direct-access plans and strengthening mobile operators’ control. Vendor hopes for India to be the next big private 5G …

India’s private 5G spectrum policy remains undecided, with operators resisting liberalisation. COAI argues that an operator-led model is the only solution for India’s unique industrial setup – while the rest …

Indian carrier alliance COAI has issued a strongly-worded statement to oppose a government review of spectrum allocation for private 5G networks – citing good public 5G, plus high costs, spectrum …

Leading contract manufacturer, Dixon Technologies, has picked Tech Mahindra to deliver an AI-powered Industry 4.0 transformation across 24 manufacturing plants and six R&D centres in India.  In sum – what …

More tales of the rising momentum in the private networks market: BSNL has teed-up Numaligarh Refinery Limited in India, Nokia is supplying GSM-R (actually on 2G, with a 4G/5G evolution …

A smorgasbord of new (and quite new) private 5G projects, including with the biggest coal producer in India, the second biggest cargo port in Croatia, and a little stretch of …

India’s telecom department is surveying large enterprises on interest in private 5G spectrum licensing, reviving earlier plans amid improved 5G device availability and rising interest from system integrators. In sum …

Ericsson is to run all of Bharti Airtel’s nationwide network services in India from a single central network operations centre (NOC) in India, as part of a new multi-year managed …

The new satcom rules signal the country’s efforts to tighten national defenses as foreign interest grows India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has introduced a sweeping set of new security guidelines …

NTT Data has launched a suite of software services for agentic AI for use with cloud hyperscaler platforms and AI tools. It is pitching to “all industries” to help them …

US chip-maker Silicon Labs has said it has shipped four million Wirepas sub-GHz RF mesh IoT units for India’s advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) initiative, to go in smart electricity meters. …

India-based health-tech company LifeSigns has announced 4G/5G-based IoT hardware and airtime tie-ups with India-based IoT solutions provider Hetrogenous and London-based IoT airtime provider FloLIVE to launch a connected ambulance solution …

Located in India’s western state of Maharashtra, the chip plant will produce analog circuits and wafers Israel’s Tower Semiconductor has partnered with Indian conglomerate Adani Group on a $10 billion …

The Indian government is to build a total of 12 new industrial smart cities in various states to drive domestic manufacturing in the country. These join eight urban manufacturing centres …

Nokia saw its (“comparable”) operating profit slide by 32 percent in the second quarter of 2024, finishing at €423 million, versus €619 million a year ago. Sales fell alongside, down …

India-based IT consultancy and system integrator Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched a generative AI aggregation platform for enterprise customers and a new IoT lab in the US, with a …