A race for collaboration and competition

Will they steal each other’s pudding or will they add a cherry? A multi-faceted panel sniffs out the equation between hyperscalers and telcos

Build good cars; do not worry about the road

Experts at the V&D panel deliberate on how India should loosen its purse string to build adequate infrastructure for the new digital economy

5G is all about use-cases

Industry experts and leaders unravel the enablers and possibilities of the upcoming telecom standard and what it has in store for business and India

5G And Beyond: The Digital Future

Discussion around higher speed and performance of 5G over its predecessors tend to miss the forest for the trees. Studies reveal greater RoI over short term from private networks

5G Is Peanut Butter, Unless…

Every good thing has a hidden side, one that surfaces slowly and, often, when you least expect it. Be cautious when pushing the button on your big 5G project

We seek to become the AWS for B2B and B2C communication

Infobip operates a full-stack Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) with private cloud infrastructure and zero-hop connectivity to telecoms globally. As the company Managing Director Harsha Solanki has quadrupled the turnover of the enterprise in the last four years and is working towards building Infobip as an engineering mitochondrion with its benchmarkdefining CPaaS infrastructure and an innovation-centric perspective. In an interaction with Shubhendu Parth, she talks about the business communication trends, the evolving CPaaS market, and how organizations are adopting omnichannel solution to strengthen customer engagement in the New Normal. Excerpts:

The (relay) race is on for the CSPs

Communications service providers can learn from the best practices of successful relay race teams to capture a significant piece of 5G market opportunity

INDIA'S TOP OTT PLATFORMS

The first-ever comprehensive research in India by Voice&Data-Mozark-CMR ranks the country’s OTT platforms on their functional experience and emotional quotient

“The 5G to 6G shift will happen in steps”

As per NTT’s 2020 Global Managed Services Report, organizations indicated that MSPs will provide maximum value during the next 3-5 years through their security capabilities (44%), financial stability, trust and reputation (43%), and automation (43%). Murtaza Bhatia, National Manager – Vertical Solutions, NTT Ltd. India, in an interaction with Pratima Harigunani gives a quick peek into what transpires as the global behemoth undergoes a big internal redesign. He also points out the state of cloud, low-power innovations, photonics, industry collaboration and 5G from a practical and poised lens.

Indian telcos want to live an edge-y life

Online gaming, connected vehicles, and remote working environments require an unprecedented level of low-latency networks

Give contact center service providers their due

Time is ripe for the DoT to define clear guidelines for the third-party contact centers in India. Any further delay will impact services in several vital sectors

Driving the home network connectivity

Wi-Fi 6E is likely to hit its stride in 2022-23 timeframe as the spectrum is released around the globe and clients and applications start to arrive

Better safe, than sorry

Real-time app monitoring solutions help enterprises get a single consolidated view of actionable security intelligence and fight against hackers

Amazon Unveils Mobile-Only Video Plan For India

Amazon has announced that it has tied up with Airtel to roll-out a mobile-only plan for India. The Prime Video Mobile Edition is a single-user plan created especially for India, the company said in a release.

Five Data-Centric Trends To Watch Out For In 2021

The beginning of a new decade promises to be the time to consolidate and build on the gains of widespread digital transformation we witnessed in 2020

Google Cloud, Nokia partner to work on cloud-native infra

Google Cloud has announced that it has signed a global, strategic partnership with Nokia to bring new solutions for communications service providers (CSPs) that will help modernize their network infrastructures, build on a cloud-native 5G Core, and develop the network edge as a business services platform for enterprises.

Solidifying SD-WAN Security

Enterprises are increasingly plugging on SD-WAN to facilitate business-aware connectivity in a growing hybrid environment. Here is how they can make it more secure

The big BFSI enabler

How the cloud will accelerate economic recovery from the pandemic driven slowdown and drive the growth for India’s banking sector

Fuelling power sector growth

How emerging communication technologies can help India’s power sector drastically improve its quality of services and profitability

Get ready to surpass the cloud

With 5G, there will be no cloud computing, because it’s not about the cloud, it’s about the best way to work, store and transmit information

Alternative cloud makes a better sense

Instead of mega clouds, small and medium businesses can opt for a simpler and more affordable option with alternative cloud to takes care of their needs

The new network normal of 2021

Corona virus has impacted the world in previously unimaginable ways. Here are some fanciful and other serious predictions for the postpandemic normal

AI, privacy, low code, serverless to rule

Thanks to unprecedented rise in digitalization and internet access, improving service delivery will be the key. At least four tools will shape the development arena

Pandemic Drives The Change

Economic and societal impact of COVID-19 will drive faster adoption of cloud, intelligent edge, digital reality and telemedicine

The five musketeers of 2021

Investments in cloud-telephony, SD-WAN, data security, data center infrastructure, and 5G will drive the new normal and recovery in post-pandemic India

Strengthen your network security chain

A poorly-protected WFH device can be the weakest link exposing your organization’s network to cybercriminals. Here are eight simple steps to handle it

Speed verses quality is a classic balancing act

As the world of content bursts with never-before spread of choice and convenience, developers have a lot to catch up. Can they sacrifice speed for reliability, security, scalability and experience? Or should they use low-code as a tool or as a quick-fix that can raise its head later with other issues? Here’s why OTT applications need a different mix of automation and flexibility. OutSystems Asia Pacific Vice President mark weaser in an email interview with Shubhendu Parth shares how the industry is using AI to move apps across development, test and production environments at a single click. He also touches upon why PWAs, native environments and multi-device worlds have a serious connotation for the developers busy binge-coding for OTT.

Seamless and secure

Network security infrastructure should have features that can enable enhanced data security along with unhindered access to data. Here is how to achieve it

SD-WAN is now on the investment priority list

Nokia claims that its Data Center Fabric solution enhances design and operations for all cloud builders. Made for webscale companies, service providers and enterprises, it offers cloud builder networking teams an open network operating system (NOS) and a declarative, intent-based automation and operations toolkit. In an interview with Pradeep Chakraborty, the company’s Emerging Business and Enterprise Head for India Vinish Bawa talks about the post-COVID-19 data center trends, the growing demand for SD-WAN and how it is evolving, the Data center Interconnect (DCI) Network, and the new offering. Excerpts:

KYC- and OTP-related scams up, unwanted calls down

Despite a 34% decrease in the volume of spam calls during lockdown, India continues to find place in the top 10 list of most spammed countries