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Voice and Data
Cloud reins in hand: FinOps drives smarter spending
As cloud complexity grows, FinOps offers a structured path to optimise costs, boost performance, and align financial goals with real-time usage.
4 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
Guarding the cloud: India’s Al sovereignty shift
Sovereign cloud is powering India’s push for secure, local Al—balancing innovation, compliance, and control in a digitally sovereign future.
4 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
Invisible occupation of telecom networks by APT actors
Stealthy cyber intrusions are infiltrating telecom systems deeply, raising concerns about infrastructure control, resilience, and national security.
4 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
Pathbreaker of the Year (2024)
C-DOT (under DR RAJKUMAR UPADHYAY) Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, C-DOT
1 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
TELECOM TURNS TIDE WITH CAPITAL SPEED AND CONFIDENCE
Record FPI inflows and strong policy support signal a new era for Indian telecom as global investors bet big on its digital growth and resilience.
4 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
V&D forum sets telecom agenda for inclusive digital growth
At TLF 2025, industry leaders laid the foundation for a sustainable, inclusive digital future powered by telecom, innovation, and grassroots reach.
5 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
‘The cultural shift has been central to C-DOT’s revival’
In an era defined by digital sovereignty and secure networks, C-DOT has emerged as India's strategic telecom R&D force and the Voice&Data Pathbreaker of the Year for 2024. Under the leadership of its CEO, Dr Rajkumar Upadhyay, the institution has evolved from a legacy body into a national innovation engine. From 4G core and IMS deployments to quantum communication and cyber intelligence platforms, C-DOT is developing solutions that address both technological and strategic imperatives. In this wide-ranging conversation with Shubhendu Parth, he shares insights into C-DOT's transformation, its collaborative model, and the core technologies it is working on. Excerpts:
8 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
Telecom Person of the Year (2024)
SUNIL VACHANI Founder & Chairman, Dixon Technologies
1 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
“We must continue to build India's component ecosystem”
In a country striving to become a global manufacturing hub, Voice&Data Telecom Person of the Year 2024 and the Founder and Chairman of Dixon Technologies Sunil Vachani, has emerged as a pivotal force. His company, once reliant on LED TVs, is now one of India's leading homegrown EMS firms, expanding across mobile phones, routers, set-top boxes, and telecom hardware.
8 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
Lifetime Achievement (2024)
DR ABHAY KARANDIKAR Secretary, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India
1 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
Champions of India's connected revolution
Voice&Data Awards honours the visionaries and innovators driving India's telecom, digital infrastructure, and indigenous tech evolution.
2 min |
July 2025
Voice and Data
Blueprints and backends: GTM strategies that scale
In a saturated market, ICT startups must build scalable GTM strategies powered by empathy, data, partnerships, and sharp value propositions.
3 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Making IT observability work in unpredictable times
As digital infrastructure grows in scale and complexity, intelligent observability is essential for managing risk and ensuring operational resilience.
4 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Reimagining data management with Al-driven intelligence
Al success hinges not just on advanced models, but on the strategic management of data that fuels automation, insight, security, and innovation.
3 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
New turf, new tricks: Telcos chase the fintech dream
Indian telcos are transforming into fintech powerhouses, using their infrastructure and reach to drive inclusion and redefine digital finance.
9 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Open RAN’s runaway promise: Will the train turn back?
Despite early momentum, Open RAN is slowing under market, technical, and geopolitical pressures—can 6G bring it back on track?
10+ min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
BEYOND MOBILE: FIXING INDIA’S AFFORDABLE BROADBAND CHALLENGE
How PM-WANI and fibre-based broadband can unlock digital connectivity, slash broadband costs for millions of Indians.
5 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
AI gets personal: Coding trust into brand connection
AI is reshaping how brands connect—shifting from automation to empathy, driving trust, loyalty, and emotional relevance at scale.
4 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Colt, Honeywell, Nokia to test quantum-safe network
The trio will use satellites to trial encryption key sharing for quantum-era security over long distances and undersea routes.
1 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
"Al-driven autonomous networks are beginning to take shape"
As capex tightens, commoditisation deepens, and hyperscalers chip away at traditional revenue streams, telcos are under mounting pressure to rethink their networks. Yet, as Prashant Ramesh Malkani, Head of Network Infrastructure Business at Nokia India, tells Pratima Harigunani, this is also a moment of immense possibility.
5 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Indo-Pak cyber conflict signals dangerous digital escalation
As India and Pakistan weaponise cyberspace, the threat shifts from borders to networks, exposing national vulnerabilities and strategic gaps.
5 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Securing the spine of India's digital infrastructure
With data pipelines under the regulatory lens, India must embed cybersecurity into every layer of its digital infrastructure, ensuring trust and resilience.
3 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
FROM 5G SURGE TO 6G HORIZON: INDIA'S NEXT-GEN LEAP
India is racing ahead with 5G, but the groundwork for 6G is already being laid, with AI, NTN, and new spectrum bands poised to reshape connectivity.
9 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
WHY RURAL INDIA IS TELECOM'S NEXT GROWTH ENGINE
With digital adoption accelerating beyond cities, India's villages are reshaping the telecom landscape as users, innovators, and revenue contributors.
5 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
"Our unified network fabric allows for effective first-mile monitoring"
As enterprises navigate the evolving landscape of connectivity, traditional SD-WAN architectures are no longer enough. Enter SD-WAN 3.0 — a smarter, cloud-native, Al-powered evolution that blends observability, zero-trust security, digital twins, and outcome-driven orchestration. Leading this shift is Andrew Winney, General Manager and Global Head of SASE Business at Tata Communications, who is steering the company’s global product management and innovation strategy across SD-WAN, SASE, and SSE portfolios.
4 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Dell retools IT infrastructure for the Al era
Dell's infrastructure upgrades target data centre modernisation with Al-ready servers, secure storage, and scalable protection for hybrid workloads.
3 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
Quantum lane: India rewires fibre for unhackable data
India's QKD-over-MCF breakthrough shows how next-gen telecom can be built quantum-secure, cost-effective, and sovereign—right from the infrastructure layer.
4 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
India’s space ambition gets a local lift-off
States are emerging as critical partners in India’s space journey, driving specialisation, private innovation, and long-term mission readiness.
5 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
The AI edge: Turning slow Wi-Fi into smart connectivity
Al-powered Wi-Fi systems are redefining connectivity by delivering faster speeds, greater coverage, and real-time optimisation for modern users.
3 min |
June 2025
Voice and Data
POWERING A GREENER FUTURE WITH SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
India's telecom sector is aligning 5G expansion with sustainability, adopting green energy, Al, and e-waste solutions for a cleaner digital future.
5 min |