25 - 05 - 2013
telcos, ild/dld, cablesat
DTH operators upset over transponder scarcity
Lack of satellite capacity impacting the potential take-up of HD services ..read more
Tata Comm switches focus from growth to profitability
Pushes hard in HD voice for mobile telcos, business video and convergence services ..read more
Telecom Commission to decide on industry funding plan
Telecom Finance Corporation and three funds to promote local manufacture, R&D on anvil ..read more
Despite global slowdown, bandwidth demand leaps 53% annually
Traffic on Europe-Asia route grows by a staggering 87% per year..read more
4G market enters new phase, with Reliance Jio entry imminent
Lower tariffs, new marketing iniatives, may lead to broadening of the market..read more
Tata Tele, Telenor may be first to test M&A policy
One-time spectrum fee issue likely to be the first hurdle..read more
Cisco adds Apalya platform to its video delivery solution
Streaming video player has optimised video delivery to suit local cable and mobile telcos..read more
Cisco, Qualcomm invest in Apalya Technologies
Localization drive may extend to investments in software companies..read more
With Qatar buy, foreign interest in Indian telecom revives
Qatar buys 5% of Airtel for $1.26 bln. Sistema and Telenor are already up and running ..read more
Reliance Jio, Vodafone in submarine cable consortium
Likely to carry commercial traffic by the end of 2014..read more
Telcos allowed to share spectrum
Will it improve the returns telcos get on high-cost spectrum?..read more
Come together: Ambani brothers to share RCom's OF network
Is this the first in a more comprehensive infrastructure-sharing agreement between the two?..read more
Batelco considers controlling stake in Reliance Globalcom
Debt-striken Reliance Comms not well placed to invest in global expansion ..read more
Tata Communications plans new transit cable route
Planned cable to Bangladesh will open new routes to South East Asia and beyond..read more
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Networks, handsets, apps
Sensitive telecom/electronic gear screening norms coming
Routers, base stations, computers, storage and transmission devices on radar..read more
Microsoft, Cisco, set to win as PBX world goes UC
Cloud, mobility, push firms to unify their comm. platform and make it accessible from anywhere ..read more
Intel pushes telecom network, data center transformation
Announces three products for developing SDN-based switches, servers..read more
Idea Cellular first to upgrade backbone to 100G DWDM
Huawei gear is first to deploy ASON technology, making the network resilient to multiple fiber cuts..read more
Vodafone India to build APIs with Aepona's platform
Aepona platform will also be used as a centralized settlement system for Vodafone India VAS..read more
MTNL to deploy made-in-India carrier class routers
One step for ECIL and IIT Bombay. Perhaps a giant leap for localization..read more
Rs 175 billion funding plan for Indian telecom
Aims at giving a big push to telecom sector manufacturing, R&D and IP development..read more
Now Ethernet switches go open source
Taiwan firms to offer the hardware. SDN now an unpleasant reality for Cisco..read more
Cloud pus WebRTC: killer ap for next-gen call centers?
New technology provides a big opportunity for call centers to cut running costs..read more
Ericsson sues Micromax for patent infringement
Rs.1 billion sought as damages..read more
Local brands pack a punch in Indian smartphones, phablets
Micromax, Karbonn in top five bracket, in terms of sales numbers..read more
Videocon plans to launch 4G in 1800 MHz band
To use NSN's FDD-LTE technology and focus on data in six circles ..read more
Telcos look to IMS to curb Google, Skype, Facebook threat
VoLTE and RCS video calling over 4G via Android devices demoed ..read more
Indian smartphone sales in high growth phase
Low-end smartphones see the strongest demand and the stiffest competition
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A tectonic boost for telecom equipment
The Government's Rs.175 billion blueprint to fund telecom manufacture, R&D and IP, along with its Preferential Market Access policy signals BIG change in the landscape for large telecom system design and manufacture in India.
It is probable that the next few years
will see the emergence of four or five big private local firms in carrier networking, wireless and video. Funding details:
Rs.175 billion funding plan for Indian telecom
SDN a big opportunity for India
The move to software-defined networking has spread to the telecom sector ("network function virtualisation"). The payoff from this move could be that off-the-shelf hardware could eventually run telecom routers, switches and servers.
That's a big deal for India which is struggling to get its hardware sector off the ground, but has a thriving and innovative software sector. Already many small startups are onto this trend.
Now Ethernet switches go open source
