UK National Cyber Security Centre and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office visit IISc Bangalore and BT India Innovation Centre

Visit by representatives from the UK National Cyber Security Centre and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to IISc Bangalore and BT India Innovation Centre

UKI-FNI Project hosts UK Catapult Delegation at BT India Research Centre in IISc Bangalore.

As part of our outreach and collaboration with key agencies of government and industry, Professor K.V.S Hari from the EPSRC  UKI-FNI project was delighted to host Andy Sellars, Strategic Development […]

Bangalore visit

Prof K V S Hari had a visit from the following members to ECE, IISc Bangalore on 30 Nov: Karen McLuskie, Deputy Director for Technology, British High Commission New Delhi […]

UEA leads on UK-INDIA Future Telecom Network partnership

A £1.4-million project led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) will support the integration of high-speed communications networks in India.

UK-India collaborations announced during Foreign Secretary visit

Two UK-India collaborations have been announced to boost 5G networks and future generations of telecoms.

What’s up with… Rogers and Shaw, Virgin Orbit, Huawei

Rogers, Shaw merger gets Canadian green lightVirgin Orbit’s days are overFurther pressure on China and Huawei

Huawei’s profits slump as it ups its R&D spending

Huawei has unveiled its annual reportThe vendor’s numbers have taken a hit in recent years due to US sanctionsBut it has been investing heavily for the future …

UK’s fractured approach to AI regulation looks risky

As the AI temperature rises, the UK adopts a piecemeal approach to regulationThe UK’s ‘world-leading’ approach to regulating AI involves not having a regulator…

What’s up with… SONIC Labs, e&, E-Space, Intel, the FCC

Another Open RAN lab opens in the UKe& teams up with E-Space and IntelThe FCC looks set to take further national security measures

As Alibaba does the splits, will others follow?

China’s digital tech giant Alibaba takes a chainsaw to itself and cuts six new standalone companies from the corporate bodyMassive restructuring aims to reassu…

Swedish regulator probes global WhatsApp outage

The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) opened an investigation into a WhatsApp service outage ...

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Huawei banks on R&D to fuel recovery

Chinese vendor Huawei ramped R&D spending and increased headcount to stabilise its business in 2022, ...

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Comcast trials private 5G in squash centre

US cable operator Comcast began trialling a private 5G network using its own CBRS spectrum ...

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Apple wins appeal on patent dispute with VirnetX

Reuters reported Apple scored a victory in a patent battle with VirnetX which could ultimately ...

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Google opens cloud fight with Microsoft

Alphabet’s Google reportedly took aim at Microsoft for anti-competitive cloud practices, urging the European Union ...

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Telecom Diary: Finally, Vodafone Idea readies 5G strategy

Experts feel till the time 5G reaches a certain level and use cases develop, Vodafone Idea will be ready to take off with its 5G. Vodafone Idea may be late to join the 5G bandwagon, but the party has just begun, a senior telco executive says. The main hindrance has been funding. The struggling telco has been trying to raise funds since long but is yet to make any headway. Due to this, the telco has been losing subscribers to its competitors.

Ericsson completes transfer of IoT business to Aeris, acquires small stake in co

Tamsons added that communications service provider partners and their customers on the IoT Accelerator will now be able to benefit from a “full-stack offering and new revenue streams”.

DoT to vacate some broadcasting, satellite spectrum for 5G, 6G

“Going forward telcos will require more frequency in mid-band once 5G gets traction and later for 6G. Many countries including the US have already allocated spectrum till 4200 MHz for 5G,” an official said. “We will see how much more spectrum can be made available for 5G/6G.”

Jio, Airtel gain subscribers at Vodafone Idea's expense in January 2023: Trai

Vi lost nearly 1.36 million mobile users in January, further shrinking its user base to 239.96 million. By contrast, Jio and Bharti Airtel’s user bases swelled to 426.17 million and 368.89 million respectively, according to latest telco subscriber data collated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

Huawei posts slump in annual profit but ekes out revenue growth

"In 2022, a challenging external environment and non-market factors continued to take a toll on Huawei's operations", Eric Xu, Huawei's rotating chairman, said in a statement.