Data Speed

84% lenders use both traditional, alternative data to underwrite borrowers

Alternative data includes insights such as phone usage, utility payments, e-commerce transactions, social media activity, employment history, and in some cases, email and SMS data

Updated On: 18 Apr 2025 | 11:34 PM IST

Aerospike raises $109 mn to accelerate artificial intelligence innovation

According to International Data Corporation (IDC), the AI market is projected to reach $251 billion by 2027

Updated On: 05 Apr 2024 | 9:59 PM IST

Download speeds on mobiles catch up with fixed broadband shows Ookla index

Most telcos say the speed will surpass fixed broadband as the 5G roll out, which is currently on 360,000 towers, crosses 400,000

Updated On: 16 Oct 2023 | 11:14 PM IST

Telcos revenue from voice calls down 80%, SMS 94%, data revenue up 10 times

Telecom operators' revenue share from voice calls has declined by about 80 per cent and by 94 per cent from SMS in the last 10 years as the usage of internet-based calling and messaging apps grew, according to a Trai paper. However, revenue share per user from data usage grew over 10 times between June 2013 quarter to December 2022 quarter, according to the paper. Telecom regulator Trai in its latest paper to regulate internet messaging and callings app like WhatsApp, Google Meet, Facetime etc said that with growing usage of over-the-top (OTT) applications for messaging, voice communication, has led to a transition from voice and SMS towards data as a primary source of revenue for telecom service providers globally. "In India, composition of the revenue basket of wireless access service providers has undergone a sea-change in the period from the year 2013 to 2022," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in its consultation paper on "Regulatory Mechanism for Over-The-T

Updated On: 09 Jul 2023 | 2:35 PM IST

India jumps forty spots to 71st in mean mobile download speed: Report

The Speedtest Global Index for November released by network intelligence company Ookla showed that the mean mobile download speed in November was 50.26 Mbps as compared to 27.13 per cent in October

Updated On: 19 Dec 2022 | 12:39 PM IST

Jio tops 4G chart with 20.9 Mbps download speed in September: Trai

Reliance Jio maintained the top position in the 4G speed chart with a 20.9 megabit per second (Mbps) average download rate in September, as per telecom regulator Trai

Updated On: 18 Oct 2021 | 7:51 PM IST

Thunderbolt 4 brings relevant upgrades over predecessor, USB4: Know more

Thunderbolt 4 is Intel's next generation universal cable connectivity solution, which succeeds four-year-old Thunderbolt 3

Updated On: 09 Jul 2020 | 3:33 PM IST

India's data usage may touch 25 GB a month per user by 2025: Report

Ericsson, in its Mobility Report for June 2020, said India's data traffic growth continued its upward trajectory

Updated On: 16 Jun 2020 | 7:15 PM IST

Top headlines: Tata Motors scouting for partner, no lockdown in Delhi

From Sebi to discuss Franklin move to wind-up business, Airtel Payments Bank rolling out accounts for MSMEs to IndiGo confident of working at 50% capacity, here are the top headlines of the day

Updated On: 16 Jun 2020 | 7:31 AM IST

Internet speed to traffic data: What weekly indicators say about economy

Freight traffic has gone up; Google location data shows more people are stepping out of their homes.

Updated On: 10 Jun 2020 | 6:40 AM IST

Airtel's data speed fastest, Jio coverage widest in Jul-Dec 2018: Ookla

In terms of network coverage, old players lagged behind the latest entrant Jio with the service presence in 99.3% of the locations surveyed as part of the report

Updated On: 12 Feb 2019 | 8:10 PM IST