Thailand’s House Launches a Sub-Panel on Space

The House committee on communications, telecommunications, and digital economy and society of Thailand has established a space sub-committee for overlooking the technology development in the country.

The vice-chairman of the committee, Col. Settapong Malisuwan, said that the development...

According to the EU antitrust chief, big IT is now regulated like banks

"The Digital Markets Act (DMA) will (now) define the rules of the game for corporations who act as gatekeepers," EU competition head Margrethe Vestager told reporters hours after the bill was enacted.

This was "done a long time ago in areas such as finance, telecommunicat...

Singaporean Companies Achieve Fastest Speeds on 5G

Singtel and Ericsson, Singaporean telecommunications providers, have made a breakthrough in 5G standalone new radio-dual connectivity (SA NR-DC) technology.

They are now the first companies in Southeast Asia to reach the 5.4 Gigabytes per second speed of download.

The achievem...

HUAWEI EXPANDS TRAINING CENTER ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ACROSS EAST AFRICA

Highlights –

• Huawei expands training center on emerging technologies across East Africa.
• The revamped East Africa Regional Training Center is based in Nairobi.
• The training center will help bridge the skills gap and spur the growth of...

5G TRIALS TO BEGIN IN INDIA SOON

HIGHLIGHTS

• 5G trials are going to begin in India soon.
• Reliance Jio is developing a homegrown and indigenous 5G network.
• Bharti Airtel confirmed a successful 5G test over the commercial network.

5G mobile networks may come...

KCC TO REVISE LAW ON THE LIMIT OF PAYMENT TO LIVESTREAM BROADCASTERS

Highlights –

• KCC to revise law on the limit of payment to livestream broadcasters.
• Platforms like YouTube and Afreeca TV operate live payments.
• KCC will pursue legal revisions to prevent excessive payments to livestreamers.

5G MAY COME TO INDIA BY EARLY 2022

HIGHLIGHTS

• 5G internet might be available in India by 2022.
• House panel has pulled up DoT for delay.
• The 5G trials are expected to begin in OCT 2021.

Recently, the Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) nudged t...

S. KOREA ASKS FOREIGN AND LOCAL ONLINE COMPANIES TO PROVIDE STABLE SERVICES

Highlights –

• S. Korea asks foreign and local online companies to provide stable services.
• Google, Facebook, Netflix, Naver, Kakao, and Wavve asked to comply with the country’s new law.
• The country will now hold service providers...

CHINA OPPOSES U.S GOVT. ORDER DELISTING CHINESE TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES IN NYSE

Highlights –

• China opposes U.S Govt. order delisting Chinese telecommunications companies in NYSE.
• China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying commented on the same.
• Hua commented the act will harm the investors from various coun...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT PANEL MAY REDUCE SPECTRUM PRICES

HIGHLIGHTS

• TRAI has not reduced the reserve price for spectrum.
• However, the inter-ministerial panel of the Indian government might reduce the prices.

According to unconfirmed source, although the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indi...

UK AND CHINA TIES ERODED SINCE COVID-19 OUTBREAK

• The UK needs a new slate altogether for renewed communications with China.
• Putting it lucidly, UK Government needs to be well-informed as to where it needs to draw a line when it comes to a differentiation between strategic and non-strategic areas.

This would ...

SOUTH KOREA ADDS BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION FOR MOBILE TRANSACTION SECURITY

HIGHLIGHTS

• KFTC has introduced new biometric authentication model to prevent fraud in online transaction.
• Expressing concerns about invulnerability on online banking system and sensor hardware, KFTC said that hacking verification devices such as smart...

VODAFONE IDEA SHARES SURGED BY 48%

Highlights:

• Vodafone Idea share settled at Rs. 4.49 apiece on BSE after it surged by 48 percent.
• The government wants to retain at least three private players in the industry.
• Vodafone Idea paid Rs. 2,500 crores to the Department of Telecom...

CRISIL reduces AGR liability debt to Vodafone Idea

Vodafone Group plc is a multinational company in telecommunications. The registered office is in Newbury, Berkshire, Great Britain, and its national office are in London, Great Britain. It operates primarily in the Asian, African, European and Oceanian countries. Vodafone ranked fourth in 2018 am...

Leaders from the United States and the United Kingdom discuss telecom safety before getting to the 5G assessment.

LONDON –the Prime Minister of British Boris Johnson, as well as the president of the United States Donald Trump, have talked about the safety of telecommunications linkages even though the United Kingdom is getting ready to choose if to permit a massive Chinese technology firm Huawei to dev...

China is finally accepted as having replaced Russia as the main strategic threat to US global primacy

After 1945, the Atlantic Alliance has become the backbone of US foreign policy, with the consequence that Russia (then the USSR) once again replaced Germany as the primary threat. As a result, various technological regulation systems started to become active in the US and its partners, based on r...

Big Telecom plans for massive digital infrastructure investment by Hamilton

On Thursday, 23 January, Hamilton City announced it will invest $400 million in updating its digital infrastructure by a major Canadian telecommunications company.

The City states in a press release that Bell Canada will spend nearly $400 million in increasing broadband Internet service...

Reliance reports record profit on strength of customers

MUMBAI: The Indian oil-to-telecommunications conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd has posted another quarterly record profit, as double-digit growth in its energy divisions cushioned weakness in its consumer-facing business.

Revenue at its retail and telecommunications units jumped more...

DoT looks for Rs 3.13 lakh crore AGR levy from non-telcos organizations, more than twofold of telcos firms

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has slapped a Rs 15,019 crore request notice on Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd taking the aggregate sum it has looked for from non-telecom organizations to Rs 3.13 lakh crore following a Supreme Court administering. While the DoT ha...

Department of telecommunications to contact FinMin, request sector relief

The Telecommunications Department will present the Ministry of Finance with the debt-ridden telecommunications industry's wish list early, a senior ministry source stated.

"In the first week of January, we will have structured meetings with the sector. We're going to see wh...