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22nd Esri India User Conference to be held virtually on July 28-29

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Esri India, the country’s leading Geographic Information System (GIS) software and solutions provider, today announced its flagship annual event Esri India User Conference (UC) to be held virtually on July 28 and 29 this year. There is a strong and growing community of over 2.5 lakh users of Esri GIS technology in India and this conference will provide an opportunity to many of them to come together at the Esri India User Conference along with thought leaders, educators, scientists, and influencers from government and private sectors.

The conference theme, ‘GIS – Creating a Sustainable Future’, will highlight how geospatial technologies have the potential to create and build a better and a more sustainable future for India and the world. It will further deep dive into the relevance of GIS; its role in empowering people, shaping policies and actions to foster a sustainable world.

“GIS empowers governments, enterprises, and communities with deeper insights that support informed decision-making and drive action for climate change, disaster response, social equality, and risk mitigation, among others. At Esri India User Conference, many of our users from all over India will share inspirational stories on how GIS enabled them to make a difference in their sustainability and resilience programs,” said Agendra Kumar, Managing Director, Esri India.

During the conference, attendees will also get to experience GIS applications leveraging advancements in areas such as spatial analytics, reality capture, artificial intelligence, and real-time data from subject matter experts. The experts will share deeper insights into trends, innovations, best practices, and latest developments in the field of geospatial technologies.

Bankit’s new business unit to offer customizable prepaid cards for MSMEs, startups and corporates

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Fintech startup Bankit has announced the launch of its new business unit under which the company will be offering customizable and cobranded prepaid card solutions to allow instant online digital onboarding, ordering and portal-based functions for MSMEs, startups and corporates. This new unit will empower the businesses to issue prepaid cards to their employees and customers, supported by simple to use Cardholder Mobile app. This prepaid card can be used online at shop outlets or at ATMs.

Available in virtual, plastic and wearable forms, businesses can design the prepaid cards with their brand for better brand recognition and customer intimacy. The card offerings can be customized to suit different requirements of businesses seeking standard-cards, incentive cards, loyalty cards, travel cards, fuel cards, restaurant cards, gift cards etc. The cards can be loaded with a maximum balance of Rs 2 lakh and used for utility bill payments, wallet recharges, online shopping at e-commerce platforms, ticket booking, cash withdrawals at ATMs and making payments at POS terminals.

Satyajeet Limaye, Chief Strategy Officer, Bankit, said, “As always at Bankit, with this initiative, our endeavour is to introduce innovative, tech solution that help businesses with newer brand presence opportunity. We are focused towards MSMEs, startups and offer branding opportunities for corporates through customizable prepaid card solutions. In addition to the Bankit corporate card, we help large businesses to digitize customer loyalty and create a channel to stay connected with customer who love your brand. Creating a connection with help of mobile app and prepaid card branded with your logo is an innovative way of rewarding your employees, customers and partners for choosing to work with you. The company has roadmap for taking this innovation to international markets while addressing the financial needs of a larger business groups.”

Designed to assist in the overall growth of businesses and corporates by providing financial convenience, the prepaid cards can be availed with a minimum KYC registration and identity verification eliminating the need to open a new bank account. Bankit cards also come with easy-to-use app and portal that enables businesses to manage funds digitally, auto submit expenses, assign user access limit, check balances, download reconciliation reports and more, all digitally and instantly.

NSDC partners WhatsApp to train youth in digital skills

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The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and WhatsApp have announced an alliance to launch the Digital Skill Champions Program that aims to train India’s youth in digital skills, in order to make them employment ready. Through this program, school and university students would be coached to imbibe digital and online skills that would culminate with WhatsApp and NSDC awarding ‘Digital Skill Champions’ certification. The course is based on a module-format, is comprehensive and intensive in imparting knowledge about important aspects of the online ecosystem, equipping students with technology-based learning on campuses across tier 3 and 4 towns and cities throughout the country.

The partnership identifies two broad areas of collaboration viz., WhatsApp Digital Skills Academy and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) and WhatsApp Business App Training sessions.

WhatsApp Digital Skills Academy: As part of the Digital Skill Academies, young adults from tier 3 and 4 cities will be trained on critical aspects of digital safety and online privacy. These digital academies will deliver safe technology-based learning among the youth and train them on taking charge of their safety online as they embark on their professional journeys. The initiative will kick off with a pilot across 50 campuses in five states, namely Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The program will be imparted through WhatsApp’s project implementation partner- InfiSpark.

PMKK and WhatsApp Business App Training: WhatsApp will conduct training sessions to familiarise Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra trainers with the WhatsApp Business app. The training will cover modules on leveraging benefits of the WhatsApp Business app and to make small business entrepreneurship aspirational for young skill seekers. The trained PMKK community cadres will further manage and administer the WhatsApp Business app training to youth aspiring to become small business entrepreneurs.

Talking about the program, Dr Manish Kumar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NSDC, said, “In a rapidly evolving digital world, NSDC aims to extend scope of virtual learning for youth across India. It aims to empower youth with new-age skills to make them employable and more productive in their work environment.”

Shivanth Thukral, Director – Public Policy, WhatsApp India, said, “We are honoured to be a part of NSDC’s mission to skill India and to take shop floor readiness training to the last mile. As India embraces digital innovation and entrepreneurship, it is imperative that the youth today are made aware of and educated about how they can upskill themselves and take charge of their presence online. At WhatsApp, we believe that online safety and privacy are vital drivers to a progressive digital society. Through this partnership, we are committed to enhance the digital skills of the aspiring entrepreneurs and empower the youth of our country to create a safe digital environment for all.”

Seagate launches Exos CORVAULT hardware-based self-healing block storage system

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Data storage infrastructure solutions provider Seagate has introduced a uniquely intelligent category of mass-capacity storage designed to streamline data management and reduce human intervention for macro edge and data center environments.

The new Exos CORVAULT high-density storage system offers SAN-level performance built on Seagate’s breakthrough storage architecture that combines the sixth generation VelosCT ASIC, ADAPT erasure code data protection, and Autonomous Drive Regeneration.

Designed on the Seagate Exos 4U106 12Gb/s platform, CORVAULT offers “five nines” availability (99.999%) helping to deliver consistently high reliability. The maximum-density 4U chassis accommodates 106 drives in only seven inches (18 cm) of rack space. It is tuned to maximize drive performance by protecting against vibrational and acoustic interference, heat, and power irregularities.

Seagate’s new VelosCT chip powers the system’s dual storage controllers, which optimizes all drive actuators in parallel, driving superior performance, while Seagate’s Advanced Distributed Autonomic Protection Technology (ADAPT) distributes data across every drive offering advanced data protection and fast rebuilds without sacrificing performance.

Autonomous Drive Regeneration (ADR) is a self-correcting system that renews a drive in-situ without the need for a manual drive swap. Developed by Seagate, ADR can return most drives to dependable service by reconfiguring the drive to bypass errant components. The technology also helps reduce the environmental impact of computer e-waste as ADR drives are renewed instead of discarded.

CORVAULT will be available globally via qualified Seagate distributors in July.

Google India MD appointed as IAMAI chairman, Facebook India MD as vice chairman

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Google India Vice President and Managing Director Sanjay Gupta has been elected as the chairman of industry body IAMAI for the period 2021-23. He succeeds Amazon Senior Vice President and India Country Manager Amit Agarwal.

Facebook India Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan is the new Vice Chairman of the Internet and Mobile Association of India, succeeding Yatra.com Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dhruv Shringi.

Fintech startup Razorpay’s CEO and Co-Founder Harshil Mathur has been appointed as the Treasurer of the association and succeeds Satyan Gajwani, Vice Chairman of Times Internet.

Talking about his appointment, Sanjay Gupta said, “Connecting over a billion Indians to the opportunities, the Internet can empower businesses, scale access to education, healthcare and drive financial inclusions in the country. As a country, India has made tremendous progress and has proven the ability to deliver towards this vision. At this critical moment, the onus is on all of us to ensure that we make responsible progress towards delivering this vision, respecting everyone’s right to privacy, ensuring their safety and making the Internet a powerful engine for India’s economic growth.”

Ajit Mohan said, “IAMAI has long played a positive role in ensuring that India’s exciting digital transformation delivers for everyone in the country. At a time when digital is playing an increasingly important role in peoples’ lives, we are committed to bringing the best of this industry to be an enabling force for good for India.”

Razorpay’s Harshil Mathur said, “Sixteen months ago, there was very little attention paid to financial inclusion of small and medium businesses, the underserved economy. But the last few months of the pandemic changed that. Trust, innovation and convenience have driven this phenomenal digital adoption.”

iQOORaidNights kicked off with top YouTube streamers to find India’s next big gaming streamer

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Bringing strong commitment to the esports community in India, smartphone brand iQOO is all set to kick-off #iQOORaidNights with top YouTube streamers – Tanmay Bhatt, Samay Raina and GamerFleet to find India’s next big gaming streamer. The hunt for India’s next big streamer will take place every Friday for four weeks from 10PM till 12AM, starting June 25.

To be a part of #iQOORaidNights, participants will have to go live and stream on YouTube using #iQOORaidNights to get easily discovered by the Raid Bosses. During these streaming sessions, some of the best streamers will be raided every week by the Raid Bosses in tandem with the community vote. Every week, two winners will be awarded iQOO 7 Legend smartphones and a cash prize of Rs 20,000 each. The eight shortlisted candidates over four weeks will have a faceoff based on a challenge thrown by the Raid Bosses, where the mega winner will be awarded gaming sets worth Rs 2.5 lakhs.

Gagan Arora, Director-Marketing, iQOO, said, “Livestream gaming is the next big thing when we talk about esports leagues and amid the pandemic, the interest for such streams have increased significantly. With this association, we plan to build a gaming community where we bring them together and give a platform to showcase their best streaming talent with the help of some established and popular YouTube streamers. We are sure that such platforms will help us highlight iQOO’s commitment to the growing esports gaming market and enable democratic discovery of the next promising gaming streamer.”

Recently, iQOO introduced its flagship smartphones, the bestselling iQOO7, iQOO 7 Legend and iQOO Z3 that feature unparalleled performance, future-ready 5G capabilities, superb camera technology, unmatched smartphone gaming experience and strong hardware specifications for the Gen-Z consumers.

Amazon comes up with ‘OnePlus Community Sale’ in India

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Ecommerce platform Amazon has come up with the ‘OnePlus Community Sale’ bringing together a host of deals and offers on OnePlus smartphones, accessories, TVs and more. Customers can enjoy attractive deals on the latest OnePlus 9 series, OnePlus Nord CE, OnePlus TV, OnePlus Smartwatches, OnePlus accessories and more, said Amazon in a statement. The OnePlus Community Sale will be live until June 27.

Customers can save more with up to Rs 4,000 off on HDFC Bank credit cards and EMI and other exciting bank offers. They can also avail up to 12 months no-cost EMI on latest OnePlus products. Here are some popular products on Amazon.in with offers from participating sellers.

OnePlus Nord CE: Most awaited OnePlus Nord CE is available for purchase starting Rs 22,999 with the launch of the brand-new Silver Ray variant during the sale.

OnePlus 9 series: Recently launched flagship OnePlus 9 series will be available starting Rs 39,999 with exciting bank offers. OnePlus 9 5G will see an additional Rs 3,000 discount using Amazon coupons in addition to bank discounts and EMI options.

OnePlus 8 series: The flagship OnePlus 8 series will be available at the lowest ever price starting Rs 38,999. Customers can avail discounts up to Rs 6,000 on the OnePlus 8 series smartphones.

Mobile Accessories: Bestselling accessories from OnePlus such as OnePlus Bullets will be available starting Rs 1,999. Power banks from OnePlus will also be available starting Rs 899.

OnePlus U1s TVs: The newly launched most affordable OnePlus U1s TVs will be available at great deals starting at Rs 39,999 with exciting bank offers.

OnePlus Smartwatch: Customers can get premium OnePlus Smartwatch starting Rs 2,299.

Xiaomi brings in Mi TV Webcam for PCs, smart TVs in India

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Xiaomi today introduced Mi TV Webcam in India. It’s a perfect TV accessory to cater to the consumers’ requirement of video conferencing in today’s digital world, at much ease. Flaunting a minimalist design, it has been designed to offer an immersive video experience with a crisp FHD (1080p) resolution.

The Mi TV Webcam is here to make a better connection with your loved ones. The webcam offers crisp and detailed videos in Full HD at 25fps with 71 degrees field of view, boasting an enhanced and clear picture quality. This further makes sure that the entire family at work/home gets in a single frame with ease.

With the screen time getting doubled with work-from-home and online education, the Mi TV Webcam comes equipped with Dual Far Field microphones that capture crystal clear audio up to 4 meters, marking a safe and comfortable distance between the screen and the consumers. To further ensure best-in-class experience, the webcam has an in-built 3D Image Noise Reduction algorithm to suppress noise in any image appearing in low light.

Alongside its effortless usage, it is equally easy to set up the webcam with a ‘Simple Plug and Play video’ mechanism. The new Mi TV Webcam sports an adjustable magnetic base that allows one to attach the device seamlessly to any metal surface on your TV/computer and makes sure for a sturdy grip. It comes with a 1.5m removable USB Type-C port that assures connectivity across all TVs, laptops and desktops, and allows interchange between Type-C and Type-A cables to connect.

With video calls on your smart TV with Google Duo, the Mi TV Webcam helps in making the distance feel just a little less distant. All Mi TVs, Redmi TVs, Android TVs and all laptops (Running Windows and MacOS) are compatible with the device.

From personal virtual gatherings to professional business meetings, this extended Mi TV accessory is here to make consumers’ lives easier and smoother. With consumer privacy being a top priority at Mi India, this webcam comes with a physical shutter, adding an extra layer of safety offering complete security to users.

The Mi TV Webcam will be available for a retail price of Rs 1,999 starting June 28 across Mi.com, Mi Home and Mi Studio.

HFCL to set up second model PM-WANI Village in Karnataka

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Leading Indian Wi-Fi brand and one of the first TIP OpenWiFi compliant solutions provider, IO by HFCL, in collaboration with Telecom Infra Project (TIP), today announced the setting up of their second PM-WANI powered connectivity for Baidebettu village in Karnataka. This PM-WANI network will provide high speed Wi-Fi Internet to over 9,000 residents of the otherwise poorly connected village located in Brahmavara Taluk, Udupi district.

The project entails setting up of a robust outdoor Wi-Fi network for providing broadband Internet connectivity to the entire village population. The outdoor network will use HFCL IO’s TIP OpenWiFi-based Access Points, Point-to-Point radios, Solar Power over Ethernet (PoE) devices and other network equipment. The Wi-Fi network authentication and regulatory monitoring will be powered by i2e1 core solutions who will also act as the Public Data Office Aggregator (PDOA) under the PM-WANI model. The network is expected to go live by July 31 this year.

The integrated package being deployed is indigenously developed and built in India for high performance, is fully secure and designed to withstand and perform under harsh weather conditions including heavy rainfall that the village receives throughout the year.

The network will offer Wi-Fi Internet with bandwidth of up to 500 Mbps in all common areas of the village that is spread across a radius of 6 kms. Due to its remote location under high rainfall zone, and absence of IT and Internet infrastructure, Baidebettu presently does not have any reliable connectivity. As a result, villagers earlier would travel many kilometers to nearby towns to get digitally connected. The recent COVID-19 restrictions further impacted this travel and have severely affected their lives.

With this deployment, the entire village of 9,000 population will come under the broadband fold, which is expected to significantly improve their quality of life by providing them access to digital services such as healthcare, education, banking, retail, entertainment, government digital services and many more.

After the huge success of HFCL’s first PM-WANI model village deployment, which was set up three months ago in the small remote village of Baslambi in Haryana, HFCL intends to replicate the model and once again demonstrate the strength of the PM-WANI concept powered by TIP’s multi-vendor compatible OpenWiFi capabilities. HFCL believes that this will not only connect the residents of this remote village and offer them access to all digital services but also inspire other ISPs and solution providers to collaborate and innovate to address the two biggest challenges to rural connectivity – affordability and accessibility.

Mahendra Nahata, Promoter and Managing Director, HFCL, said, “We at HFCL are committed to transforming #InternetForAll into a ubiquitous reality and have successfully collaborated with leading core solution providers to strengthen the connectivity ecosystem. After great success of our first model PM-WANI village in North India, where we deployed our robust, scalable, interoperable, and TIP OpenWiFi based Access Points to provide broadband access, we are now replicating the model in a remote village in Southern India. With this initiative, we believe students in the village will no longer need to travel to get connected and this would pave the way for every villager to stay connected and explore infinite possibilities to grow in all areas of life. This further demonstrates our faith in PM-WANI scheme as a significant enabler in connecting the remotest parts of the country.”

David Hutton, Chief Engineer, TIP, said, “We are glad to have HFCL as an active participant of the TIP OpenWiFi community. It is heartening to see HFCL’s enthusiasm and commitment to making multi-vendor Wi-Fi architecture a reality. HFCL’s “Built in India” disaggregated OpenWiFi solutions in conjunction with PM-WANI demonstrates early success in employing TIP OpenWiFi to address the digital divide.”

“We are pleased to associate with HFCL for yet another PM-WANI opportunity. It feels proud to be part of another HFCL’s “Connect the Unconnected” initiative using their TIP OpenWiFi compliant solutions. This further emphasizes HFCL’s commitment to make in India world class network equipment to connect the unconnected. This also demonstrates their faith in PM-WANI scheme as the key driver to provide broadband Internet access to all citizens of the country,” said Satyam Darmora, Founder and CEO, i2e1.

Outlook for telecom tower industry revised to stable: ICRA

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The headwinds faced by the telecom tower industry have largely subsided and the industry is now treading towards a regime of steady addition in tenancy levels and a stabilisation of the working capital cycle. As per an ICRA note, telecom service providers are end users of telecom towers and while they have witnessed severe pressures in the past, green shoots of recovery are visible in the form of improvement in their operating metrics.

According to Sabyasachi Majumdar, Senior Vice President and Group Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA, “There has been a stabilisation in the telecom services industry, which has brought stability to the tower industry by, arresting the tenancy exits. Further, demand for telecom services, especially data, has witnessed a very strong growth, translating into consistent network expansion and upgradation by the telcos. This is expected to keep the demand for tower companies buoyant. Given the consolidation in the telecom services industry in the past, tenancy ratios for tower companies declined to 1.3-1.5 times from historical highs of more than 1.8 times. These tenancy ratios are expected to become the new normal for the industry, given that it’s a ‘3+1’ structure for the telecom services industry. While the receivable cycle witnessed elongation to more than 60 days in FY2021, against less than 30 days in FY2017, the liquidity position of tower companies remains strong. The capital structure also remains healthy with limited external net debt, which coupled with healthy profitability translate into strong debt protection metrics, with interest coverage of around 5x and net debt (including leases)/OPBDITA of around 1.5x for FY2021.”

ICRA had earlier revised the outlook on the telecom tower industry to Negative, following the levy of AGR penalty on the telecom service providers, as it exacerbated their already stretched balance sheets leading to weakening of their credit profile and thus exerting pressure on the receivable cycle of the tower companies. Further, there were concerns on the continuity of operations of one of the service providers, which may have led to tenancy losses for the tower operators. With alleviation of these issues to some extent, ICRA has now revised the outlook to Stable from Negative. Moreover, implementation of revival package of the state-owned telco and planned/completed fund raising by some of the privately owned telcos have aided the improvement in their liquidity position; and thus, payments to the tower operators, which remain essential to the telecom service providers.

The telecom services industry has been witnessing steady improvement in its performance, driven by continued healthy demand for data services and consistent upgradation of subscribers to 4G from 2G, which has resulted in sequential improvement in the ARPU levels. ARPU, although witnessed a decline in Q4FY2021, due to abolition of interconnect usage charges, the normalised trajectory is expected to remain upwards. However, the balance sheets of the telcos remain precarious, given the elevated debt levels and consequently weak coverage indicators. ICRA expects the improvement in the operating metrics to sustain enabling it to restore the stable outlook on the sector, with strengthening of the credit profile of telcos, as marked by scaling up of revenue and margin expansion. This will be supported by increase in ARPU levels and contribution from non-telco businesses, strengthening of balance sheet and liquidity position.

“While the network expansion and technology upgrades point towards steady growth in the IP business, the tower industry is set for a journey towards exploring new revenues sources and opportunities of growth. Some of these can come from active infrastructure sharing, apart from partial monetisation of existing tower spaces as well as small cells, data centers, smart cities, etc. The business plans and extent of revenue and return generation from these would remain a key monitorable,” concluded Majumdar.

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