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Digital Infrastructure and services are becoming increasingly important in the nation’s development and growth ambitions. For India to achieve its Digital ambitions, expansion and safety of Infrastructure are crucial. Considering the same, The Department of Telecommunications (DOT), under the Ministry of Communications, formulated the Indian Telegraph infrastructure safety rules 2022 to eliminate damage to various digital infrastructure assets, such as optical fiber cable, as a result of digging and excavation activities....

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued draft policy guidelines addressing the right of way (RoW) procedures across different Indian states to help with the proliferation of modern infrastructure ahead of the 5G launch in India. With 5G networks, the need for more fiberised towers, street furniture for small cell deployment and more infrastructure will increase. Thus, addressing the RoW issues is very significant to ensure that the 5G rollout is a success for the telecom operators in India....

“The call on such a decision will have to be with detailing and due consultation. We will also have to see worldwide how the issue has been handled by the governments wherever Huawei is operating. It’s a larger call than just equipment supply,” he added. The government has constituted a committee headed by the Principal Scientific Advisor, to decide on Huawei’s participation in the 5G trials. According to the source, the panel’s recommendations will be communicated to the Home Ministry and the PMO to take a holistic view on the issue....

A new 5G Standalone (SA) agreement between Ericsson and Entel is anticipated to change Chile’s fifth-generation networks and hasten the country’s transition to industry 4.0. Entel Corp will incorporate Ericsson’s Private 5G solution into its offering and work with communications service providers (CSPs) to provide it as part of this deal. Business-Critical Apps Can Run on 5G SA Networks The quick data processing of 5G SA networks makes them particularly well suited to complex industrial contexts, supporting mission-critical applications that call for ultra-fast response times in the millisecond range....

Around 77% of the IT infrastructure owners and decision-makers want to operate their business in hybrid cloud environments for the foreseeable future, a NetApp survey found. This is to meet the growing business demands for being able to innovate faster while optimising the operations and lowering the infrastructure costs. NetApp, a global data-centric software company, had conducted a survey for assessing the adoption of hybrid cloud strategies and operational focus areas among its global enterprise customer base....

Ericsson and MediaTek are extensively investing their efforts in the development of 5G network to bring the next big revolution in the tech industry. In the latest development, both the entities have jointly achieved a new milestone. Ericsson and MediaTek performed a four-component carrier (4CC) uplink aggregation on millimetre wave (mmWave) that recorded a peak throughput rate of 495 Mbps, of which 425 Mbps was achieved in New Radio (NR) and 70 Mbps in LTE....

The role of Network Slicing is going to grow multiple folds with the arrival of 5G. Ericsson has launched Dynamic Network Slice Selection for the communications service providers (CSPs), which will enable them in customised services to their enterprise clients in multiple verticals with corresponding network requirements. Through this, Ericsson can also offer varied kinds of network services to commercial smartphones. Commercial Smartphones Now Starting to Support Connectivity With Network Slices Device manufacturers have now started to add support to their commercial smartphones for network slices....

Ericsson, a major telecom gear vendor, has announced that it will be ramping up local production in India in a phased manner. The move will create more jobs for Indians. Ericsson will move up its production capacity in its Pune facility with its partner Jabil. Both companies have been manufacturing 4G and 5G radios in India for several years now. Ericsson was also the first telecom vendor to set up manufacturing in India in 1994....

Ericsson’s President and CEO, Borje Ekholm, commenting on the financial results for 2022, said that the company’s network business grew in India on the back of significant market share gains. The Sweden-based telecom technology and network gear vendor bagged business from both Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel in India for the 5G rollout. 2022 was a key year for Ericsson in the Indian market as, for the first time, it partnered with the country’s largest telecom operator, Jio....

Ericsson is one of the biggest players when it comes to telecom equipment manufacturing. The company like its many other rivals has a presence all over the world, including in India, China, and the USA. In India and the USA, the growing concern over security has led to a ban on Chinese vendors. While it is not as stringent in India, the heat is more strongly felt in the USA....

Spectrum is one of the powerful resources that is shaping the tech industry. Since 5G is on the shore, it has become more important than ever for countries to allocate spectrum effectively and efficiently. In case you are not aware, spectrum is a range of radio waves that are used for communication purposes. In general, the spectrum is divided into two categories which are licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Follow the article to the end for a detailed guide regarding licensed and unlicensed spectrum....

Tech giant Google recently made the decision to remove its YouTube Go platform which is most likely to stop working from August of this year. YouTube Go is an app optimised for low-end devices and the company is shutting it down as it considers it unnecessary. Now a new report informs that Google has removed its ‘Go’ branding from yet another app. The company’s Gallery Go app will no longer be available....

The first episode of Grey’s Anatomy’s season 19 was released on October 6. We cannot remain unmoved while the drama plays out. The final episode of season 18 ended on a cliffhanger; thus, it’s very vital that we get our questions answered. We all agree that the drama in these web series keeps us engaged, even though most of us are neither doctors nor agree with everything depicted in the series....

Hathway Slashes Broadband Plan Prices in Several Cities Hathway Broadband is a known name in the wired-broadband industry as it provides attractive offers to the customers. In a new move, the company has reduced the prices of its high-speed plans like 100 Mbps, 150 Mbps, 200 Mbps and so on by a decent margin. In Kolkata, the 100 Mbps broadband plan from Hathway costs just Rs 699 per month and it comes with 1000GB or 1TB FUP limit per month....

Hathway Sees Increase in Broadband Income As per the data available on December 31,2018, the top five wired Broadband Service providers were BSNL with 9.17 million subscribers, Bharti Airtel with 2.27 million subscribers, Atria Convergence Technologies with 1.39 million subscribers, MTNL with 0.78 million subscribers and Hathway Cable & Datacom at 0.78 million subscribers. Also, what’s worth noting is that MTNL has reported the same number of subscribers in December as it had reported for November....

Nowadays, it is common to lose a SIM card or a smartphone. To prevent intruders from using the lost SIM card, blocking the SIM card is the first and foremost thing you should do. Telecom operators offer multiple ways through which users can block their SIM card and protect crucial information. The largest telecom operator of India, Reliance Jio, also provides ample ways to block SIM card. Reliance Jio users can block their SIM card by reaching out to customer care, visit the official website of Jio or use another number to block the SIM card....

Adoption of VoWi-Fi by Major Telcos at Rapid Speed It is crucial to note that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has been very bullish on the VoWi-Fi technology since day one and it had also issued recommendations to the telecom operators for the same. Following this rollout, a lot of telcos introduced the VoWi-Fi service or at least started testing it. The two or three major names which have already started testing VoWi-Fi in India include Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and BSNL....

Display Talking about the display, the Mi Band 3 features a 0.78-inch OLED touchscreen display rendering an 80×128 pixels resolution, whereas the Xiaomi Mi Band 4 comes with a 0.95-inch colour AMOLED display which renders 120×240 pixels resolution and it also offers 2.5D glass protection on top. The Mi Band 4 can render 77 colourful watch faces on the display owing to the colourful AMOLED; on the other hand, the Mi Band 3 only supports three watch faces....

Vodafone Idea (Vi) offers multiple facilities and services to its customers for a hassle-free experience. The telco operates in 23 circles around India and offers prepaid services in all of them. Vodafone Idea users enjoy various packs and offer based on their region. The telco provides multiple categories in recharge packs like unlimited data, talk time, vouchers and more. If you are a Vodafone Idea user who is looking forward to search prepaid packs by region, follow the article till the end to know the complete guide regarding how to browse Vodafone Idea packs by region....

Telegram, a well-known instant messaging service, provides features including channels and support for numerous accounts. With its most recent upgrade, the company has now introduced a number of additional options for individuals who value their privacy. Users can now join Telegram without a SIM card, erase all chats instantly, use Topics 2.0, and look up emojis on iOS devices thanks to the most recent upgrade. The company announced in a blog post that customers would be able to sign up for a Telegram account without a SIM card using the most recent version of its software....