Redefining digital: The pathway to $5 trillion economy is no more a secret

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India’s policymakers acknowledge that its digital ecosystem will contribute at least $1 trillion to the soughtafter $5 trillion economy. Collaborating, as opposed to competing, is quintessential to optimising returns from this diverse digital ecosystem. There is also little disagreement that access is at the nucleus of any digital ecosystem. However, while this access can play … Read more

Samsung’s R&D First Employee in India Explains How It Evolved

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Samsung is a well-known name in India, but not many know that it has also been running research and development operations in the country. The company even has it largest mobile factory in the world operating in India since July 2018. Its R&D division in India is also equally well established. This work takes place … Read more

Welcome Baby Yoda Into Your Home With The Mandalorian AR Experience

The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda are coming home. Not in the ongoing second season of the Star Wars series, but on your phone. Google and Lucasfilm have partnered to launch The Mandalorian AR Experience, an augmented reality app that will allow you to recreate moments from the first season, as the Mando (Pedro Pascal) goes … Read more

Huawei Exclusion Decision to Be Appealed by Swedish Telecoms Regulator

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Swedish telecoms regulator PTS will appeal a court decision against its plan to exclude Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei from its 5G networks. PTS on Monday halted 5G spectrum auctions after a court suspended parts of its earlier decision, in which it followed Britain in banning Huawei equipment from 5G networks, citing national security risks. … Read more

Huawei Colludes With Chinese State, UK Parliament Committee Finds

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The British parliament’s defence committee said on Thursday that it had found clear evidence that telecoms giant Huawei had colluded with the Chinese state and said Britain may need to remove all Huawei equipment earlier than planned. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July ordered Huawei equipment to be purged from the nascent 5G network … Read more

Huawei Plans More Cuts to Jobs, Investment in Australia

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The Australian operation of Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei said it would continue to cut staff numbers and investment in the country amid strained relations between Beijing and Canberra. In 2018, Australia banned Huawei from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network citing national security risks, a move the company criticised as being politically motivated. … Read more

China Tech Veterans to Launch ‘Domestic Replacement’ Fund Amid US Sanctions

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Chinese tech veterans, including former executives at Huawei and SMIC, are planning to launch a “domestic replacement” fund by the end of the year to help create China’s next tech giant and support Chinese companies sanctioned by Washington. Venture capital firm China Europe Capital aims to raise CNY 5 billion (roughly Rs. 5,399 crores) for the fund … Read more

IFA Tech Trade Fair Is Back, but 240,000 Visitors Aren’t

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Six months after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the sudden cancellation of the Mobile World Congress, the technology trade fair business is mounting a comeback with a scaled-back version of the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin. Yet this year’s edition of the event, first held in 1924, is shaping up to be a lot like … Read more

India needs norms for 5G NextGen IoT devices, but framing those won’t be easy

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Security experts warned that IoT devices – be it a smart TV, fridge or a washing machine – would be much more vulnerable in a 5G context since devices with built-in software and processors like computers can serve as jump-off points for launching serious cyberattacks on individual consumers, institutional assets and even critical information infrastructure … Read more

UK asks Japan for Huawei alternatives in 5G networks, suggests NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd: Nikkei

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TOKYO: The British government asked Japan to help build its 5G wireless networks without Huawei Technologies, citing NEC Corp and Fujitsu Ltd as potential alternative suppliers, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. British officials met with their counterparts in Tokyo on Thursday, two days after Britain ordered Huawei equipment purged from its 5G networks … Read more