T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T say they will appeal against ‘excessive’ fines meted out by US regulatorThe Federal Communications Commission on Monday fined the largest US wireless carriers nearly $200m for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information.The FCC is finalizing fines first proposed in February 2020, including $80m for T-Mobile; $12m for Sprint, which T-Mobile has since acquired; $57m for AT&T, and nearly $47m for Verizon. Continue reading
Soaring Russian Oil Imports Drag OPEC's Market Share In India To Record Low Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, Russia was India’s single largest oil supplier for a second consecutive fiscal year, as surging imports of Russian crude dragged down the share of OPEC and Middle East supply to India to a record low, Reuters reported on Friday, citing data from tanker-tracking data obtained from industry sources. In the 2023/2024 fiscal year ended March 31, the share of...
Reliance Jio, India's leading telecom operator, has surpassed China Mobile to become the world's largest consumer of mobile data traffic. Jio's network handled a massive 40.9 exabytes of data in the first quarter of 2024, compared to China Mobile's 38 exabytes, according to Tefficient, a global analytics firm.Jio also boasts the world's second-largest 5G subscriber base, with 108 million users. Notably, over 28% of its total mobile data traffic now comes from 5G users.JioBharat drives Reliance...
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India's EV sector still lacks competition, but entry from international automakers like Tesla will level the playing field, MG Motor India's CEO Emeritus.
Congress passed the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) in 2021 as a way to give eligible households a discount on their monthly internet or wireless plan. The program also gave them a one-time discount on a tablet or laptop. Ever since it was passed, the program was able to help around 23 million households. Unfortunately, it’s possible that the program will end soon. This is the condition that will happen if Congress fails to renew its funding. The [read full article]
A new listing for a sun-drenched property in Malibu has all the luxurious stylings you’d expect from this wealthy, cliffside stretch of California coastline. The high-ceilinged, four-bedroom home features exposed wooden beams and white oak floors throughout, and the bright, open kitchen centers around a character-filled Moroccan zellige-tiled kitchen island. The backyard has been redone to exacting minimalist desert chic detail, complete with native plants, and replete with an outdoor shower for...
Sportswear and athleisure venture Agilitas Sports has acquired Italian shoe brand Lotto's India licence for a period of 40 years for an undisclosed price.Under the partnership struck with Lotto parent WHP Global, Bengaluru-based Agilitas will handle the manufacturing, design and sale of Lotto products across India, South Asia and Australia.“The 40-year licence timeline shows the commitment and the long-term plan we have for Lotto here,” said Abhishek Ganguly, the former Puma India head who...
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The Chinese smartphone market grew by 6.5% in Q1,2024 thanks to robust demand for Huawei and Honor devices. The IDC quarterly mobile phone tracker shows an estimated total of 69.3 million smartphones were shipped in the first three months of the year, led by Honor and Huawei. The two companies are neck and neck for the leading position with each controlling a 17% share of the market. Huawei’s market share growth is impressive with a 110% rise compared to Q1 2023. The drive was pushed by the...
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The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the governing body overseeing the country’s widely used Unified Payments Interface (UPI) mobile payment system, is set to engage with various fintech startups this month to develop a strategy to address the growing market dominance of PhonePe and Google Pay in the UPI ecosystem. NPCI executives plan to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.