India adds 6.57 million mobile subscribers in September: TRAI
Reliance Jio added 2.71 million and Bharti Airtel 2.69 million wireless subscribers in September 2026, taking India's total mobile base to 1.3 billion, TRAI data shows.
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Reliance Jio added 2.71 million and Bharti Airtel 2.69 million wireless subscribers in September 2026, taking India's total mobile base to 1.3 billion, TRAI data shows.
Apple's iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max sales rose 3.1 per cent year-on-year in the first three weeks after launch, Counterpoint Research said, with China up 29 per cent.
South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has tentatively fined Samsung Electronics 20 billion won for ads that hid gaming performance limits on Galaxy S21, S22 and Tab S8 devices.
Instagram is testing video lengths of up to 90 minutes with select creators in the US, a product called Features aimed at podcasters and comedians, after trials in Brazil.
Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave 2026 in New Delhi on Tuesday, with ISRO unveiling a next-generation heavy-lift launch vehicle model.
Microsoft has extended Voluntary Exit Offers to about 60,000 employees across India, the US, UK and Canada, with Amy Coleman saying participation varies by business priorities.
Meta Platforms launched about $35 billion in offerings and outlined a further $60 billion share-sale programme to fund AI expansion, with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom showing interest.
Apple introduced the next-generation iPad mini with an 8.5-inch OLED display, A20 Pro chip on a 2-nanometre process, and iPadOS 27 with upgraded Apple Intelligence and Siri AI.
Anthropic filed for an IPO with the US SEC, reporting six-month revenue of USD 16.286 billion, up nearly 1,300%, and a USD 132.9 billion accumulated deficit.
Meta Platforms will raise up to USD 95 billion through equity offerings to fund AI data centres, with a USD 35 billion initial tranche and USD 60 billion to follow.
TRAI has recommended government authorisation for internet-based live TV streaming apps, with only approved apps allowed on smart TVs and app stores, and a Rs 1 lakh entry fee.
The government says security assessments are underway for all three licensed satellite communication operators, including Starlink, as a decision on spectrum pricing nears.
Samsung Electronics and Apple are trimming smartphone component orders as memory chip prices climb, putting Samsung Display's fourth-quarter earnings under pressure, The Korea Herald reports.
HCLTech and Japan's Rapidus Corporation announced a semiconductor partnership, opening development centres in Bengaluru and Hubli to support chip engineering work.
India's immersive technology market is projected to hit $7.82 billion by 2030 at a 29.8 per cent CAGR, an official factsheet said, making it Asia Pacific's fastest-growing market.
Samsung's Exynos 2700 scored about 13,000 in Geekbench 6.5 multicore tests, beating Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 at around 11,000, per The Korea Herald.
Goldman Sachs reports rural US small business AI adoption rose to 80% in 2026 from 47% in 2024, with 86% of programme graduates using AI but technical expertise still a barrier.
Elon Musk said SpaceX closed $40 billion in debt for GPUs, citing Starlink and launch revenue, and predicted over 200 AI neoclouds face failure and consolidation.
A KPMG report says India must build talent, R&D, computing and data infrastructure to turn AI advances into economic and social gains, citing UPI's scale as a model.
BHASHINI's multilingual AI, demonstrated at ETD-2026 at IIT Delhi, supports 36 Indian languages for text and 23 for voice, with document translation for academic use.