A new Industry 4.0 design and policy centre has been opened in India by the World Economic Forum, in conjunction with the Indian government and the major industrial states of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Its first projects will focus on artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain,...
American Tower currently operates around 68,000 towers in the Indian market
American Tower (ATC) has expanded its footprint in India through the completion of the acquisition of Indian carrier Idea’s tower business.
The local subsidiary of ATC has acquired a portfolio of around 9,000 towers in...
Indian government wants commercial 5G by 2020
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel and vendor Huawei have conducted what the companies claim to be India’s first 5G network trial achieving a data speed of more than 3 Gbps. The trial was conducted at Airtel’s network experience center...
India is known to have the second largest population in the world at 1.3 billion, but it also has the second largest number of mobile subscriptions in the world. However, despite much progress in the last few years, when it comes to broadband, India...
Qualcomm’s platform includes Wi-Fi SON features as well as an IoT connectivity suite
Indian company Smartron has announced plans to introduce the newly launched Qualcomm mesh networking platform for internet of things (IoT) connected devices in the Indian market.
With this association, Smartron and Qualcomm Technologies...
New 5G research committee has initial budget of $76 million for research
The government of India has announced plans to establish a dedicated 5G committee to develop a roadmap for the rollout of the technology by 2020, according to Indian press reports.
The group, dubbed...
The GSMA further expects APAC will have 670 million 5G connections by 2025
SHANGHAI- China and India will account for almost half of all new mobile subscribers expected to be added worldwide by the end of the decade, Mats Granryd, Director General of the GSMA,...
The smart meters will be deployed by Indian utility Tata Power in Mumbai
U.K. firm CyanConnode Holdings, a specialists in narrowband radio mesh networks that enable internet of things (IoT) communications, has won a new purchase ordersfor 10,400 smart meters from Larsen & Toubro (L&T),...
The Indian telco will own 30 megahertz in the 2.3 GHz band once the acquisition if fully completed.
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel signed an agreement to acquire Tikona Digital Networks' 4G business for $244 million. The acquisition will allow Bharti Airtel to increase its...
Indian company Prompt Softech was founded in 1995 to help tackle inefficiencies in the local dairy supply chain. The company initially launched operations with three main offerings: an electronic weighing scales, data logging software and a machine for measuring fat content in milk.
“Previously the...
Vodafone said its share in Indus Tower will not be included in a deal
UK mobile telecommunications group Vodafone confirmed it is negotiating about potentially merging its Indian business with rival mobile operator Idea Cellular.
Vodafone issued a brief statement in which the telco said it is...
The new center to be located in Hyderabad and support the firm’s IoT business in India and globally.
Sensus, a U.S.-based supplier of utility grade communications systems and smart meters, opened its first global support center in Hyderabad, India, local press reported.
Hyderabad...
Nokia contract valued at $210 million and includes the core and radio networks; Vodafone India also contracts with Huawei and Ericsson.
Vodafone India awarded Nokia a multi-year contract extension worth $210 million covering the delivery of managed services in multiple telecom circles.
The scope...
Building on smart city project, Cisco will work with ICreate to explore the possibility to set up IoT hub in Gujarat.
U.S. networking giant Cisco signed two agreements with the International Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology and Gift in Gujarat, India,...
IDC reports India's cloud computing market will grow at a 26% CAGR through 2020.
San Francisco-based cloud computing firm Salesforce.com and its partners are looking to to drive nearly 500,000 jobs in the Indian market by 2020, India press reported.
The reports note that...
Cell tower deal valued at $1.65B
Indian telecommunications firm Reliance Communications on Friday signed a nonbinding deal with asset manager Brookfield to sell a 51% stake in its cell tower business for 110 billion rupees ($1.65 billion).
Under the terms of the agreement, the stake in Reliance...
Reliance Jio launched on Sept. 5 with offer of free data and unlimited voice and text messaging services
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm said it has attracted more than 16 million subscribers in the mobile segment since the launch of commercial operations on Sept. 5, according to...
China and the US are currently the two largest markets, study finds
Global cellular IoT connections – from 2G to 5G – reached almost 261 million at the end of 2015 and are forecasted to approach 1.22bn in 2021, according to a recent study by...
Reliance and Aircel will both own a 50% stake in creatively titled new entity called MergedCo
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Communications and rival mobile operator Aircel announced the signing of definitive documents for the merger of their Indian wireless businesses, which represents the largest consolidation in...
Samsung takes 25.1% market share in India, which saw total smartphone shipments of 27.5M units in Q2
Smartphone shipments in India totaled 27.5 million units in the second quarter of 2016, up 3.7% year-on-year, according to a recent study by tech consultancy IDC. Compared to...
Almost 98% of premises in the United Kingdom had outdoor 4G LTE coverage in May
The United Kingdom ended last year with a total of 39.5 million subscribers in the 4G LTE segment, up from 23.6 million at the end of 2014, according to a...
The government selected 83 smart city initiatives to be implemented in 20 initial cities
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a number of smart city initiatives under his government's Smart Cities Mission program.
The government said 83 smart city initiatives will be implemented in 20...
The government selected 83 smart city initiatives to be implemented in 20 initial cities
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently launched a number of smart city initiatives under his government's Smart Cities Mission program.
The government said 83 smart city initiatives will be implemented in 20...
Telenor Group ends quarter with 211M subscribers
Norwegian telecommunications group Telenor ended the first quarter of 2016 with 211 million subscribers in the 12 European and Asian markets in which it operates. During the second quarter of the year, the operator added a total of...
