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Best of BS Opinion: Learning curves, Internet blues for media, and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Internet blues for media

The fall in internet growth has consequences for both advertisers and digital businesses. For one thing, life will remain uncertain for them till the numbers start rising

USTDA to fund study to take broadband connectivity to 30mn in rural India

United States Trade and Development Agency will provide a grant to an internet service provider to conduct a study to take broadband connectivity to over 30 mn people in rural and peri-urban India

Global cellular IoT module shipments market grows only 2% in Q3 2022

Global cellular internet of things (IoT) module shipments grew by only 2 per cent (on-year) in Q3 2022, as China led the market followed by North America and Europe

India's internet industry to reach $5 trillion valuation by 2030

Despite a few hiccups this year, the Indian internet industry is expected to grow and could reach a valuation of $5 trillion by 2030, a report showed

Around 56% of Reliance Jio users affected by network outage across India

Reliance Jio went down in some parts of India on Wednesday as users reported facing issues with the network.

Samsung Internet gets new search, privacy features on Android beta

The updated version allows users to just type the bookmark or tab they want to find in the search box and the application will find and show it to them

Mobile, Internet usage to drive India's digital ad spend to $21 bn by 2028

The digital ad spend in the country is set to observe a muted growth in FY23 due to macro factors

LearnTube: An Honest Review of a Product that is Helping 4 Lakh People Up-skill on Whatsapp!

Built for Bharat, the new face of Ed-Tech is here!

Elon Musk's Starlink internet service hits 1 mn active paid subscribers

Starlink is providing high-speed, low-latency internet to passengers during flights on the jet, with more JSX jets to join the service soon

Microsoft, Viasat partner to deliver satellite internet globally by 2025

Microsoft announced that it has partnered with global communications company Viasat to deliver satellite internet access to 10 million people across the world by 2025

Astrome deploys E-band radio for internet connectivity in rural Karnataka

Bangalore based deep-tech startup Astrome on Monday said it had deployed the first indigenously developed E-band radio to provide affordable internet connectivity in rural parts of Karnataka. The GigaMesh, which uses millimetre wave radio frequencies, was deployed from Sompura gram panchayat to Nidavanda village in rural Bangalore district to facilitate 4G and 5G connectivity, Astrome Technologies founder and CEO Neha Satak said. GigaMesh is an E-band radio, with Multiple-Point-to-Point (Multi-P2P) communication, making it the most effective way to distribute fiber capacity, wirelessly, he said. Through this, we have managed to bring high speed connectivity to Nidavanda village and are looking forward to more such successful deployments in the future, the Astrome CEO said. In terms of applicability, a single GigaMesh at a Gram Panchayat in Rural India, can connect to multiple surrounding villages, thus providing a significant cost advantage, a company statement said. BharatNet fib

Gmail goes down for users globally, India too; app, desktop both affected

Gmail went down for users, including in India, on Saturday evening as most of them complained about mails not being delivered or being received

Absence of incentives, poor awareness hobble rural WiFi scheme PM-WANI

Scheme central to government's plans to create up to 10 mn public WiFi hotspots by Dec

Reliance Jio announces rollout of 'True 5G' service in Delhi, NCR cities

Company's welcome offer will give users unlimited data at up to 1Gbps speeds

Indian agencies have real-time, remote access to internet traffic: Report

The revelation was made by the Internet Service Providers Association of India in a filing with the Department of Telecommunications

Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet: Elon Musk

A day after announcing plans to charge a monthly fee for Twitter's blue tick verification, the social media company's new owner Elon Musk said you get what you pay for and that Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet. Twitter is simply the most interesting place on the Internet. That's why you're reading this tweet right now, Musk tweeted on Wednesday. Earlier he tweeted: Being attacked by both right and left simultaneously is a good sign and you get what you pay for. Musk has announced that the verification blue tick in front of a user's name that authenticates the account will be charged eight dollars per month, prompting outrage and disbelief among some longtime users. Musk, the world's richest person, acquired Twitter in a whopping USD 44 billion deal on October 27. He also fired the social media company's four top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and legal executive Vijaya Gadde. Power to the people! Blue for USD 8 per month, he tweeted on Tuesday,

Yotta signs MoU with UP govt to invest Rs 39,000 cr in data centre park

First data centre already launched at a cost of Rs 1,500 cr; Yotta to spend Rs 39,000 cr on construction, IT equipment and hardware over next 5-7 years

Govt's China-style internet laws may expose citizens to more surveillance

It seeks to bend the industry to the government's will by imposing a license requirement on everything from Gmail to FaceTime and Skype

Europe considers making 'Big Tech' pay for building the internet

Matt Brittin, Google's President of EMEA, said at an event in Brussels that it'll be customers who pay "either with price or pay in worse services," if Europe adds a streaming fee.