Telecommunication
- India
Centre cracks down on spoofed international calls, telcos block over 20 carriers
New Delhi: An indigenously-developed system to identify and block international spoofed calls that display Indian mobile numbers has significantly brought down such calls to about 4 lakh per day, the government has…
- Middle East
UAE to impose up to Rs 34 lakh fine for cold callers
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TRA) has imposed administrative penalties of up to Dirham 150,000 (Rs 34,11,049) on persistent cold callers. This comes as…
- Middle East
Rafah crossing opens for 1st time since Israel-Hamas war; death toll at 10461
As the ground operations by the Israeli army intensify in Gaza, the Rafah crossing to Egypt has opened for the first time since the war began on October 7. Qatar has brokered…
- Middle East
UAE’s telecom authority denies rumours of global internet disruption on Oct 11
United Arab Emirates (UAE’s) Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) has denied rumours about a “possible worldwide internet service interruption” on October 11 and termed the news ‘a hoax’. There were some…
- Business
We did not concoct a plan to slash 55,000 jobs in last 36 hours: BT CEO
London: The UK telecommunication giant BT Group, which has announced to slash a massive 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade, did not suddenly concoct a plan in the last 36…
- Business
Telecom Sector Skill Council to place over 1.25 lakh youth with focus on 5G
Delhi: With the 5G rollout, India needs a ready-skilled workforce and the Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) on Tuesday announced to get over 1.25 lakh candidates placed across the industry through its…
- Technology
Mobile phones in remote areas will connect to Starlink internet next year
San Francisco: Mobile phones will connect to SpaceX’s new Starlink satellites next year, providing around 2 to 4 Megabits per second connection (total) across a given coverage area, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert…
- Business
Reliance Jio may launch 5G services in India on Independence Day
New Delhi: As the race to launch 5G services for millions of smartphone and internet users take steam, Reliance Jio may launch its 5G services on August 15. Earlier this week, Akash…
- Technology
Airtel joins undersea cable consortium to scale high-speed internet
New Delhi: Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Monday announced that it has joined the SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium to scale up its global network capacity to serve India’s growing digital economy. The…
- Technology
France, Germany to support joint 5G projects
Berlin: France and Germany would support four projects on 5G applications for private networks with a total of 17.7 million euros ($20.1 million), the countries’ Ministries of Economic Affairs has said. The…
