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Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are going neck-to-neck in rolling out 5G services. Currently, they offer 5G services in around 500 cities and towns in the country

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High cost of 5G devices and readily available 4G network shaping users' behaviour

Samsung

Samsung India on Tuesday said that it intends to grow revenue from 5G models while continuing to cater to all segments of the mobile handset market.
In value terms, 5G grew 78 per cent for the mobile industry in 2022, but Samsung said it grew over 100 per cent. The company, however, did not share the absolute revenue numbers.
"In 2022, industry contribution to 5G handsets was 56 per cent as per industry analysts. But, 5G contributed 61 per cent to Samsung. We expect the value contribution to go up to 75 per cent in 2023," Samsung India Sr VP (Mobile Business) Raju Pullan said at the launch of the S23 model.
Samsung said its premium segment considering handsets costing above Rs 30,000 expanded by 75 per cent during 2022 against 34 per cent by the industry.
The Korean electronic major said it was manufacturing its new premium handsets in India.
"We are using 12 critical components in the S23 model from recycled materials towards our sustainable journey," Pullan said.
He did not giv

According to the announcement from the telecom major, the users will be able to enjoy unlimited 5G data with upto 1gbps+ speed, at zero additional cost

Ericsson

Ericsson is supplying its equipment to both Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio while Vodafone Idea is yet to finalise its 5G plans

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Senior industry executives say no recent discussions with government on issue of 5G signals interfering with aviation instruments, companies remain open to talks

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Overall tablet market was up 22% sequentially, likely to grow by 10-15% in the full calendar year

Sectors such as healthcare, energy & utilities, manufacturing, and retail are expected to benefit from large-scale 5G adoption, which is expected to power up to 2 per cent of India's GDP by 2030

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Industry executives say the availability of 5G radios, environmental conditions and approval process is dictating the pace.

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According to the report, 59 per cent of all smartphone users in India intend to upgrade to 5G in the next 12 months and are also willing to pay a 45 per cent premium for a plan

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It is 5x more efficient, compared to the 1800 MHz for rural area coverage, and twice as efficient as 900 MHz

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The telecom revenue collection is expected to be higher than the budget estimates of Rs 53,986.72 crore for the current financial year at Rs 71,959.24 crore

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Qualcomm forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue above estimates as it predicted sales of 5G phones would balloon to over half a billion units next year, powered in part by new Apple iPhone 12 models

Wipro

Wipro's scope of work with TIP will include collaboration between Wipro's 5G initiative, an engineering practice commenced in 2018, academia and industry thought leaders across communications and NEP

Telcos’ 5G-based revenues to touch $269 billion by 2025: Report

From 2019 to 2025, revenues will be generated with CAGR of 161%, says report

Overseas institutions are also a better bet for Adani. Tapping Indian banks, especially state-run lenders, would be a tad cheaper, but might invite greater political scrutiny ahead of general election

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454 members voted in favour of the Bill, while two voted against it.

Lok Sabha

Tensions have been high since Canadian PM Trudeau on Monday alleged that the Indian government was behind the fatal shooting of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

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As they did in June, Fed policymakers at the median still see the central bank's benchmark overnight interest rate peaking this year in the 5.50%-5.75% range

US Federal Reserve

Closing Bell on Thursday, September 21: The broad-based selling was led by public sector banks with the Nifty PSU Bank index sliding 2.3 per cent

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Vegetable prices eased in August and brought down retail inflation to 6.8%. This is likely to continue in September, the Reserve Bank of India said in its monthly bulletin

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The history of the women's reservation bill is chequered. The Ramakrishna Hegde-led Janata Party government in Karnataka pioneered it, introducing a 25 per cent reservation for women in panchayats

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Amazon is India's most visited e-commerce application, and one of the most liked selling platforms for sellers. Here's your guide to sell your product on Amazon India

Amazon

The euro was up 0.1% against the dollar at $1.0667. the yen was up a similar amount at 147.69 to the dollar, with traders out for a Japanese public holiday

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In the midst of these economic challenges, a crisis of confidence is emerging, with growing doubt about the Chinese economy's future

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The fiscal burden of states will increase over time

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Former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan said it is better if the person's expertise is considered than whether he/she is a bureaucrat or a private sector executive

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The government introduced the Women's Reservation Bill in the Parliament almost three decades after it was first drafted

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Canada said it was expelling a top Indian diplomat Monday as it investigates what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called credible allegations that India's government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist.
Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian intelligence agencies have been looking into the allegations after Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a strong supporter of an independent Sikh homeland known as Khalistan, was gunned down on June 18 outside a Sikh cultural centre in Surrey, British Columbia.
Trudeau told Parliament that he brought up the slaying with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20 last week, that he told Modi that any Indian government involvement would be unacceptable and that he asked for cooperation in the investigation.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mlanie Joly said the head of Indian intelligence in Canada has been expelled as a consequence. "If proven true this would be a great violation of our sovereignty and of the most basic

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MEA's statement comes after Canada expelled an Indian diplomat on Monday as it investigates credible allegations that India's government may have had links to the assassination in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for his daily press conference on COVID-19, in front of his residence at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa. Photo: PTI

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By integrating DALL-E to ChatGPT, OpenAI has the opportunity to solidify its Chatbot platform as a generative AI hub for not just producing original texts but Images, artwork, and more

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) India on Thursday announced that edtech social enterprise ConveGenius has built a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on its platform for government schools and low-free private schools.
The conversational AI chatbot platform -- SwiftChat -- aims to improve learning outcomes for school students using more than 53 conversational AI chatbots that deliver personalised learning content in 13 regional languages to over 100 million students across India.
ConveGenius has built SwiftChat Conversational AI Platform on AWS, a release said.
"Using the SwiftChat platform, which holds 124 million student profiles across 19 million devices, government schools can create omnichannel chatbots to deliver personalised learning, like curated videos and read-along content, through a single AI-enabled chatbot conversation," it said.
Besides the personalised learning, SwiftChat offers teacher training and data-driven decision-making for school administrators, ..

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It cut its forecast for economic growth in the July-September period to just 0.1% from August's forecast of 0.4% and noted clear signs of weakness in the housing market

A bird flies past The Bank of England in the City of London (Photo: Reuters)

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India uses soybeans to manufacture soyoil, which helps the country cut its hefty edible oil imports, while the by-product soymeal is used for animal feed and exported mainly to Southeast Asia

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In a "significant" move, aviation watchdog DGCA on Thursday said regulations for watch duty time limitations and rest requirements for air traffic controllers have been implemented at 57 airports, including Amritsar, Coimbatore, Patna and Imphal.
The implementation of the norms will ensure that air traffic controllers will get adequate rest while carrying out their duties.
The regulations regarding 'Watch Duty Time Limitation (WDTL) and rest requirements for Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs)' are being implemented at the 57 airports from Thursday, DGCA said in a release.
According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the norms are modelled on ICAO regulations and based on the country's national, social and cultural contexts, coupled with scientifically valid, optimal duty time limit for ATCOs.
ICAO is the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
"This is a significant reform in the civil aviation sector and will provide adequate rest to ATCOs while engaging in the 

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