Telecom News Aug week 4

1. COAI Concerned Over New Face Authentication Norms Set by UIDAI For Telcos.

2. 5G will create $1 Tn economic opportunity for India by 2035

3. Early push for 5G spectrum sale to elicit weak response: Care.

4. Bharti Airtel offers postpaid, broadband customers 3-month Netflix subscription.

5. ITI bags Rs 2,658 cr MahaNet order for implementation of BharatNet Phase II

6. 98% Telecom Network in Kerala Back on Track After Restoration: Telecom Secretary.

7. DoT to refine standard operating procedures based on learnings from Kerala’s response to flood.

8. Indian telcos reviewing blockchain-based solutions to curb pesky calls and SMS.

9. RCom completes sale of 3,000 cr worth fibre, infra assets to RJio.

10. Voda Offers ‘Golden Handshakes’ to Retrenched Staff.

11. Reply within four weeks on WhatsApp payment service: SC to Centre.

12. This may give a big push! Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway to invest up to whopping $350 mn in Paytm.

13. Visa pushes contactless card use in transport.

14. WhatsApp may not get NPCI nod for bigger payments play.

15. Over one third of all phishing attacks target financial sector in Q2 2018.

16. TechM, Microsoft Bring Blockchain Solution To Address Spam Calls.

17. Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali postpones Kimbho chat app launch.

18. Nokia secures 500 mln euro EU loan for 5G development.

19. Merger cleared: Vodafone, Idea set to be Vodafone Idea Licensing stifles innovation: Wi-Fi vendors to DoT.

20. Money from creditors, payment by Saudi Telecom keep Aircel ringing Vodafone adds highest number of subscribers in July.

21. Blockchain-based payments app launched in India. Govt Tells RBI to Take a Final Call on Aadhaar Pay Fees

22. IPPB signing up merchants for QR-based payments ecosystem

23. Android Smartphones to Secure 85% Market Share Globally in 2018: IDC

24. Apple to roll out three smartphones, including largest iPhone, on Sept 12

25. IPPB to Start Operations with 650 Branches

26. Apple buys augmented reality glass co Akonia

27. Ravi Shankar Prasad meets Sundar Pichai in Mountain View; talks about digital transformation.

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