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Facebook Invests $5.7 Billion In Indian Conglomerate

Social network makes biggest acquisition since acquiring WhatsApp by purchasing 10 percent stake in Indian firm Reliance Industries

Coronvirus: Netflix Cuts Traffic To India

Streaming giant says it will reduce traffic to India by 25 percent as India declares total lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic

Indian Confirms Nuclear Power Station Hack

Well that’s a tad worrying…India confirms its newest nuclear power plant has suffered cyberattack

Kolkata Police Shut Down Scam Call Centres

Fraudsters convinced Devon man his computer had been taken over by a Russian criminal involved in trafficking guns, ammunition and hand grenades

Hackers ‘Wiped All Traces’ After £10m Bank Heist

The sophisticated attack on India’s second-largest bank was probably carried out by a state-backed hacking group, say analysts

Samsung Opens ‘World’s Biggest’ Smartphone Plant In India

With the new factory Samsung aims to boost sales in the world’s No. 2 smartphone market as well as exporting to Europe

MWC 2017: HPE, Tata To Construct Huge IoT Network In India

Tech giants partner to build ‘world’s largest’ IoT network to cover 400 million people in India

Microsoft Azure Links With India E-Commerce Giant Flipkart

Microsoft is to supply Flipkart with cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence services in a win over cloud rivals

BlackBerry Signs Licensing Agreement With India’s Optiemus

BlackBerry likely has its eye on a piece of the growing Indian economy

Google Station To Provide Free Wi-Fi Across India’s Public Hotspots

Facebook’s Internet.org project is about to get some competition in India

First Third Party Sailfish OS Smartphone Goes On Sale

The Intex Aqua Fish is released in India as Jolla seeks to expand the Sailfish OS ecosystem

Gartner: Smartphone Growth Will Continue To Slide In 2016

Although market saturation continues to slow growth, markets such as India and China will push sales to 1.5bn units this year

Alibaba Takes On AWS In India With Data Centre

AliCloud eyes Indian data centre build to compete with Western cloud expansion

ST Telemedia Buys Majority Stake In Tata’s Data Centre Business

£439m gets ST Telemedia 17 data centres across key Indian and Singaporean cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore

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MWC 2016: Facebook Will Continue India Internet.org Initiatives Despite Free Basics Ruling

Facebook CEO Zuckerberg: “In India we’ll focus on different programs. We want to work with all the operators there.”

World’s Cheapest Smartphone Launched, Costing Just £2.50

Cheaper than a pint of beer. Indian startup offers the world’s most affordable Android smartphone at just £2.56

Facebook Loses Free Basics Battle In India

India’s telecoms authority rules in favour of net neutrality, prohibiting service providers from offering discriminatory tariffs

Facebook Free Basics Suspended In Egypt

More trouble for Zuckerberg’s free internet access scheme as Egypt joins India in suspending it

Zuckerberg Defends ‘Free Basics’ In India

Facebook’s latest move follows the suspension of the controversial Free Basics progamme in India last week on net neutrality grounds

Facebook Free Internet Hits Indian Regulator Buffers

Net neutrality halts Facebook’s attempts to provide India with free Internet service

Is Facebook Hijackijng Net Neutrality In India?

Facebook rallies Indian users to lobby the country’s Internet authority on ‘Free Basics’

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UK To Help Set Up India Cyber-Security Centre

The two governments agreed on cyber-security and business deals during Prime Minister Modi’s first visit to the UK

India: A £1.3bn Data Centre Market

Boost in IaaS workloads and storage needs will drive data centre spend in the region

Microsoft, Google, Facebook Push Global Connectivity Agenda

Facebook outlines plans for refugee camp connectivity as Microsoft and Google chase after India

Google, Amazon Tussle For Tata Communications’ Data Centre Business

Google and Amazon amongst potential buyers in £450m data centre deal that would boost presence in giant Indian emerging cloud market

Cost-Conscious Mobile Users To Drive Dual-SIM Smartphone Growth

Researchers say demand from developing markets will grow market for dual-SIM devices to 514m units by 2016