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Oppo has a plan to end its global patent fight with Nokia

Oppo and Nokia have been in a 5G patent dispute for over two years. One consequence of the disagreement was Oppo being blocked from selling its devices in Europe. Now, Oppo has urged Nokia to follow the global 5G royalty rates set by a Chinese local court and put an end to their patent-fee feud.
The dispute between the two companies over global licensing fees was taken to the Chongqing First Intermediate People’s Court. The court recently ruled in favor of Oppo, setting lower royalty rates for Nokia’s standard essential patents for 2G to 5G technologies.
Oppo has welcomed the
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You can now watch Ayodhya Ram Mandir morning Aarti live daily

National broadcaster Doordarshan has good news for Lord Ram Devotees. Doordarshan has announced that it will telecast live the morning prayers offered to the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya every day.
Doordarshan has shared the same in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Doordarshan said that the morning aarti offered to Ram Lalla will be telecast live on DD National every morning from 6:30 am. The national broadcaster said that the decision to telecast the morning aarti live every day was taken with the aim of connecting devotees of Lord Ram, especially after the temple
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Affle: Affle files 15 patents in India, strengthens its global tech IP portfolio

Affle (India) Limited has announced the filing of 15 patents in India. These newly filed patents cover advanced artificial intelligence (AI) subject areas, including automated AI agents, personalization & recommendation, predictive analysis, privacy management, enhanced fraud detection and security.
These patents aim to power innovations across futuristic use cases of interaction, training and integration of Generative AI agents and leveraging advanced AI-driven capabilities across the value chain for responsible conversion-driven marketing. The technology is said to enable newer use cases beyond mobile- based interaction to include signals and intelligent interactions across connected devices. These filings also include patents towards data
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DRDO develops anti-drone tech, BEL and other private companies to work on it

The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) recently sought interest from companies to develop anti-drone technology. Now, a report by The Hindu has revealed that DRDO has asked BELL, Larsen and Toubro, and Adani Group to develop the tech. In its expression of interest, DRDO detailed how anti-drone technology works and why it is needed.
“To mitigate and negate the impact of drones, there is a requirement to develop and deploy counter drone systems for detection, deterrence and destruction of incoming drone threats,” said DRDO in the EOI letter.
As per DRDO, considering the unique nature of drones in
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Telefónica Germany, Nokia, AWS claim 5G cloud core first

  • O2 Telefónica says “selected customers” will be able to benefit from the cloud core when using the operator’s standalone 5G network

  • The operator aims to move “at least 30-40%” of its customer base by 2025-2026

  • A Reuters report suggested that O2 Telefónica first worked with AWS and Sweden-based Ericsson, and then swapped to Nokia and AWS

Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Telefónica) hailed what it described as a first for an existing telecoms operator: the launch of a new 5G core network that is built entirely in the cloud, specifically the AWS cloud. O2’s 5G Cloud Core uses cloud-native 5G core architecture

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Ocean Network Express and Ancotrans reduce CO2 emissions with first FH e-Trucks in Hamburg region

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Apple iPhone 15 Series Will Be Manufactured By Tata Group In India

Homegrown conglomerate Tata Group could become the fourth assembler for Apple iPhone 15 series in India. The other assemblers of the iPhone 15 lineup will be the biggest Apple contract manufacturer Foxconn along with Luxshare and Pegatron while the fourth manufacturer will be Tata Group, the first local Indian manufacturer, according to market research firm TrendForce. Tata Group will assemble a small chunk of the iPhone 15 series models in India. The conglomerate has recently acquired Wistron, so it has now got the company’s India iPhone production line.

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Nokia, Alcon strike mining private network deal

Mining company Sigma Lithium inked a deal with Nokia and systems integrator Alcon to install a private LTE campus network to support its operations, a deployment expected to improve worker safety and productivity.

The network will be used to connect 200 employees and support a range of industrial applications at a mining site in Brazil, with the aim of boosting productivity and creating operational efficiencies.

Workers will be connected to the network through certified rugged devices and use a range of applications based-on industrial edge computing to improve safety and increase productivity. Apps to be supported include voice and video

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