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  DMRC Signs Agreement to Improve Internet Connectivity Across All Corridors

  The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has signed an agreement with Beckhaul Digital Technologies Pvt Ltd to enhance internet connectivity across its corridors. The telecommunication company will lay 700km of fibre optic cables along all metro lines, including the Airport Line. The rollout will occur in phases, starting with the Pink and Magenta L...

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  Vodafone Idea (Vi) 5G Roundup: Rollout Date, List of Available Cities, 5G Speeds, and More

  Vodafone Idea (Vi), in its quarterly report for the third quarter of the financial year 2024-25, revealed that it is planning to roll out its 5G services in the country. The company has confirmed that it will begin the rollout of its 5G services in April 2025, though the exact date of the rollout is not known at the time of writing.

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  Vodafone Idea (Vi) to Launch 5G in Mumbai Next Month, Expansion to Delhi and Bengaluru in April

  Vodafone Idea (Vi) announced the commercial rollout of its 5G services in India on Tuesday. The telecom operator revealed its plans in its Q3 2024-25 report and highlighted that 5G services will first be launched in Mumbai in March. The company will then expand the services to four more cities in April. In December 2024, Vi first started 5G operati...

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  Reliance Jio Reintroduces Rs 189 Prepaid Value Plan in India: See Validity, Benefits

  Reliance Jio recently unveiled voice-only plans for prepaid subscribers in India. Shortly after, the company revised the plans with lower prices and validity adjustments. Now, the telecom operator has reintroduced an affordable prepaid plan at Rs. 189 after briefly discontinuing it. This plan is listed as a value offering which provides free call ...

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  Vodafone Makes World's First Satellite Video Call Using Standard Smartphone

  Vodafone said it had made the world's first video call via satellite using a standard smartphone from a remote location. The European mobile operator's CEO Margherita Della Valle received the call on Monday from company engineer Rowan Chesmer, who was located in the Welsh mountains where there was no network signal.

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  Airtel Satellite Telecom Services Ready for Rollout, Awaiting Centre's Go Ahead: Rajan Bharti Mittal

  Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, has said that its satellite telecom service is ready for rollout in India. Reiterating Bharti Airtel's stance, he said satellite companies should be required to pay licensing fees and acquire spectrum through auctions, just as traditional telecom operators do.

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  After Musk-Ambani Tussle, India Bets Satellite Spectrum Policy Can Attract Many Companies

  India's decision to allocate satellite spectrum, rather than auction it, will give consumers more choice, the telecoms minister said on Monday, playing down concern by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio that it could lose out to Elon Musk's Starlink.

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  Jio Platforms Reportedly Partnering With Nvidia to Develop Affordable and Personalised AI Solutions

  Jio Platforms is reportedly partnering with tech giants such as Nvidia intending to disrupt the Indian artificial intelligence (AI) space like it disrupted the telecom sector with competitive pricing and access to unlimited mobile data. As per the report, Jio is working with multiple companies to co-develop native large language models (LLMs).

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  Nokia Could Be Developing a Digital Asset Encryption Device, Patent Filing Suggests

  Nokia's patent filing reveals plans to develop a system aimed at securing valuable cryptocurrencies. The company intends to achieve this by harnessing recent advancements in encryption technology.

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  2 Men Seen Outside Sanjay Raut's Bungalow Were Testing Mobile Network: Cops

  The men suspected to be conducting a recce of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut's bungalow here on Friday morning were found to be testing the mobile network for a telecom company, police said.

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  Airtel Prepays Rs 3,626 Crore To Centre, Clears Dues For 2016 Spectrum Purchase

  Bharti Airtel has prepaid Rs 3,626 crore to the Department of Telecom to clear all its liabilities for spectrum it had acquired in 2016, the company said on Thursday.

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  [Updated] Vodafone Idea (Vi) 5G Service Reportedly Rolled Out in India

  Vodafone Idea (Vi) has reportedly silently rolled out 5G services in India. The telecom service provider has launched commercial operations of 5G in 17 circles across the country including Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, and more, according to various reports. The rollout comes after the company's CEO Akshaya Moondra highlighted tha...

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  Fortnite Maker Epic Brings Game Store to Millions of Android Devices with Telefonica Tie-Up

  Telecom giant Telefonica is partnering with Epic Games to bring the "Fortnite" video game maker's marketplace app directly to millions of devices on the Spanish company's network, the companies said on Thursday.

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  Vodafone Idea (Vi) Introduces AI-Powered Spam SMS Identification System to Protect Users from Scams

  Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Monday announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) solution that will proactively detect spam SMS and warn users. The telecom operator highlighted that this network-based system uses both AI and machine learning (ML) technologies to look for potential harmful messages in real time. The company has already conducted an initial...

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  Redmi A4 5G Does Not Support Airtel’s 5G Network, Compatible With Jio 5G

  Redmi A4 5G was launched in India earlier this week as the latest affordable 5G offering from the Xiaomi sub-brand. As the new phone is gearing up to go on sale starting next week, its listing on the company website reveals that it does not support Airtel 5G in India. Unlike recent 5G offerings, the Redmi A4 5G is only compatible with SA (standalon...