Technology
Voice and Data
Secure IoT Ecosystem
5 stages that need consideration from security and privacy aspect during implementation are – design, implementation, deployment, operations and disposal
6 min |
June 2017
Voice and Data
In Focus To Launch 16 New Handset Models
Under licensing agreement signed with Foxconn, InFocus has re-launched as a new brand in the India market. Its Turbo5 smartphone, is a first from a series of product lineup especially developed for the India market. Piyush Puri, VP India & South Asia, Innocom Electronics shares more in an interview with Voice&Data:
2 min |
July 2017
Voice and Data
Plan Disruption, Go 'Platform First'
Start planning your platform now and ensure that it has the pliability to be moulded into a future version that truly serves your organization
4 min |
July 2017
Voice and Data
The VNO Arrives
Could this new breed help stabilise the turbulent telecom in India?VNOs are now a reality in India. Aerovoyce is the country’s first MVNO that has started its operations from Tamil Nadu. One would wonder why would VNOs be an interesting development about India where we are already seeing consolidation taking place and the remaining bleeding money. So, how VNOs would not add to the worries?
3 min |
May 2017
Voice and Data
Gaining Market
Smartphones are probably going to make up for 62% of all mobile phones sales in India in 2018, up from 50% in the final quarter of a year ago
2 min |
May 2017
Voice and Data
Redefining Telemedicine Dynamics
Sensors, mobile app, cloud service and intervention are the major components of a telemedicine solution
8 min |
May 2017
Voice and Data
Transformational Buildouts
The focus was on laying the infrastructure that could help deliver next generation services in a fast approaching digital era
8 min |
August 2016
Voice and Data
Transformation-driven
With a decisive shift from legacy networks already underway, telcos’ needs for smooth migrations to 4G LTE are loud and clear
5 min |
August 2016
Voice and Data
Blockchain Start Up From India, uTrade To Expand Market Reach
Founders Kunal Nandwani, Ashish Grover, Harwinder Sidhu, and Mayank Mathur teamed together in 2011 to setup uTrade Solutions. The idea behind their venture was to enable smarter trading by specializing in low latency algorithmic trading platforms
4 min |
April 2017
Voice and Data
The 3G Binge, And A 4G Bloodbath!
Is it really RJio vs rest of telcos in India? The big picture
8 min |
June 2017
Voice and Data
GST, A Missed Oppurtunity For The Government
The fact is telecom is notified as an essential service under the Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1968, but this has not translated into any financial help for the sector. The change to the GST regime was a great opportunity for the government, given the importance of the sector and its impact across economic, social and cultural progress of the country, to help, at a time it was most needed.
4 min |
June 2017
Voice and Data
'Speed In Issuing VNO Licenses Is Required'
Amitabh Singhal, President of Virtual Network Operators Forum (VNO Forum) in conversation with Voice&Data throws light on specific issues that the fledgling VNO industry in India needs to counter and the need for speed in issuing VNO licenses.
4 min |
April 2017
Voice and Data
Get Telcos To Enter BhartNet Gray
Government needs to focus on competition in the last mile.
2 min |
April 2017
Voice and Data
Network Slicing Is A Must For 5G Roll Out By Telecoms
GautamBilla, Director Engineering at Ciena India discusses what Indian telecom operators need to know about network slicing to take full advantage of newly enabled 5G use cases
4 min |
April 2017
Voice and Data
Organizations Now Recognize The Importance Of Big Data And Chief Data Officer
Big data is enabling organizations to gain insights into their businesses letting them to harness all aspects of their business. Voice&Data quizzed Amit Sanyal, Business Head, Consumer Value Solutions at Mahindra Comviva to understand how big data is changing the way businesses work.
4 min |
October 2016
Voice and Data
Ruckus Acquisition Strengthens Brocades Strategic Presence
Brocade is a strong networking player which is deeply entrenched in the service provider space globally and India. The company has over the years grown organically as well as inorganically. Brocade’s recent acquisition of Ruckus Wireless has flexed company’s muscle. Voice&Data spoke to Andrew Coward, VP of Service Provider Strategy at Brocade who was recently in India. Coward divulged how the company plans to move ahead in multiple markets including India.
3 min |
October 2016
Voice and Data
CyberPlat Set To Introduce Innovative Banking, Telecom Products, Services
Steering steadily with 18 years of experience as an enabler for electronic payments, CyberPlat Electronic Payment System has made a pioneering inroad in the global fin-tech industry. CyberPlat is best defined as the first Russian electronic payment system. In an exclusive interaction with Voice&Data, Alok Jha, Managing Director of CyberPlat India, reveals how CyberPlat has grown to become a formidable player in the payment industry in India. Excerpts from the interaction:
4 min |
October 2016
Voice and Data
Ailing BlackBerry Exits Smartphone Manufacturing
Blackberry’s fall from stardom will be a classical case study in management schools in the years ahead.
3 min |
October 2016
Voice and Data
Gst for Telecom Needs Further Tuning
The proposed GST must ensure that the rates of taxes are low on services as well as mobile handsets in order to ensure affordability of telecom services and the highly productive ripple effect on India’s GDP.
6 min |
September 2016
Voice and Data
The Mobile Browser Has Become A Gateway To The Internet
In an interaction with Voice&Data, Robert Bu, General Manager, UCWeb India reveals the changing patterns in news consumption and future of news media in the digital world and how important it is to the company’s global plans. Excerpt
5 min |
October 2016
Voice and Data
Tuning Up For The New Data Era
Today’s networks must be recalibrated to respond to different classes of services and smart devices in an increasingly differentiated manner.
5 min |
March 2017
Voice and Data
India Gears to Go Cashless
Inclusion is the challenge. Banking as well as non banking players must collaborate with regulators and the government to bring about innovative banking solutions and schemes to bridge the divide.
6 min |
November 2016
Voice and Data
Get a handle on Order-to- Activate Framework
The trick is to create an intervention that examines end-to-end processes by placing a wrapper around upstream and downstream functions, says Vinay Firake of Wipro
4 min |
November 2016
Voice and Data
What Next After The Smartphone Revolution?
Rise of an ecosystem era marks the beginning of the next technological revolution.
4 min |
December 2016
Voice and Data
RJio Set To Usher In Digital Life In 2017
Jio Digital Home and JioCarConnect, the two game changing offerings from RJio, are set to hit market in 2017.
3 min |
December 2016
Voice and Data
At Xius, we've an integrated offering ready to enable VNOs
With over two decades of IT and telecom industry experience behind him, GV Kumar, the founder and CEO of Xius, a telecom technology product company, has come up with an innovative consortium approach to enable the companies applying for Virtual Network Operator (VNO) license in India, after the sector was thrown open earlier in 2016 to fast track Digital India mission. At the Xius Global Delivery Center in Hyderabad, Telangana, in an interview with Voice&Data, Kumar elaborates on how Xius is enabling VNO aspirants and contributing to the VNO ecosystem in India.
5 min |
October 2016
Voice and Data
Telecom Indurstry Deserves Lower Tax Rate Under GST Regime: TAIPA
Higher tax rate of 18% and non-availability of input tax credit will lead to more burden on the overall telecom sector ultimately impacting the tower infrastructure roll out and thereby advance technologies too.
2 min |
June 2017
Voice and Data
Foundational IT Projects From Yore - ERNET Powering
With UNDP grant of more than $10mn and Turing Award winner Dr. Vint Cerf (Co-inventor of TCP/ IP, currently with Google) as an Adviser, ERNET project brought computer networking and Internet to India.
3 min |
June 2017
Voice and Data
'We Will Continue To Invest In Communications And Networking Portfloio'
Pierre Samson: ALE operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand has formed four regional sales organizations to better serve its partners, customers and their markets. By placing a focus on specific market segments for growth and accelerating the shift to new business models, each of the four regions have their own dedicated sales staff supporting their defined industry-specific sales strategy, cloud sales strategy and channel strategy, with a complementary sales enablement and services delivery.
3 min |
June 2017
Voice and Data
PurpleHealth Bridges Doctor-Patient Gap The Digital Way
Led by CEO and Co-founder Vikram Nair, PurpleHealth aims to build a collaborative healthcare platform through integrated technology that connects the diverse constituents in the healthcare space.
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