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Indian advertisers in a fix over budget for ICC T20 World Cup
"The IPL is well-established and timed to perfection to Indian summers and the start of the financial year. ICC World Cup is trying to play catch up Post-Covid," said Navin Khemka, chief executive of the media buying group GroupM-backed EssenceMediacom, which represents Google, Adidas, Airtel and Flipkart. He said advertisers' "response could be subdued in June".
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India must loosen the cords tying it too tightly to the pervasive influence of global Big Tech
India aims for self-sufficiency through autarky and atmanirbhar initiatives, focusing on nurturing the 13 markers of 'Viksit Bharat' for a fully digitised economy and sustained growth in various sectors.
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Sensex rises for 3rd straight day, up 300 pts tracking global cues; Nifty above 22,400
Indian benchmark indices rose with financial, IT stocks, and Reliance Industries leading the gains. Markets rose with various stocks contributing positively. External factors and market concerns are being closely monitored.
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Google pushing an alternative to WhatsApp enterprise messaging
Google is pushing an alternate mobile phone messaging system in the country that could disrupt the growing use of WhatsApp by enterprises for communicating with customers.
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ET Explainer: How does Alphabet's Taara technology work?
Airtel, though, feels Alphabet’s laser tech needs more rigorous testing to assess its effectiveness in bad weather. But what exactly is Alphabet’s fast internet technology and how does it work? What is its potential role in ensuring uninterrupted mobile broadband connectivity in India’s inhospitable locations?
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Airtel-Alphabet deal on laser tech runs into rough weather
Airtel's plan to use Google's parent company, Alphabet, laser technology is likely to face bumps because of weather conditions in rural and hard-to-reach places. Taara's laser Internet technology was developed at Alphabet's California innovation lab, called X. "We are not able to comment on Airtel's deployment of Taara's technology," an X spokeswoman wrote in response to ET's queries.
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Airtel’s plan to deploy Google parent’s laser tech faces hitch
Airtel was keen to use the technology as a cost-effective way to deliver wireless backhaul — or connectivity between the telco’s mobile towers and its core network — to ensure uninterrupted 4G/5G coverage in rural and mountainous regions where there aren’t enough towers or terrestrial backhaul links via fibre networks. Airtel insiders now believe more extensive joint field trials are required to assess the technical and commercial viability of the technology in India, especially in poor weather conditions.
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide D-Street action on Friday
India's benchmark equity indices declined on Thursday after rallying for seven consecutive sessions, as investors took a breather a day before the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI’s) monetary policy decision.
Cred, Mobikwik and Groww's report card; Telcos, tech firms spar over revenue share from OTTs
Three major fintechs — Groww, Cred and Mobikwik — on Thursday reported a strong growth in their revenues as the startup ecosystem aims to achieve sustainable profitability.
Airtel, Alphabet unit tie up for laser based high speed Internet delivery
The latest laser internet technology has been developed at Alphabet’s California innovation lab, called X, and the project is known internally as Taara. It uses light beams to deliver fast internet services. Alphabet’s website notes that like fiber, but without cables, Project Taara uses light to transmit information at super high speeds through air in the form of a very narrow, invisible beam.
Google parent Alphabet bets on lasers to deliver internet in remote areas
The project known as Taara is part of Alphabet's innovation lab called X, also nicknamed the "Moonshot Factory." It was initiated in 2016 after attempts at using stratospheric balloons to deliver internet ran into problems due to high costs, company executives said.
Sensex reclaims 60k-mark led by financial, IT stocks; Nifty above 17,700
The market capitalisation of all listed companies on the BSE increased by Rs 1,36,207 crore to Rs 266.33 lakh crore.
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide D-Street action on Friday
The MACD showed bearish signs on the counters of L&T Tech, Vaibhav Global, WABCO India, Mahindra CIE among others. Bearish crossover on the MACD indicates a downward trend for the stocks.
Telcos want the likes of WhatsApp, Telegram to come under Trai; Byju’s in funding talks with TPG
Telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, have once again made a strong pitch for regulation of communication OTT players in an informal discussion with TRAI chairman PD Vaghela.
Exclusive | Country has set shining example with UPI, Aadhaar & India stack: Google's Sundar Pichai
Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai says Google wants to be a constructive partner, while outlining some concerns around the CCI verdicts and roots for responsible regulation.
We want to be a responsible local firm, assist in Digital India vision: Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Alphabet chief says Google wants to be a constructive partner, while outlining some concerns around the CCI verdicts and roots for responsible regulation.
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide D-Street action on Friday
Nagaraj Shetti, Technical Research Analyst, HDFC Securities said, "Nifty witnessed sharp weakness from the intraday highs on Thursday and closed the day lower by 65 points. After opening on a negative note, the market shifted into a range bound action for the better part of the session. An attempt of upside recovery of mid part has failed to sustain and Nifty showed sharp declines towards the end."
Ahead of Market: 10 things that will decide D-Street action on Wednesday
The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street's main indexes higher on Tuesday as data providing further proof of cooling inflation boosted bets of smaller interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.The Labor Department's producer prices index rose 8% in the 12 months through October, lower than an estimated 8.3% rise, according to a Reuters poll of economists.
In a first, Google CEO Sundar Pichai visits Indian Embassy
Under Sundar Pichai, Google has made a massive investment in India and phenomenally expanded its footprint in a wide range of sectors including its training the younger generation
Reliance to develop smartphone with Google in $25 bn 5G push, says chairman Mukesh Ambani
"Jio has prepared an ambitious 5G roll-out plan," the billionaire tycoon said, adding that the phone being developed with Google would be "ultra-affordable," said Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani while speeaking at the 45th Annual General Meeting of the company.
Bulls return to D-St after 2-day break! Sensex ends 548 pts higher ahead of Fed policy outcome
The 30-share pack Sensex advanced 548 points or nearly 1 per cent to close at 55,816. Its broader peer, Nifty50, added 158 points to close above the 16,600 mark.
Gautam Adani’s entry into telecom: Will he do a Jio on Jio?
The Ambani-Adani rivalry has reached a new sector. But this time analysts and columnists are worried. Telecom companies bled for a long time after Ambani’s entry into telecom and now Adani, given his financial muscle, may do a Jio on Jio.
CCI clears Google's stake buy in Airtel
"The Commission approved the proposed combination on the basis of modifications offered by the acquirer (Google)," the press release said, adding, "The parties also intend to enter into certain other commercial arrangements in future."
Competition Commission approves Google-Bharti Airtel deal
Google International LLC and Airtel have entered into an investment agreement to buy a minority and non-controlling stake of 1.28 per cent of equity share capital in the telecom player.
Six players in field for IPL media rights; Google, Amazon, Airtel missing from action
BCCI received technical bids from rights holder DisneyStar as well as Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN), Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) and Viacom18 for the India rights, and Times Internet and FunAsia for the rest of the world (TV and digital).
India's Bharti Airtel plans $1 billion in fresh capital
Engaged in a fierce price war that started since the entry of billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio into the Indian telecom sector in 2016, Airtel has been raising capital for development of its products and services to lure more customers.
The Google-Airtel deal and its implications in India
The Google-Airtel deal will counter Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services in India’s cloud space by bringing online lakhs of small and medium businesses—a stronghold of the Indian telecom major.
Google to invest up to $1 billion in Bharti Airtel
Google will make an equity investment of $700 million in Bharti Airtel at a price per share of Rs 734. The stock rose 1.95 per cent to hit a high of Rs 721 in initial trade.
Google likely to invest big in Airtel after financing rival Jio
Top executives from both companies have been collectively working out the finer aspects of this partnership. Both companies' internal and external legal teams, as well as their M&A teams are involved.
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