Digital Connectivity

India has a digital connectivity opportunity worth Rs 1 lakh crore at a conservative estimate, which can be largely achieved through satellite communication services, a senior official of industry body BIF said on Tuesday. Speaking on the sidelines of the 10th edition of India Satcom 2026, Broadband India Forum (BIF) President TV Ramachandran said an analysis of data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) shows that around 50 crore or more people in rural India are still not connected to broadband. "There are more than 50 crore people who are still unconnected, mostly in rural and remote parts of the country. Even if we consider low ARPU from these areas, the present opportunity is at least around Rs 1 lakh crore per annum at present. These people are not connected because the terrestrial network has not reached them. They can be largely served by satcom services," he said. According to Ramachandran, 60 to 70 per cent of the country's population depends on ...

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The government is developing a digital platform to enable the electronic submission of documents in trade remedy investigations with a view to further promoting transparency, efficiency, and ease of access for all stakeholders, an official statement said on Saturday. These investigations are carried out by the commerce ministry's arm Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR). Since 1995, India has initiated over 1,200 trade remedy investigations and recent interventions have protected domestic sectors including solar energy and advanced materials, such as solar cells and copper wire rods, from unfairly priced imports and subsidized goods. "Looking ahead, the government is developing a digital platform to enable the electronic submission of documents in trade remedy investigations," the commerce ministry said in the statement. The platform is expected to go live soon, offering enhanced transparency, efficiency, and ease of access for all stakeholders, it said. The main objective

Telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday floated a draft manual for rating properties based on the quality of digital connectivity available on their premises. The move is expected to encourage property managers and owners to make arrangements for better connectivity on their premises and help property buyers as well as tenants to compare the real estate assets before making their choice. "A property with better ratings shall attract more users, buyers or investors and thereby add value to the properties. The draft rating manual provides a methodology to assess the digital connectivity of properties and areas across various categories. Properties shall be evaluated based on defined parameters in the regulation such as fiber readiness, mobile network availability, in-building solutions and Wi-Fi infrastructure, service performance etc," Trai. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has fixed June 2 as the last date for comments and June 9 for counter comments.

As India transitions to smart meters and more digital grid, increasing cyberattacks pose potentially crippling consequences for national stability and everyday life, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday. In 2024, the banking, financial services and insurance sectors witnessed a huge surge in the sophistication and diversity of cyberattacks and the average cost of data breaches reached almost USD 2.8 million in India, Kant said, adding that last year, Indian businesses faced over 3,000 cyber attacks per week. India has experienced a very sharp surge in state-sponsored cyberattacks, with such incidents rising by almost 300 per cent between 2021 and 2024, he said, while unveiling a study prepared by cybersecurity solutions company Lisianthus Tech in the national capital. As India transitions to smart meters and a more digital power grid, the risk of cyberattacks grows and expands, posing potentially crippling consequences for national stability and everyday life, Kant, who is also t

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It all began five years before the dawn of 2000, when mobile phone service entered India