Telecom
BSNL moves into IoT market with Unlimit partnership
Indian state-owned telco BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) is teaming up with Unlimit, a Reliance Group company that provides internet of things (IoT) services. The aim of partnership is to provide IoT solutions to the enterprises in India. How wil...
Revenues for big data and business analytics solutions to hit $27 billion in APAC by 2022: IDC
Demand for big data and business analytics (BDA) solutions is on the rise in Asia Pacific region, excluding Japan. According to IDC, the revenues for BDA solutions are expected to hit $27 billion mark by 2022, witnessing a CAGR of 15.1% during the fo...
Global telecom infrastructure market to reach $16.3 billion by 2022: IDC
The global compute and storage infrastructure market for telecom providers is expected to reach $16.3 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 6.2% during the forecast period (2018-2023), according to the leading research firm IDC (International Data Co...
Swisscom: first completely standardized 5G network in Burgdorf
Swisscom is partnering with Ericsson to build a complete 5G network in Burgdorf based on the latest 5G standard. The first 5G data transfers have been successfully completed. With this network, Swisscom is testing the latest generation of mobile comm...
Microsoft and Tech Mahindra join hands on blockchain-based solution against spam calls in India
Microsoft and Tech Mahindra have joined hands on a new blockchain-based solution to fight against the unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) or spam calls in India. Spam calls are a big problem for the telecom subscribers in the country, and Tele...
Ericsson sets up 5G Innovation Lab in India at IIT Delhi
Swedish telecommunication firm Ericsson has set up a 5G Innovation Lab in India to accelerate the deployment of 5G in the country by encouraging collaboration between telcos, industry, start-ups, and academia. The Ericsson Centre of Excellence (CoE) ...
Global ‘Blockchain in Telecom’ market to reach $993 million by 2023: Report
The global blockchain in telecom market will grow from $27.8 million in 2017 to $993.8 million by 2023, witnessing a CAGR of 84.4% during the forecast period (2018-2023), according to a new report by MarketsandMarkets. The rapid growth in support for...
Reliance acquires Radisys to power Jio’s leadership across 5G and IoT
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), largest private sector company in India, has acquired the US-based telecom solutions provider Radisys for around $75 million in cash (Rs 510 crore). With the acquisition, Reliance aims to power its telecom carrier a...
TRAI to use blockchain against spammy telemarketing calls and SMSes
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is planning to use blockchain technology to restrict the pesky telemarketing calls and messages. The spammy calls and messages are annoying hundreds of millions of mobile users worldwide. When the telemark...
Gemalto collaborating with Qualcomm to bring eSIM technology on Snapdragon devices
Gemalto, the digital security services provider, is collaborating with Qualcomm, the telecom equipment company, to pave way for seamless LTE and forthcoming 5G technology. As a part of the collaboration, Gemalto will integrate its mobile connectivity...
Majority of telecom service providers looking beyond connectivity in IoT landscape: Ericsson report
Internet of things (IoT) is unpredictably transforming the way humans communicate, educate, entertain, consume and conduct businesses. Gartner had forecasted that there were 8.4 billion IoT devices in use during 2017. And according to Ericsson, the n...
Vapor IO and Packet team up to introduce on-demand 5G-as-a-Service
The leading edge-computing and data center provider, Vapor IO, is collaborating with Packet, a bare metal cloud provider, to launch 5G-as-a-service (5GaaS) offering through Vapor IO’s Kinetic Edge micro data centers. As a part of the partnership, V...
