DiGiSPICE: Industry Monitoring 09 January 2019
- Priyanka Kanodia
- Jan 9, 2019
- 7 min read
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Service quality issues plague Vodafone Idea Limited
Publication- The Economic Times
Edition- Online
Subscribers of Vodafone Idea (VIL) in several big markets are facing service quality issues as the telco negotiates stiff challenges around network integration, which is key to the Rs 14,000-crore synergy benefits that the newly-merged entity seeks to derive by FY21.
The market leader, with just over 421 million subscribers, though asserts it’s strictly adhering to quality of service (QoS) norms nationally and has even set up war rooms to track network performance and minimise customer inconvenience. In a written response to ET’s queries, a spokesman of Vodafone Idea-—born last August out of the merger of erstwhile Vodafone India and Idea Cellular— told ET that the contention of network integration challenges leading to poor service quality, including rising call drops, “appears presumptuous and perceptual”.
The company’s drop call rate (DCR), he said, has “improved by15% at a national level, and its call set up success rate (CSSR) by 0.5%” over the past six months. Industry executives, however, see service disruptions, including call drops, for Vodafone Idea in at least 15 markets where key vendors Ericsson Eric and Nokia are required to shift vast numbers of base stations after the telco recently made big circlewise changes in the overall network gear supplier mix.
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ICRA reaffirms ratings assigned to Sasken Technologies
Publication- Udaipur Kiran
Edition- Online
Credit rating agency, ICRA has reaffirmed rating assigned to Sasken Technologies’ Fund Based instrument worth Rs 50 crore at ‘A1+’. The rating agency has also reaffirmed rating of the Non Based Fund instrument worth Rs 40 crore at ‘A1+’.
Sasken Technologies offers a range of services in areas of research & development consultancy, wireless software products and software services, and works with network OEMs, semiconductor vendors, terminal device OEMs and operators across the world.
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Subex Launches CrunchMetrics, Advanced Anamoly Detection System
Publication- Corporate Ethos
Edition- Online
Subex, a leading telecom analytics solution provider, today announced the launch of a new brand, CrunchMetrics, an advanced anomaly detection system designed to help organizations discover business opportunities and mitigate risks in real-time. It leverages the combined power of statistics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to sift through data and identify anomalies that are a representation of business impact. CrunchMetrics is vertical agnostic and has a wide range of use cases for Telecom, Retail and FinTech verticals at launch. CrunchMetrics is a division of Subex Digital LLP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Subex Limited.
Rapid digitalization across industries today has led to a massive explosion of data volumes where years’ worth of data in the last decade is now being generated in the matter of a few hours. While organizations are doing reasonably well to capture and store this data, the mechanisms to truly make use of such huge volumes of data are unable to match the current volumes and velocity of data being generated. Due to this challenge, organisations fall short of responding to significant changes which can improve business critical functions.
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RCom deposits partial payment of Rs 131 crore to Ericsson
Publication- Udaipur Kiran
Edition- Online
Reliance Communications (RCOM) has been given 4 weeks’ time by the Supreme Court to file its response to the contempt petition filed by Ericsson. Thereafter, Ericsson has been given one week’s time to file its rejoinder. The matter will be taken up for hearing thereafter.
RCOM has deposited a partial payment of Rs 131 crore to Ericsson from the operational funds available with the Company. RCOM has taken all required steps towards enabling the settlement and remains fully committed to make the payment to Ericsson from the proceeds of the Spectrum sale.
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Infosys to consider share buyback, special dividend on Jan 11 board meet
Publication- Business Standard
Edition- Online
Country's second largest IT services company, Infosys will consider buyback of its shares apart from proposals of giving special dividend to shareholders as part of its capital allocation policy in its upcoming board meet on January 11.
"The board of the company will consider proposals including buyback of shares, payment of special dividend, for implementation of the capital allocation policy at its meeting to be held on January 11, 2019," the Bengaluru-headquartered company said in a filing on exchanges on Tuesday.
According to the capital allocation policy approved by the shareholders in April last year, Infosys plans to give back around Rs 10,400 crore to shareholders by the end of this financial year. Under the current framework, it also plans to return up to 70 per cent of its free cash flow to shareholders.
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TCS a Leader in Blockchain Services: Everest Group
Publication- BW CIO World
Edition- Online
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been recognized as a Leader in the Everest Group PEAK Matrix for Blockchain Services. The strengths highlighted in the report include TCS’ account-level thought leadership and proactiveness to take ecosystem-centric and business outcome-aligned blockchain services to customers. The report mentions that the company’s apps, infrastructure, and operations-focused message for blockchain is grounded in reality and closer to execution of projects; TCS has built work-arounds for technology limitations by launching proprietary solutions.
“Enterprises are moving from competition and battle for control of resources to an era of abundance, purpose-driven ecosystems, and shared control. Blockchain technology is a critical enabler of this shift. The combinatorial effect of blockchain with other next-gen technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, and virtual reality, can not only drive hyper productivity and business transformation, but also open up new revenue streams through disruptive innovation,” said Lakshminarasimhan Srinivasan, Global head, Blockchain Services, TCS.
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Smart Speaker Usage Booming in India: Accenture Study
Publication- CIOL
Edition- Online
Half of online consumers globally now use digital voice assistants, led by emerging markets such as India with 72 per cent adoption. Standalone voice assistants – or smart speakers – are one of the fastest-adopted technologies in India and have a 97 per cent satisfaction rate among Indian consumers, according to a new research report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) based on a global survey of 22,500 consumers across 21 countries, including 1,000 Indian consumers.
“With increasing adoption and satisfaction levels of smart speaker technology in India, we will see digital voice assistants influencing the whole consumer technology and service ecosystem in a way that no other device, including smartphones, has done before. As consumers shift behaviours from smartphones to voice assistants, there’s a clear expectation that smart speakers will take on progressively complex workloads in the future,” said Aditya Chaudhuri, a managing director and lead in Accenture’s Communications, Media & Technology practice in India.
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5G rollout: DoT asks technical body to finalise IoT, M2M standards in 2 months
Publication- Business Today
Edition- Online
The Department of Telecom has asked its technical body to finalise standards for Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine technology in two months as the country aspires to roll out 5G services at par with the rest of the world. The Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) under the department is preparing finalising standards for telecom equipment and devices for 5G services. The roadmap for M2M communications was released in May 2015 but the centre is yet to finalise generic requirement for the segment.
IoT and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices would be widely deployed technology for implementing 5G services. Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha while releasing a technical report -- M2M/IoT Enabling Smart Infrastructure -- urged the TEC to prop up its work in framing standards especially in international area to meet the requirement of the country.
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Manoj Sinha inaugurates conference on M2M/ IoT Enabling Smart Infrastructure
Publication- Devdiscourse
Edition- Online
"Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication and the Internet-of-Things (IoT) have the potential to transform our lives, by radically changing the way we interact with the physical world around us", said Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State for Communications (Independent Charge and Minister of State for Railways. Shri Sinha was inaugurating one-day conference hosted by the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), New Delhi on "M2M/IoT Enabling Smart Infrastructure".
On this occasion, two technical reports prepared by TEC, titled "Recommendation for IoT/ M2M Security" and "Design and Planning Smart Cities with IoT/ICT" were released by the Minister. Smt Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Telecom and Chairman, Telecom Commission, said – "It is good to see such relevant and comprehensive reports from TEC. Endeavours such as this will help in the organised and disciplined growth of M2M/IoT in the country."
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McKinsey Report Shows Corporates Acheived Little on Blockchain Front Despite Investing Billions
Publication- Crypto News
Edition- Online
McKinsey & Company has released a report titled “Blockchain’s Occam Problem” in which it claimed that use of blockchain technology by corporates in the past one year has failed to match the hype in reality or delivering its actual benefits.
In its report, it has showcased the state of blockchain technology in businesses and corporates. It has found that over 100 supposed use cases presented, a vast majority of pilot projects and proofs-of-concept are stuck in the development phase or in the verge of being shut down. And, many projects have even failed to raise funds in the Series C rounds.
This is happening, despite billions of dollar are being pumped into the technology to make it work across different sectors of the industries. The report also notes that VC funding for startups has reached $1 billion in 2017 and IBM has spent over $200 million on a blockchain-powered data sharing solution. Many leading technology firms including Google has also spent significantly on developing blockchain technology.
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Pindrop brings voice authentication to IoT devices, intelligent assistants, and connected cars
Publication- Inventiv
Edition- Online
Forget passwords and PIN codes — Pindrop wants to make our lives more secure with voice biometrics. The Atlanta, Georgia-based company today announced Voice Identity Platform, a speech authentication solution for IoT, voice assistants, smart homes and offices, and connected cars.
Its platform-agnostic tech is akin to Google’s Voice Match in Google Assistant, which can differentiate among the unique voice signatures of up to 10 Google Home users, and Amazon’s voice profiles in Alexa.
“Voice has emerged as the interface for more than 100 million consumer and enterprise devices, and yet customers lack the level of security, identity, and trust that are offered by traditional channels,” said Vijay Balasubramaniyan, Pindrop cofounder, CEO, and CTO. “Voice is the only interface that elegantly combines content, intent, and identity, allowing frictionless authentication at the same time as communicating at the speed of thought.”
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Steady acceptance of cloud, mobility and IoT is driving the demand for HCI: Niladri Saha, Dell EMC
Publication- CRN
Edition- Online
How do organisations benefit by adopting the Hyper-converged Infrastructure model?
Customers across all industries can benefit from the adoption of converged systems. Organisations large and small, from all industries, who are striving to modernise their infrastructure in order to compete in today’s digital age will benefit from an integrated system and converged infrastructure environment.
A hyper-converged infrastructure in particular helps customers in building, maintaining, and expanding their own IT infrastructure is risky, saps time and resources, and makes predictable scaling difficult. Managing the lifecycle becomes easier, which is otherwise complicated with multiple upgrades and dealing with multiple support organisations is too hard and takes too long. Dell EMC’s VxRail offers configure-to-order flexibility to meet any use case.
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