Category : Trade & Tech

NEW DELHI: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has underscored India’s role as a net security provider, saying “We have sought security and freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific by becoming a net security provider–for instance in peacekeeping efforts or anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. Sharing what we can, in terms of equipment, training […]Read More

NEW DELHI: In keeping with its ‘Neighbourhood First” policy, Bhutan and Maldives will become the first two countries in India’s immediate neighbourhood to receive the Covid19 vaccine on Wednesday. India also announced on Tuesday that it will begin supplying the vaccines to Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles from tomorrow. Vaccines to all these countries will […]Read More

NEW DELHI: “India needs more, not less, economic protectionism and at least for the next 20 years,” says a former senior Commerce Ministry official, reacting to outgoing U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Juster’s recent farewell address. In what has been interpreted as a warning to India, Juster had observed that “despite persistent efforts, we were unable to […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The government has proposed a list of “trusted sources” for buying telecom equipment from, a move which could see Chinese networks and vendors like Huawei and ZTE shut out of the Indian market. The proposal has come in the form of the first ever National Security Directive on Telecom Sector, which was issued […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The fourth edition of India Mobile Congress appears to have cast in stone the decision to go ahead with the game-changing 5G technology and networks. Prime Minister Modi spelt it out, saying: “We need to work together to ensure a timely rollout of 5G to leapfrog into the future and empower millions of […]Read More

NEW DELHI: When President-elect Joe Biden formally takes charge a little over a month from now, he is expected to be briefed on a report prepared by a working group comprising 28 China specialists and technology experts from academia, industry and think tanks. The report sponsored by the University of California at San Diego’s 21st […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Is India in danger of missing the 5G bus? With 2021 on the horizon, there’s still no word from the government about 5G equipment trials and nothing at all about how it intends to deal with the issue of spectrum (high cost, govt. agencies sitting on spectrum, need for 3.5 Ghz). The most […]Read More

NEW DELHI: At a time when the “2 Cs” (China, Covid) appear to have put policies and projects on hold, there’s light on the horizon as far as 5G is concerned. Reports say a top-level panel comprising the heads of key ministries including telecom, space, railways and defence met earlier this week to chalk out […]Read More