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IT/Security

IT Ministry, Google tie up for 'Build for Digital India'

Ongoing efforts by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) to encourage production of socially beneficial products have got a fresh fillip and recognition, as the Union Government has joined hands with Google to mobilise engineering students for innovative solutions. ...more

Reports

ITU to Debate Telcos’ Usage of 5G Band

Spectrum regulators at the Geneva-based International Telecom Union (ITU) are set to debate today a proposal from the telecom department, backed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to slash the transmission capability of mobile base stations operating ...more

Indian IT Services Firms See No Big Blowback from Brexit

Firms expect business to be as usual, with Europe and UK firms still looking to outsource tech. Indian IT services providers are unlikely to be negatively impacted by Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, commonly referred to as Brexit, as they are seeing ...more

Telecom

Airtel Urges Trai to Postpone Scrapping of IUC

Bharti Airtel has urged the telecom regulator to postpone the scrapping of interconnection usage charges by at least three years from the planned January 2020 deadline, saying traffic symmetry between networks has not been achieved and over 400 million mobile users continue to use 2G networks, people close to the regulator said. ...more

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