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Telecom Review ·
e& announced the commercial launch of U6GHz (6425–7125 MHz) on its live network, becoming the first operator in the world to bring this spectrum band into commercial service. The deployment marks a defining moment for the global...
YourStory ·
Dear Reader, The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 10,000 crore SME Growth Fund to provide long-term equity capital to small and medium enterprises, with a focus on manufacturing. The fund will support capacity expansion, technology...
Inc42 ·
Frontier AI research startup FYDY (Fuzzy Dynamics), which is operating in stealth mode, is in advanced talks to raise $12 Mn (about ₹115 Cr) in its maiden funding round, sources told Inc42. Lightspeed Venture Partners and General...
Inc42 ·
Meta has started testing a new video-first feed for Facebook in India, where users will now encounter a full-screen, Reels-centric user experience upon opening the application. Under the new interface, selected Indian users open...
Tahawul Tech ·
Businesses across the Middle East are moving beyond AI experimentation towards practical deployment, with performance, security and data governance shaping their technology choices. On-device and edge AI are expanding opportunities to...
Medianama ·
Facebook has been directed by a civil court in Chandigarh to disable public access to or suspend three pages until October 22, 2026. This include the Facebook pages of Batale Di Rajneeti, Kachi Laan and Thanedar. This has been done over...
Medianama ·
We missed this earlier : On September 22 , X launched X Numbers , private eight-digit codes that let people message or call users on its XChat service without a phone number , even if the two accounts don’t follow each other. WhatsApp’s...
Inc42 ·
Dronetech and skill development startup AITMC Ventures has filed its UDRHP with SEBI for an IPO comprising a fresh issue of up to 3.5 Cr shares, with no OFS component. The UDRHP follows SEBI’s observation letter issued on January 30,...
Tahawul Tech ·
Fady Younes, Managing Director, Cybersecurity, Cisco Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, Caucasus and Central Asia (METAC) at Cisco. Cisco Talos, Cisco ’s threat intelligence organisation, has published findings from two investigations into...
Telecom Review ·
du , the leading telecom and digital service provider, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Rilian to strengthen sovereign, AI-driven IT/OT cybersecurity capabilities across the UAE’s critical infrastructure and industrial...
Tahawul Tech ·
Qualcomm recently reached a patent licensing deal through an agreement with Huawei which involves acquiring some of the Chinese vendor’s U.S.-registered technologies. The arrangement covers Huawei technologies involving compute, AI,...
Tahawul Tech ·
Deutsche Telekom recently outlined moves to capitalise on the growing demand for sovereign AI services in Europe. The company is setting revenue goals in the millions of euros range as part of its broader ambitions involving businesses...
Tahawul Tech ·
Kaspersky ‘s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has uncovered a scam targeting tourists who are applying for a Schengen visa. They receive phishing emails allegedly sent on behalf of an EU migration authority. Under the threat of...
Tahawul Tech ·
George Kurian, Chief Executive Officer of NetApp. NetApp ®, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, will exhibit at Ai Everything Abu Dhabi 2026 , taking place on October 6 and 7 at ADNEC Centre in Abu Dhabi. The event will also...
Telecom Lead ·
Today’s telecom news includes announcements on TRAI, TELUS, AST SpaceMobile, MTN Ghana, among others. AT&T tower TRAI Framework Could Accelerate India’s Satellite and D2D Services TRAI Chairman Anil Kumar Lahoti said the regulator’s...
Tahawul Tech ·
Augusto Martinez Reyes, COO EMEA and President of Multilingual Hubs, TP Group. Augusto Martinez Reyes, COO EMEA and President of Multilingual Hubs at TP Group, discusses human oversight, Arabic localisation and the coordination of AI...
Tahawul Tech ·
Rakshit Choudhary, CEO of Deriv.com, and Abdul Razzak, Manager, Career Services, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus. Rakshit Choudhary, CEO of Deriv.com, and Abdul Razzak, Manager, Career Services, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, discuss AI-led fintech...
Medianama ·
Access a copy of the full RTI response regarding CCTV surveillance here: [ pdf ] Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) has filed a Right to Information (RTI) application with the Delhi Police seeking the documents related to the deployment...
Tahawul Tech ·
(L-R) Mohamed Talaat, Vice President, Saudi, Egypt, North Africa & Levant (SENAL), Dell Technologies & Dr. Ashraf Al-Tahini, Chief Executive Officer of Aramco Digital. Dell Technologies and Aramco Digital , a Saudi Industrial AI...
Tahawul Tech ·
Core42 , a G42 company specialising in sovereign enabled cloud and AI infrastructure, recently announced the launch of the Core42 Partner Program giving independent software vendors (ISVs), technology partners, startups and resellers...
Tahawul Tech ·
Hugh Viney, Founder and CEO of Minerva Virtual Academy. Hugh Viney, Founder and CEO of Minerva Virtual Academy, discusses how personalised learning, live teaching, mentoring and regional communities are reshaping education for more than...
Medianama ·
On October 1, Google paused its program that compensates external researchers for identifying security flaws in its open-source projects. TechCrunch reported that Google has paused its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program...
Medianama ·
The Bombay High Court (HC) on October 1 granted actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu interim protection against AI-generated deepfakes, pornographic content, chatbots impersonating her and unauthorised merchandise. According to LiveLaw , Justice...
Medianama ·
WhatsApp banned 6,202,400 accounts linked to India in August 1-31, 2026, according to its monthly compliance report published on October 1. Of these, 1,690,800 accounts (27%) were banned proactively, before any user complaints. The...
Tahawul Tech · · Medium severity
As organisations modernise their networks, Cisco emphasises the importance of treating networking and security as an integrated system rather than separate functions. Cisco IT’s recent Wi-Fi 7 deployment across its global environment...
Telecom Review ·
With two weeks to go, anticipation is building for the 20 th edition of the Telecom Review Leaders’ Summit —20-21 October, The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Dubai JBR—one of the largest gatherings for decision-makers, visionaries, and thought...
Telecom Review ·
The evolution from 5G to 5G-Advanced —and ultimately to 6G —is not driven by technology alone. It requires spectrum to be identified before capacity becomes constrained, regulation to provide investment certainty, research to validate...
Inc42 ·
Bitchat, the decentralised messaging platform founded by Twitter (now X) cofounder Jack Dorsey, has been removed from Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store following an official government order. In a post on X, Dorsey shared an...
YourStory ·
From Korean food and cosmetics to AI and semiconductors, Karnataka is looking to turn growing cultural interest in Korea into business and technology partnerships. A high-level Korean business delegation met Karnataka Minister for Home,...
Inc42 ·
Kuku Technologies Limited, parent company of audio OTT platform Kuku FM and microdrama app Kuku TV, swung into the black in the fiscal year FY26, reporting a net profit of ₹182.7 Cr against a net loss of ₹152.6 Cr incurred in FY25. The...
Inc42 ·
Rogo, a US-based financial-services AI startup, raised $30 Mn this month. What made this unique was that some of the world’s largest banks, including Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, MUFG and Société Générale, invested in this company, even...
Telecom Review ·
Across the Middle East , telecom operators are simultaneously becoming larger technology businesses and leaner infrastructure companies. They are moving deeper into cloud, data centers, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech,...
YourStory ·
Amazon has expanded its ultra-fast delivery service, Amazon Now, to more than 120 cities across India, doubling its footprint in two weeks as the e-commerce giant steps up its delivery network ahead of the festive season. The service is...
Tahawul Tech ·
QBS Technology , formerly emt, concluded its participation at GISEC Global 2026, held from 16–18 September at Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City Dubai), bringing together cybersecurity leaders, technology vendors, partners and...
Tahawul Tech ·
Cisco is expanding the Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA through a partnership with Supermicro, bringing its leadership in high-density, liquid and air-cooled compute to Cisco’s industry-leading full-stack, secure AI infrastructure...
Telecom Review ·
The GCC is entering an era of mobile AI services where networks deliver intelligent capabilities rather than connectivity alone. Across the region, operators are treating the upper 6GHz band—the “golden spectrum”—as the key to unlocking...
Telecom Review ·
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are moving beyond terrestrial infrastructure, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and deep technology investments to position the region as a testbed for space innovation. Sovereign wealth...
Telecom Review · · Medium severity
In the Middle East, power grids, desalination plants, and water networks are the region’s lifeline. However, its growing dependence on interconnected electricity grids, desalination plants, smart meters, cloud platforms, and industrial...
Telecom Review ·
In the GCC, the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence ( AI ), cloud-native architectures, and innovative payment infrastructures is generating a myriad of opportunities for one of the region’s most important industries: the banking...
Telecom Review ·
Rapid urbanization and the increasing adoption of emerging technologies are driving greater use of digital twins in infrastructure management. These data-driven virtual replicas of physical assets, systems, and environments enable...
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