Jatin Grover

This is yet another bone of contention between tech firms and telcos. Currently, tech firms are charged international long distance SMS rates as telcos claim that the messages are generated from servers located abroad.

These companies have submitted their bids under the '10,000 crore IndiaAI mission to provide graphic processing units (GPUs) and cloud services to startups, academia and researchers.

This concern was raised during industry consultations organised by the ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) on Tuesday to gather feedback on the draft DPDP rules.

Experts say the caps have been imposed to ensure that AI developments occur in trusted environments, and minimal risk of unauthorised transfers.

The company said more than 70% of incremental JioAirFiber additions are coming from underserved cities/ towns.

The total worth of the spectrum that has been approved for refarming so far is estimated to be Rs 2 lakh crore, officials said.

According to firms like Meta, access to the 6 GHz band is essential for supporting cutting-edge technologies such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and advanced gaming.

Stargate is a joint venture between SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle to create data centres. The same is expected to generate over 100,000 jobs in the country.

Reliance Jio, which is the market leader, added 1.2 million users, bucking the trend of losing subscribers for the last four months, due to tariff hikes and impact of SIM card consolidation.

The reasons for low demand for foldable phones can be attributed to high prices and hinge issues in some phones, causing the screen to crease, developing visible lines in the fold, analysts said.