Currently, companies applying for satcom licences under India’s Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite system must comply with 30-40 stringent conditions. This move, if implemented, could benefit global players like Elon Musk’s Starlink and Jeff Bezos’s Amazon Kuiper, and enable them to offer satellite-based telecom services in the country, as per a report by The Economic Times. For its part, …
Recently, Human Rights Watch released a scathing report detailing the exploitation of personal data by the Hungarian government under Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party. Through my work with Ranking Digital Rights, I’ve seen how state-owned telecom companies under authoritarian-leaning regimes can contribute to human rights violations. In Ranking Digital Rights’ 2022 Telcos Giants Scorecard, which ranks 12 of the most powerful …
Telecom provider Bharti Airtel has announced a strategic partnership with the Tata Group for implementing 5G network solutions in India. Tata Group has developed a ‘state of the art’ O-RAN based Radio and NSA/SA Core and has integrated a totally indigenous telecom stack, leveraging the Group capabilities and that of its partners. xThese ‘Made in India’ 5G product and solutions …
Samsung Electronics has clinched a $6.6-billion deal with Verizon to help it build 5G networks in the U.S. Samsung Electronics has clinched a $6.6-billion deal with Verizon Communications to help it build 5G networks in the U.S., highlighting how the technology group can benefit from the Trump administration’s targeting of China’s Huawei. Washington last month banned sales of any chips …
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