The tenancy ratio in the Indian telecom tower industry is expected to grow from 1.77 in the fiscal 2014-15 to 2.48 by 2020 primarily due to focus on data, said Deloitte in a report ‘Indian Tower Industry released on Tuesday. The report, The Future is Data, talks about the future outlook of the tower industry…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for ideas to transform the nation’s economy through the ‘Digital India’ initiative. “Have ideas for a digital India and to transform our economy? Then you must participate in the ‘Innovate for Digital India Challenge’ on MyGov,” Modi wrote on the micro blogging social network Twitter. “Come, #Innovate4DigitalIndia &…
India’s mobile towers, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of three per cent, is expected to cross half a million by 2020, from 400,000 towers at present, according to a report prepared by audit and consultancy firm Deloitte. The tenancy ratio in the Indian telecom tower industry is expected to grow from 1.77…
Cisco has announced plans for direct and indirect investment of up to $20 million over the next five years into the Cisco Networking Academy, with an additional $40 million for the next phase of expansion in India. In a bid to expand its presence in India, the company has announced new local strategic initiatives, including…
Why one should even bother $1.7 trillion: The amount to which Internet of Things (IoT) market will triple to by 2020. $ 140 billion: The amount global manufacturers will invest in IoT solutions in the next 5 years. 50 billion: The number of devices that will be connected to the Internet of Things by 2020.…
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani will re-enter the telecom business with a Rs. 4,000 4G smartphone by December, offering voice and data services for as low as Rs. 300-Rs 500 per month. Reliance Jio Infocomm, which will commercially launch 4G services by December, has the largest footprint of liberalised spectrum in the country, acquired at a cost…
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday listed the specifics of some big-ticket investments worth Rs.200,000 crore ($33 billion), spanning refining to retail, and said 4G services will roll-out from December under “Jio” brand with devices from Rs.4,000. “We are nearing the realisation of our largest investment programme in our history of Rs.100,000 crore,” Ambani…
Narendra Modi dreams big. Be it a 182-foot statue of Sardar Patel, a Digital India or electricity for all, Modi stands in direct contrast to his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, who did not leave his stamp on the prime minister’s office in a decade. Within one year, Modi has unveiled a slew of ambitious schemes for…
IT industry lobby group Nasscom on Monday launched ‘Nasscom Cyber Security Task Force’, which aims to make India the hub for cyber securityrelated research, training and products. The development comes nearly three months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the domestic IT industry and youth to help address the global cybersecurity challenge. In March, Modi…
Indian Prime Minister Modi will be completing a year the office tomorrow that was won over many promises and claims to change the face of this nation within the 5 year tenure. Let’s throw a look back into the year that just passed by and see to what level these promises have been delivered in…