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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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Topic: Telecommunications

India Leaps 11 Spots in Global Network Readiness Index

India also ranked third in 'Domestic market scale' and fourth in 'annual investment in telecommunication services.'

C-DOT, C R Rao AIMSCS join forces to bolster India’s telecom security

The project focuses on building infrastructure to capture side-channel data leakages. This involves monitoring power usage changes in real-time from Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) during cryptographic algorithm execution.

To understand Vajpayee’s economic worldview, look at his first choice for finance minister

In ‘Vajpayee: The Years That Changed India’, Shakti Sinha writes that Vajpayee was a difficult PM to understand, but his reforms spoke for him.

Airtel Africa plans to sell 4,500 telecom towers to reduce $3.5 billion debt

Airtel Africa is also disposing of cellular masts in Gabon, Malawi and Chad, the company's CEO said.

Economics Nobel Prize celebrates auctions that failed in India

India's telecom revolution only took off after govt moved away from auctions & started assigning spectrum to licensees in return for a share of revenue.

10 steps Modi govt should take to manage economic fall-out of coronavirus: SC Garg

It’s time to take steps to protect production & distribution systems, upgrade telecom & IT industry and prevent financial sector from falling apart.

Vodafone Idea going bust will badly damage India’s attraction for investors

Modi government should see the folly of effectively turning the telecom industry into a two-horse race between Jio and Airtel.

On Camera

Chinese analysts say military expansion is necessary—and it’s about deterrence, not hegemony

By portraying growth as somewhat defensive, Chinese commentary downplays how a defence budget of 1.91 trillion yuan may influence global strategic calculations.

Iran war pummels India’s already turbulent aviation sector. Your ticket fare will get hit next

More than 1,600 flights were canceled between 28 February and 3 March. Aviation consultants have now started weighing the cost of the conflict in the Middle East.

SMPP secures order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for paramilitary forces

SMPP Limited gets order for additional 10,000 bulletproof jackets for BSF, CISF & SSB. This is over & above the existing order for 40,000 jackets, taking the total to 50,000.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.