India to become 2nd largest 4G phone market after China next year
The Dollar Business Bureau With explosive growth recorded in data usage, led by lucrative offers from telecom operators such as Reliance Jio and Airtel, India is expected to become the second biggest 4G handset market by 2018, said a report by market research firm Counterpoint on Thursday. With a projected installed user base of around 340 million 4G handsets, India will take over the US as the second biggest market. Currently having a user base of 150 million, India is placed just behind China and the US, said the report. There is speculation that US would see the 4G installed base to rise 245 million from the current 225 million. India too is likely to witness an accelerated growth, led by rising usage ...
Tata Communications, Skylab partner to help companies adopt IoT
The Dollar Business Bureau Tata Communications on Wednesday announced it has partnered with Singapore-based technology solutions provider Skylab to help more enterprises adopt the Internet of Things (IoT). Skylab provides advanced data harvesting, processing and delivery solutions to its customers over a scalable platform called Data Logistics Cloud (DLC). Skylab has picked Tata Communications as its cloud partner to ensure high levels of flexibility and reliability for customers through Tata Communications’ comprehensive cloud enablement platform and global infrastructure. “As the IoT starts to become a reality, real-time assimilation and analytics of data require superior network reliability, highly available cloud platforms, security, scalability and flexibility. Tata Communications’ pioneering IZO™ Cloud Enablement Platform harnesses our technology partnerships, global network and data centre infrastructure, making us the perfect ...
Maha-CM reaps praise at ESDSs Cloud launch
Sairaj Iyer | The Dollar Business (An exclusive story by The Dollar Business Bureau) (L-R) Subhash Desai, Minister for Industries, Maharashtra State; Anurag Thakur, MP, Chairman for Jt Parliamentary Committee on IT, and Secretary BCCI; Devendra Fadanvis, Chief Minster Maharashtra; Piyush Somani, CEO, ESDS at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of ESDS’ facility at Mahape Devendra Fadanvis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra reserved kind words and reaped praise on ESDS and their CEO Piyush Somani. The Maha CM was inaugurating Exuberant Support for Data Services’ (ESDS) grand launch of its datacenter. The CM was joined by Anurag Thakur, Member of Parliament; Subhash Desai, the Industries Minister and Guardian Minister for Mumbai City, Mandatai Mhatre, Member of Legislative Assembly and Sudhakar Sonawane, the Mayor of Mumbai. The datacenter facility ...
Wipro wins five-year IT contract from Norwegian firm
The Dollar Business Bureau Indian IT major Wipro has won a five-year contract from Norwegian retailer giant Coop Norge Handel AS to upgrade the latter’s infrastructure and operating model. The IT engagement is expected to transform the supply chain and distribution operations, software landscape and data centric infrastructure of the Norwegian company, which has a market share of 33%, spread over 1,500 stores. “We believe the Wipro’s strong retails domain expertise, along with expertise in integrated infrastructure, will transform Coop Norge’s IT landscape, in line with the company’s business objectives,” said Srini Pallia, Chief Executive, Retail, Consumer Goods, and Transportation & Govt Business Unit, Wipro Limited. “This partnership reiterates our continued focus and investments in the Nordic region and Continental Europe,” ...