BT Group PLC, UK, (formerly British Telecom) is undergoing a significant ownership shift as Bharti Enterprises, the Indian tech and telecom company behind Airtel, acquires a 24.5% stake for $4 billion. The transaction will occur in two phases: an immediate purchase of 9.99% of BT's shares, followed by the acquisition...
Chennai, India Hosts Semiconductor Tech Center
San Diego, CA-based pSemi Corporation, focused on semiconductor integration, announced the opening of a new design center in Chennai, in south India. This center will support the growing demand for semiconductor products enabling 5G and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. The India office will accelerate the scalability of a strong engineering team...
India Permits Operators to Conduct 5G Trials
India's Department of Telecommunications allowed telecom operators to conduct trials for fifth-generation networks for a period of six months including two months for procuring and setting up equipment. It added that the companies Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL will work with Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia and state-owned technology...
India's Telecom Authority to Ease Spectrum Fees
Indian authorities are open to reaching a compromise on the price of spectrum ahead of the country’s first auction in three years, addressing a major complaint of cash-strapped operators in the country. In August, the Confederation of Indian Industry warned a high reserve price on 5G bands will put further...
Airbus Signs Multi-Year Contract with India's Tech Mahindra
European corporation Airbus SE, registered in the Netherlands, announced the signing of a multi-year contract with Pune, India-based technology provider Tech Mahindra, for cabin and cargo design engineering. Karthikeyan Natarajan, global head of Engineering and IoT, Tech Mahindra, said, "This will strengthen our aerospace engineering portfolio, especially in areas such as...
Ericsson Report 2019: India's Data Usage Grows 23 Percent annually
According to the Ericsson Mobility Report 2019, the India region (also covering Nepal and Bhutan) is rising due to increased numbers of LTE (long-term evolution or 4G) subscriptions, attractive data plans, and the younger generations' changing video viewing habits. Other salient features of the report: The total mobile data...