E-communication

Italy in talks with SpaceX to secure $1.6 billion telecom security services

The plan also includes communications services for the Italian military in the Mediterranean area as well as the rollout of so-called direct-to-cell satellite services

Disney to stop using Salesforce-owned Slack after hack exposed company data

The company had said in August it was investigating an unauthorized release of over a terabyte of data from one of its communication systems

Communications, navigation may help India become $44 bn space economy

Apex industry body Indian Space Association expects a large chunk of this growth to come from the communications sector, followed by navigation, earth observation, and satellite manufacturing

Satcom gets a stronger player as OneWeb, Eutelsat Communications join hands

Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal will be the co-chair of the new entity while Shravin Bharti Mittal will be a director on the board of Eutelsat Group and Bharti's lead

Consent-seeking tech top Trai pick to curb pesky calls and messages

It will take customers' consent on the brands or companies they would like to receive communication from

Cristiano Ronaldo leaves Manchester United with immediate effect

Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Manchester United by mutual agreement with immediate effect, the communication department of the team informed in a release, on November 22

HC asks GST dept to drop notices against firm facing audit proceedings

Calcutta High Court says not clear how parallel proceedings can be conducted by three wings of same department

Meta-owned Facebook to pull the plug on its podcast platform next month

Facebook is shutting down its podcast platform next month, within less than a year of its launch as the company "re-evaluates" its audio offerings in a fast-changing world of technology.

Communication fitness firm vani.coach to skill corp execs, eyes $15 mn ARR

Pune-based firm counts Lupin, L&T, Asian Paints, Reckitt and Cipla among clients; has raised a pre-seed round of $150,000, and is now in talks with some venture capitalists for a seed round

AI-powered talent firm Sense raises $50 mn from SoftBank Vision Fund 2

With this new round, firm will continue to ramp up its go-to-market strategy and raise awareness with firms that hire at scale across industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, logistics and retail

Short-lived glory for SMS

At its peak, the SMS service could make up for as much as 10 per cent of a telco's total revenues, now it's negligible in the overall share

Tata Teleservices, Zoom partner for unified communication solutions

Telecom operator Tata Teleservices and web-based video conferencing company Zoom on Thursday announced a partnership for unified communications solution for enterprises and individuals.

Cabinet approves $100-billion investment goal in e-communication

The policy objectives include providing universal broadband connectivity at 50 Mbps to every citizen, 10 Gbps connectivity to all gram panchayats by 2022