Telecom
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia’s PIF, STC to set up Middle East’s largest telecom tower company
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is acquiring a 51 percent stake in Tawal, the largest telecommunications infrastructure company in the country, valued at 5.85 billion dollars (Rs 4,87,76,45,17,500).…
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Hyderabad: 9 held for stealing telecom equipment worth Rs 60 L
Hyderabad: Investigators from the Commissioner’s Task Force (South Zone) and have apprehended nine members of an interstate gang for stealing telecom equipment worth Rs 60 lakh, including tower cable wires from Airtel…
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Telecom Bill drops OTT reference, mandates biometric identification for new SIM cards
New Delhi: The Telecommunications Bill 2023 has excluded over the top (OTT) services in its definition of telecom services which comes as a sigh of relief for such players. The new version…
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UAE: In a first, tech company announces 4-day working week
Abu Dhabi: United Arab Emirates (UAE) telecoms giant e& has announced a four-day working week for employees across three departments in the country. With this announcement, e& has become the first technology company to…
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UST acquires MobileComm, 1,300 workers to join via this acquisition
New Delhi: Leading digital transformation solutions company UST on Tuesday announced that it acquired MobileComm, a global telecom engineering firm with over 21 years of experience in telecommunications and wireless engineering services.…
- Technology
Centre launches Bharat 6G alliance as India acquires 200 6G patents
New Delhi: Union Communications and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday unveiled the Bharat 6G Alliance, a new initiative to launch the next-generation technology in India after a successful roll-out…
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Telecom connectivity to get hampered in Lutyens’ Delhi due to new NDMC policy: DIPA
New Delhi: The Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) on Saturday strongly opposed the latest New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) policy, saying it will hamper the quality of telecom connectivity due to the…
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Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees globally to cut costs
London: Swedish telecom gear-maker Ericsson is laying off about 8 per cent of its workforce, around 8,500 employees, to cut costs in the ongoing global macroeconomic conditions, the media reported on Friday.…
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Jio True 5G now available in 236 cities, fastest telco to achieve the feat
New Delhi: Reliance Jio on Tuesday said that its True 5G services have gone live in 236 cities, thus becoming the first and only telecom operator to reach such a wide network…
- Middle East
Iran to launch 2 homegrown telecom satellites by March: Minister
Tehran: Iran’s Communication and Information Technology Minister, Issa Zarepour has said the country will launch at least two homegrown satellites into space by March 20, 2023, which is the end of the…
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Telecom Bill should aim to minimise regulatory burden, overlaps: Nasscom
New Delhi: The final Telecom Bill should aim to minimise regulatory burden, uncertainty, and overlaps across different laws in the innovation rich value-added services, IT industry’s apex body Nasscom said on Friday.…
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Centre proposes to bring WhatsApp, Zoom under telecom licence
New Delhi: Toughening its stand against video communication and calling apps, the Centre has proposed to bring Meta-owned WhatsApp, Zoom, and Google Duo under the ambit of telecom licence, as written in…
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