Tag Archives: Telecom

Stressing that this is not the dial-up 1990s when changing services was slow and difficult and often required to buy and install software with a CD-ROM, Google has vehemently defended its position after the US Department of Justice and 11 state Attorneys General sued the tech giant for allegedly abusing its market position in the domain of online search. Claiming that the lawsuit relies on dubious antitrust arguments, Google said that like countless other businesses, the company pays to… Source link

The reported move to have a sunset date for high import tariffs on electronic products like mobile phones and TVs makes perfect sense. Artificial value addition behind high tariff walls enriches a few while impoverishing the citizenry, with high costs, obsolescence and incapacity to compete globally. Reportedly, high tariffs to boost domestic production would have a 4-5-year term limit. In tandem, what’s surely required are innovative industrial and technology policies for Indian producers… Source link

MEXICO CITY: America Movil chief executive officer, Daniel Hajj, said on Wednesday that the telecoms giant will reduce capital expenditure to $6 billion in 2020, down from the $8.5 billion foreseen at the start of the year. “We are going to reduce the capex from our original number this year, because execution in the lockdown was very difficult” Hajj said in a call following the third-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Hajj added that some non-essential projects were also canceled or delayed. Follow… Source link

New Delhi: A top Bharti Airtel executive said the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) issue was more or less behind it, but the telecom operator still needed some clarity from the government over what was the actual amount to be paid from here on, given the Rs 18,000 crore it had already paid upfront. The telco has yet to make a decision on filing a curative petition seeking a correction in the computation of its AGR-based dues, said the executive, who spoke to ET on the condition of anonymity. “I… Source link

The US-based networking technology major Cisco Systems is banking heavily on the fifth generation or 5G networks and said that the company is closely working with Indian telecom carriers such as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel to meet their ambitious roadmap. In an interaction with ETTelecom’s Muntazir Abbas, Sanjay Kaul, President, Asia Pacific, and Japan, Service Provider Business at Cisco Systems talks on digital transformation, Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India), Cisco’s $5 billion… Source link

By Stephen Nellis If Nvidia Corp buys Arm Ltd from SoftBank Group Corp, Arm will keep “firewalls” in place to ensure the data center chip company does not access confidential information from Arm’s customers or get early access to Arm’s products, a top Arm executive told Reuters on Tuesday. The $40 billion deal announced last month would reshape the global semiconductor sector because Arm has long acted as a neutral player, supplying intellectual property to Apple Inc., Qualcomm Inc and many… Source link

San Francisco: US-based search engine giant Google has dropped support for the Daydream VR platform with Android 11. The Daydream headset and controller can still be used as a generic VR viewer, just like Cardboard. However, the Daydream VR app is “no longer supported by Google and may not work properly on some devices running Android 11 or later.” “Many of the third-party apps and experiences within Daydream may still be available as standalone apps in the Google Play store. “We don’t expect… Source link

Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday sought to rebut criticism that it selectively enforces its 30% mobile app store tax, demanding that the over 3% apps selling digital items without complying follow the rules within a year. The change follows lawsuits by “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games last month accusing Google and Apple Inc of anticompetitive conduct. Apps sold on the tech leaders’ stores are required to use their payment systems so they can collect a portion of sales, which developers… Source link

According to Bloomberg, Google is investing USD 4 billion in India’s Jio platforms, a subsidiary of conglomerate Reliance Group, to create affordable smartphones for the Indian market. The news ensued company CEO Sundar Pichai’s claim that Google will invest USD 10 billion in India over the next 5-7 years. Jio has already received capital from prestigious investors including Facebook, Silver Lake Partners, Intel Ventures, and etc. Only last week, the company sold 0.15 percent of… Source link