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India is cracking down on low-cost Chinese smartphones in a bid to give a boost to its homegrown players, it is being reported in the Indian press this week. The Indian press is awash with reports of a ban on cheap Chinese devices, that is phones costing less than 12,000 rupees or US$150. However, a

The Gujarat government on Wednesday unveiled a new policy for state departments and organisations to promote the use of drones for operations and delivery of services to beneficiaries and said it seeks to create 25,000 employment opportunities and attract investment. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel unveiled the “Drone Promotion and Usage Policy” at a function in

Google Fiber – The ISP spin off of the Silicon Valley giant – is planning to expand its FTTH network into Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Nevada and Idaho. Google Fiber, who you don’t hear an awful lot out of it has to be said, has declared it is planning a big expansion to multiple cities across

America Movil has completed the spin-off of its telecoms towers business in Latin America, formally creating the Sitios Latinoamérica business that it has been talking about for some time. It’s a case of better late than never for the Mexican incumbent, which first announced its plan to hive off its mobile sites in the region

Unity Software Inc, the US developer whose software is used in video games like Tencent Holdings’ Honor of Kings, said on Tuesday it had struck a deal to create a joint venture with multiple partners, valued at $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,900 crore), from its China business. The announcement follows an exclusive Reuters report last week that

Indian operator Bharti Airtel’s recently announced 5G network will cover 5000 towns in India by March 2024, its MD is reported to have announced. Having announced that it will start its 5G deployment this month by recruiting Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung in as kit vendors, Bharti Airtel has reportedly revealed plans to cover 5000 towns

Financial services firm PwC has been slapped with a fine by the Financial Reporting Council over its work in auditing BT, following the identification of fraud in its Italian operations. Apparently PwC and Audit Engagement Partner Richard Hughes, who presumably was closely involved, each admitted ‘breaches of Relevant Requirements in relation to the audit of

Snap is in early stages of planning layoffs, the Verge reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the plans. The scope of the job cuts is currently unclear as managers are still planning it for their teams, the report said, adding that the Snapchat-owner has more than 6,000 employees. Snap declined to comment when contacted by

Research from EE finds 60% of parents fear their kids don’t how to protect themselves when using their phone – so it has drafted in the Beano for an educational campaign, just in case any of them know what that is. The research by EE also found that 52% of parents think that they would

UK consumer champion Which? warned on Thursday that nearly 6 million households are struggling to pay their telecoms bills. It has called on the government to reduce the VAT rate on mobile, broadband and fixed-line phone services from 20 percent to 5 percent. Doing so would bring the rate on telecoms into line with essential

Income tax return (ITR) filing for AY 2021-22 was July 31. If you are among those who waited for the last date despite repeated reminders by the Income Tax (IT) department and then were unable to file the returns due to some unforeseeable circumstances, you need not worry. There is still time for you to

Dish Network is still losing mobile customers despite having finally launched its 5G service a few months ago. The US pay TV provider turned telco reported 210,000 net retail mobile customer losses in the three months to the end of June, slightly more than it lost in the same period last year. There’s nothing new

Amid all the excitement about the role that hyperscalers can play in telco cloud, a new prediction from Dell’Oro this week should keep everyone’s feet firmly rooted to terra firma. The research outfit on Wednesday said it expects that from this year through to 2026, cumulative revenues from hosting 5G workloads in the public cloud

Raksha Bandhan 2022 is right around the corner. If you are looking to gift your sister something that they are not just going to love, but will also find super useful, then this list is just for you. Here is a list of some tech gifts for Raksha Bandhan that your sibling is going to

Ireland’s telecoms regulator has lodged a legal challenge to a recent court ruling that could mean delays in the allocation of 5G spectrum. ComReg this week revealed that it has submitted a filing to Ireland’s Court of Appeal late last month in a bid to have a court-ordered stay removed from the country’s ongoing spectrum

UK operator Three now claims 56% 5G coverage in the UK, and says it is ‘well placed to appeal to a new set of consumers from other operators’ as the cost of living crisis rolls on. Three posted its results for the first half of the year yesterday, which showed modest overall growth and some

WhatsApp is reportedly adding a new security feature to let people protect their accounts from potential scammers. According to a feature tracker, the feature is called Login Approval, and is currently under development. This will build on the two-step verification feature that the instant messaging platform already offers. With this feature, users can receive alerts

Rural broadband specialist Quickline Communications has teamed up with Open Ran focussed software outfit Mavenir to launch a commercialised 5G SA, cloud-based, Open RAN network in North Yorkshire. Quickline says it is the first ISP in the UK to commercially deliver a 5G standalone, cloud-based, Open RAN solution, Fixed Wireless Access service in the Shared