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Enterprise

Cisco reaches new deal to acquire Acacia for $4.5 billion

Cisco initially offered to acquire Acacia for $70 a share, or $2.6 billion in July 2019. Networking giant Cisco has agreed to acquire Acacia for $115 per share in cash, or approximately ...more

Legal & Patents

No policy changes till May, WhatsApp says will clear the doubts

The updated policy terms were first announced via an in-app notification to users by WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, asking them to agree to the new terms by February 8 or lose access to their accounts....more

Policy & Regulation

MeitY draft: PLI outlay for laptops, servers at Rs 7,500 crore

The investment targets for overseas players would be fixed at around Rs 500 crore spread over a period of four years (Rs 125 crore per year) while for local companies it would be Rs 20 crore (Rs 5 crore per year). ...more

Reports

DoT cuts revenue estimate from telecom sector to Rs 40,000 crore: Report

The government expects to gain revenues of Rs 40,000 crore from the telecom sector, less than a third of the budget estimate of Rs 1.33 lakh crore. ...more

BSNL tender: The curious case of indigenous 4G core and Mavenir

The most interesting development is a claim made by OpenRAN major Mavenir at the recent BSNL meeting, which was attended by home-bred and multinational vendors and system integrators. Texas-based Mavenir claimed that their 4G core is indigenous, at least three senior executives from vendors told ET. ...more

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