In recent years, Chinese telecommunications firms and technologies have come under increasing scrutiny from US officials. On Friday, US authorities imposed a ban on the import and sale of communications equipment that they assessed to pose “an unacceptable risk to national security,” including equipment made by Chinese tech giants ZTE and Huawei Technologies. The decision, which comes during a prolonged dispute between the two largest economies in the world, is the most recent in a series of steps taken to restrict Chinese telecom companies’ access to United States networks....

Several Factors Will Go into Consideration Before Taking Decision on Huawei “Our understanding is there are several factors which will go into taking a decision. Our size of the market is one. Our capabilities in R&D (research and development) is another and what Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) mentioned in Osaka (during G-20 meet) on how do we leverage all this with an emphasis on Make in India. “Whatever we decide, that is something I would like to point out, will take into account our economic and security interest....

Huawei, a Chinese multinational telecom equipment gear maker, is optimistic about its India plans. The company believes that it can have a key role in the development of 5G in India. It is worth noting that the Indian government had asked the telcos not to include any Chinese company in their 5G trials. Despite that, Huawei is banking on 5G revenues from India. Huawei is continuously working and communicating with the government....

The Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei has been accused of manipulating account books to reduce its taxable income in the country. The accusation comes in after an Indian tax investigation into China’s Huawei Technologies. According to a report from Reuters, India’s Finance Ministry, without naming any particular company said a major telecoms group did not account for the income of Rs 4 billion which is about $52 million in its books and showed expenses of Rs 4....

Mean Download Speeds in India Down from the Highs Ookla said the mean download speeds on mobile in India was also down from the peak week of March 2. The company said that the average mobile download speed of 9.67 Mbps recorded during the week of April 6 represents an 18% decrease as compared to the week of March 2. However, the data recorded during April 6 represents a slight increase as compared to the prior week....

Indian telecom operators are very proud of the fact that they provide 4G data at one of the cheapest rates in the entire world. The number of 4G subscribers have also increased in India due to the same reason. However, it is interesting to note that even though the data is very cheap in India, the number of users who consume more than 1GB daily data have fallen. Of course, this isn’t directly related to the price of the data, but many things including data spending habits and basic use cases of the internet....

India wants to not miss out on the opportunity of the growing demand for Apple products across the world. Apple currently manufactures iPhones locally. But in the future, the company could be making other products, such as iPads and Macs, in India as well. The government is reportedly looking to kickstart the manufacturing of iPads and MacBooks in India by expanding the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for IT hardware to about Rs 20,000 crore against the existing outlay of Rs 7,530 crore....

The Indian government has set up a committee for a single-window clearance platform for all networks that are based on satellite. This was claimed by K. Rajaraman, the secretary of DoT (Department of Telecommunications). While talking in a virtual satcom summit hosted by the Broadband India Forum (BIF), he said that to enable faster decision making, an apex committee with responsibilities from the Department Space, the Telecom Engineering Centre, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, the WPC and the NOCC has been authorised to carry out the same as a single platform clearance....

Earlier this year, the Indian government asked the telcos to not source their network equipment or gear from any company that’s not in the trusted category. The government-appointed the National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) as the designated body for identifying companies as trusted or not. Only the trusted companies are allowed to manufacture equipment for the Indian telcos. The NCSC’s trusted telecom equipment portal is supposed to list all the companies that are safe to source equipment from....

The Indian Telecom industry will now become a favourable ground for outside investors. In the last couple of weeks, the Indian government has announced a slew of reforms that are going to boost the telecom sector. The outside investors were worried to step into the Indian telecom sector because of low tariffs resulting in a low average revenue per user (ARPU), high statutory dues for every operator aside from Jio, and a lot of legal troubles....

The Indian telecom sector has witnessed serious instability after many companies went bankrupt or closed shops once Jio entered and the competition dynamics changed. But today, things have changed, and as an investor from the outside, there would be many wondering, is this the right time to put my money in the telecom sector? Well, here’s the thing. Everyone has a set of values and principles around investing or trading in the stock market....

The Indian telecom industry currently stands in a very weird spot right now. The fifth-generation 5G network stands on the door of the Indian consumer market, and the telecom companies are already conducting testing for this network. On the other hand, the burden of financial bearings like the unexpected AGR dues, the spectrum allocation dues, and above all, the unsustainable tariff rates, which are too low for an industry this big, plague the insides of these companies....

On Wednesday, the maker of the iPhone and MacBook released the iOS 16.1.1 update and the first public beta of the macOS Ventura operating system, macOS 13.0.1. Numerous problems have been fixed, and performance enhancements have been made with the new software update for the operating system of the iPhone and iPad models. Comprehensive Details About the New Upgrade Two security issues that allowed for arbitrary incorrect code execution were patched in the macOS Ventura 13....

The exact number of US cities where the functionality is reaching iOS users remains undisclosed. Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced Duplex earlier this week in the company’s annual developer’s conference Google I/O and demonstrated how the AI system could book an appointment at a salon and a table at a restaurant. In the demo, the Google Assistant sounded like a real person that led to an outcry over the ethical dilemmas raised by tech critics....

Apple is planning to start manufacturing the iPhone 12 series in India. The Cupertino tech giant is reportedly shifting its manufacturing facilities from China to other parts of Asia to safeguard itself from any trade wars that may happen between the USA and China. Apple is already manufacturing a ton of iPhones in India. It all started with the iPhone SE, which was followed by the iPhone XR and iPhone 11....

iPhone SE 2020 or the iPhone SE second-generation has been discounted heavily for Indian users. The iPhone SE is available in three different variants in India via Flipkart. While the A13 Bionic that powers the smartphone has become a thing of the past, the iPhone SE 2020 is still one of the fastest devices in the price range it is selling for. The iPhone SE 2020 is available in India starting at Rs 27,999 with 64GB storage....

iQOO, a sub-brand of Vivo, has launched a new smartphone for the Indian market today. iQOO 9T 5G is the device that has been launched in India, and it is definitely going to be a competition for the OnePlus 10T 5G. While we know the price of the iQOO 9T 5G, the price of the OnePlus 10T 5G is unknown because it is yet to launch. But from the rumours, it is believed that the OnePlus 10T 5G will start at Rs 49,999....

ITI, a PSU engaged in the manufacturing of telecom and defense equipment has set its sight on the now delayed Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) 4G tender. The development was revealed on Monday by R M Agarwal, CMD of ITI in a video interview to CNBC TV18. ITI on Friday announced the signing of an MoU with Tech Mahindra for the new generation wireless technology with Agarwal on Monday highlighting that the MoU is largely dedicated to the BSNL tender....

While 5G is on its way to India, and there are 4G networks present in almost all nooks and corners of the country, there is something that can’t be ignored. The private telecom operators who have built a strong business around providing 4G coverage throughout the country have failed to deliver ‘true 4G’ to Indians. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is still a 2G/3G player, so we will leave the state-run telco out of this conversation....

Trai Sets 30 Seconds as Call Ringing Limit for All Operators According to Trai decision, the “originating network may release an unanswered call after 90 seconds in case the call release message is not received from the terminating network.” This new report comes from Mint, which has detailed that Trai now asks the telecom operator to hold the ringing call for 30 seconds before it is terminated by the receiving network....