Amlohri Open Cast Coal Mine to gain private 5G
14 January 2025
BSNL and Echelon Edge have landed a deal with Coal India Limited (CIL) to deploy a private 5G network at the Amlohri Open Cast Coal Mines facility in Madhya Pradesh, using 5G spectrum allotted to BSNL.
The private network is specially designed to handle the environmental and terrain-related challenges specific to the coal mining sector, and will support use cases such as video surveillance, asset tracking, IoT sensors for environmental monitoring, and remote monitoring using drones, as well as voice and data communications.
Find out more Maxis offers new ‘mobile identity’
14 January 2025
Maxis is offering a new ‘mobile identity’ solution based on open network APIs designed to verify user IDs for mobile banking, e-commerce and other digital services without having to use SMS-based one-time passwords (OTPs).
The solution uses CAMARA APIs standardised under the GSMA Open Gateway framework and federated via the Bridge Alliance API Exchange (BAEx) initiative announced in July 2024.
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Airtel and Vodafone Idea sell Firefly Networks stakes
13 January 2025
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have reportedly sold their stakes in Wi-Fi joint venture Firefly Networks to iBus for INR90 million, after almost two years of looking for a buyer.
Both companies sold their 50% stakes in Firefly to iBUS for INR45 million in a transaction due for closure within 30 days.
Find out more Myanmar enacts new cybersecurity law
10 January 2025
The military government in Myanmar has enacted a new cybersecurity law which imposes wide-ranging controls on the flow of information.
The military government has made several previous attempts to restrict online traffic. Users of most free VPN services found themselves unable to connect in May last year, and some people whose phones were found to have VPN apps were fined and detained.
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