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INDIAN IT IN NUMBERS
(Updated June 8 , 2023)
Total no. of phone subscriptions: 1.178 billion (1178 million)
Mobiles: 1148million Landlines: 30million
Broadband Internet users: 860 million including mobile Internet 800 million
and wired broadband 40 million.
TV owning houses: 210 million
DTH operators: 6; Private TV channel 900
NEW! Internet in India 2022: IAMAI report May 2023
FICCI-EY India Media and Entertainment report 2023. Full report in this link
India Space Policy 2023
NASSCOM India AI skills study Feb. 2023
Broadband redefined in India
ASER annual school education report 2022
Ericsson Mobility Report November 2022
Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022
Draft Telecom Bill 2022 text September 2022
Internet in India the 2021 numbers, from the July 2022 IAMAI study
GOI Guidelines for intermediaries and Digital media ethics code 2021
Smart Homes in India study July 2022
India Media and Entertainment report 2022- PwC
India Media and Entertainment report 2021 - EY-FICCI
Vision Document for the electronics sector January 2022
India semiconductor notified (December 2021)
Indian Drone Rules notified August 25 2021
KPMG Media and Entertainment Report 2020. Read full report
Ericsson Mobility Report Dec 2020
25 years of Internet in India. The numbers
Feb 28 2019: TRAI White paper on 5G in India
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By Anand Parthasarathy
June 8 2023: Hardened technology trackers have learned from past experience that when it comes to those rare disruptive Apple launches, first impressions usually turn out to be wrong. No matter how outrageously priced and even underwhelming at first glance, a fiercely loyal public could quickly turn them into iconic ‘must-have’ personal technology devices
The iPhone was not the first smartphone in the market when Apple unveiled it in 2007. .... |
By Anand Parthasarathy
June 7, 2023: The successful May 29 launch of NVS-01, the first of India’s second-generation navigation satellites of the NavIC or Navigation with Indian Constellation class is a significant milestone for multiple reasons. .... |
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Mumbai, June 6, 2023: Bank of Baroda has announced the launch of Interoperable Cardless Cash Withdrawal (ICCW) facility using UPI on its ATMs. ... |
World Environment Day Special
By Anand Parthasarathy
June 5 2023: Management guru Peter Drucker said it succinctly, decades ago: “If you can't measure it, you can't manage it”, an adage that dovetails with a more modern mantra: “Data is the new oil”. ... |
June 5 2023: According to the latest data from tech analyst Canalys, the Indian PC market (desktops, notebooks and tablets) suffered a major year-on-year decline of 35%, with 3. ... |
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Chennai, June 2, 2023: Edureka to launch a brand new course in Advanced Certification Programme in Cloud Computing in collaboration with IIT Guwahati’s E&ICT Academy. Being a practical and highly engaging in nature, this course offers hands-on training on cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. .... |
May 31, 2023: Coventry University Group has appointed Leena Arora Kukreja as the Regional Managing Director of its new India Hub, which is due to open later this year.
Leena will be the most senior representative of the university group in the region and will lead the hub’s opening and the development of new collaborations. .... |
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May 25 2023: Pilgrimage tourism has rebounded in the nation of multiple faiths after two consecutive years of Covid-induced curbs, prompting hotel companies and service providers to build new and premium facilities at religious sites traditionally known for spartan accommodation, report Economic Times and Hindustan Samachar. .... |
May 21,2023: Kerala backwaters saw a major achievemement with the inauguration of Kochi Water Metro service last month. But this was followed earlier this month by a tragic accident in a tourist boat in Tanur,Malappuram which claimed 22 lives. .... |
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April 15, 2023: Chennai-based health-tech startup, LifeSigns iMS (a brand by LS Devices Pvt. Ltd.), has developed a revolutionary continuum care solution that allows patients to be monitored wirelessly and in real-time, regardless of their location.
This Biosensor has 21 USA Patents and global accreditation. .... |
April 8, 2023: Can advanced technologies may replace doctors in some roles?
A New York Times article last month reported on some success with A.I. software to spot breast cancer in women, even as doctors debate whether the technology will replace them in medical jobs. .... |
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February 22,2023: MedTech solutions provider Xplore Health, has received approval from the Indian Regulatory Authority CDSCO (Central Drug Standard Control Organization) under the Health Ministry of India for its medical watch CardiacSense. ... |
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By Anand Parthasarathy
April 16, 2023: I had the opportunity to try out a very recent model of a wireless active noise cancelling over-the-ear headphone – Sony’s WH-CH720N -- which the company has recently launched in India.
The electronics of noise cancelling are all-digital these days, the chips that do the work are smaller, lighter and faster – which means they don’t call for a pair of penlight sized batteries, but use a tiny rechargeable Lithium-ion cell. .... |
World Health Day special
April 8, 2023:The Covid years pushed many people into monitoring their own health to the extent possible: and in a canny response to this opportunity, the wearable device industry has built basic health parameter checks into almost every smartwatch now in the market – with varying degrees of functionality. .... |
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Chennai, Dec 18, 2022: With an aim to provide the best visual experience, India’s pioneer brand in IT Peripherals and Audio Systems, Zebronics has launched a premium projector, ZEB-PixaPlay 17. ... |
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Gurgaon, NCR, May 17 2023: The recently concluded 10th global edition of World CX Summit in Gurgaon brought government leaders and an inspirational line-up of experts and solution providers together to discuss the latest challenges and explore the latest applications in data powered solutions. .... |
By Karmendra Kohli, CEO & Director, SecurEyes, a pure-play cybersecurity consulting service
May 4 2023. Today is World Password Day. Passwords have been used since ancient times. Sentries would challenge those wishing to enter a protected area to give a ‘watchword’ before allowing them entry. .... |
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April 27, 2023: The 10th Global Edition of the World CX Summit, organized by Trescon, opens today at The Westin Gurgaon, New Delhi – NCR. ... |
Bangalore, April 20, 2023: In celebration of Earth Month, the Malligavad Foundation reports the successful restoration of Mylasandra Lake in Bangalore, which was supported by a donation from Salesforce. ... |
By Alok Bansal
Managing Director and Global Head of BFSI Business Visionet Systems India
March 28, 2023: The relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the banking industry was evolving even before the onset of COVID-19 but post the disruptive events of the pandemic, all industries began to assess options and explore ways to reduce liabilities, increase compatibility with customer expectations and protect assets. ... |
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Bangalore, May 27 2023: ISBR Business School has announced the appointment of Dr. Anand Agrawal as the new Executive Director.
He brings over 20 years of extensive industry and academic experience across five countries, making him an invaluable addition to the ISBR team. .... |
April11, 2023: Prodapt, the largest specialized player in the connectedness industry, has announced the elevation of Harsha Kumar to Chief Executive Officer. Harsha takes over from Founder and CEO Vedant Jhaver, who will serve as the Chairman of Prodapt. .... |
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Mumbai, April 1, 2023: Clover Infotech, a leading Oracle partner and technology services firm, has announced the appointment of Amit Agrawal as the new Chief Executive Officer for Clover Infotech Americas Inc. ... |
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| | Without a right to appeal or the allowance for judicial oversight, the government cannot sit on judgment on whether any information is “fake” or “false” as the power to do so can be misused to prevent questioning or scrutiny by media organisations...The government being the arbiter on what constitutes “false” or “fake” news and having the power to act upon platforms for publishing these will amount to draconian censorship.Editorial in The Hindu, April 10 2023
| | | The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) should tread carefully while formulating the rules for auctioning spectrum for satellite-based communication services. While an auction mechanism brings in transparency into the spectrum allocation process, no other country has attempted to sell airwaves for satellite services. Editorial in Hindu Businessline January 5 2023
| | ..The real threat in much of the world is not the policies of social media companies, but of governments. Nowhere is that clearer than in India, where before Musk’s acquisition, Twitter had been fighting a legal battle to protect its users from government censorship.. New York Times, reprodiced in Deccan Herald November 14 2022
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