For cloud giants, usage soars but tech investment delays hobble revenue growth

The Cloud giants have seen a drop-off in new contracts from big clients for server storage and to overhaul tech.

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Resumption of mobile phone production depends on state govts: ICEA

India Cellular and Electronics Association (ICEA) Chairman Pankaj Mohindroo said that the two-week lockdown extension notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) appropriately undertakes significant measures whereby economic and manufacturing activities have been reopened in a calibrated manner.

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Indian entertainment industry and Facebook join hands for ‘I FOR INDIA’ concert

Associated with over 100 NGOs, Give India is working on-ground to support the required interventions with prevention, healthcare infrastructure, livelihood support and essentials for people who have been affected by the pandemic and are in need. Aside from offline donations, people in many countries will also have an option to donate using the Facebook Fundraisers tool.

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Mobile phone retailers set to reopen stores where allowed

"All standalone (single) shops, neighborhood (colony) shops and shops in residential complexes are permitted to remain open in urban areas, without any distinction of essential and non-essential," the ministry of home affairs said in a notification on Friday.

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Aarogya Setu coming on feature phones; to cover the entire country

The Aarogya Setu app, developed by the government, will be expanded to all feature phone users, with the Centre planning to partner with telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea, who will enable calls to their subscribers, a top official told ET. There are around 550 million feature phone users in the country.

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COVID-19 impact: Global smartphone shipments fall 13 per cent in January-March

Canalys Senior Analyst Ben Stanton said that in February, when the coronavirus was centered on China, vendors were mainly concerned about how to build enough smartphones to meet global demand.

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India's domestic IT spending to decline 4.5% in 2020: IDC

While the hardware segment is likely to see a maximum drop in business; there will be a demand on the software side for productivity applications since the pool of remote workforce increases, said IDC in a press release.

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