BROWSING: India

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...

Indian operator plans to acquire 20 megahertz of spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel received approval for the acquisition of "4G" spectrum from rival operator Aircel, local press reported. The total value of the acquisition is at 35 billion rupees ($521.2...

The authorities plans to raise $83B through the spectrum auction tender The government of India has approved the reserve prices for spectrum blocks in seven bands, a process in which the authorities expect to generate approximately $83 billion in revenue, local press reported. The reserve prices...

The official home of the president of India is set to deploy IBM’s smart city solutions in a move to become a smart township. Tech companies are set to pay growing attention to India’s booming smart city solutions market. The Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi,...

The official home of the President of India is to deploy IBM’s smart city solutions to become a smart township. Tech companies are set to pay growing attention to India’s booming smart city solutions market. The Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official home of the President of...

Norwegian telecom operator Telenor threatened to exit India if the company fails to obtain spectrum at reasonable rates. “Long term presence in India is dependent on our ability to secure additional spectrum. We are not able to compete with current spectrum portfolio we have in...

KT aims to launch 5G trial services in 2018 Japanese company NEC Corporation and Korean telecoms carrier KT completed of a Proof of Concept (PoC) trial for a 5G wireless backhaul solution that utilizes E-Band spectrum (70 GHZ-80 GHz). The PoC was conducted at Phoenix Park...

The Indian telco paid $526 million for the LTE airwaves Indian mobile telephony operator Bharti Airtel reached a deal to acquire spectrum in the 2.3 GHz band from rival telco Aircel, local press reported. With this acquisition, Bharti Airtel will have a pan-Indian presence in the...

KT aims to launch 5G trial services in 2018 Japanese company NEC Corporation and Korean telecoms carrier KT completed of a Proof of Concept (PoC) trial for a 5G wireless backhaul solution that utilizes E-Band spectrum (70 GHZ-80 GHz). The PoC was conducted at Phoenix...

The telco said it is open to acquire subsidiaries from rival Philippine operator Globe Telecom said it is open to the possibility of acquiring local conglomerate San Miguel Corporation's telecom subsidiaries to have access to the 700 MHz spectrum band, local press reported. SMC currently...

Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Communications extended the exclusivity period by two months for talks with rival Aircel to consider the potential merger of operations.   Reliance entered into merger talks with Aircel shareholders Maxis Communications and Sindya Securities and Investments late last year. The parties initially...

Indian carriers aim to complete the deal in Q2 Reliance Communications confirmed its shareholders have approved a proposal to acquire local telecom firm Sistema Shyam Teleservices. The deal has been already authorized by the Competition Commission of India, Rajasthan High Court, Bombay High Court and...