VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

5G is far more than just another mobile generation to expect in 2021:  5G   is one of the biggest, most complex technological challenges of the past decade. This is the world's next great tipping point - when   mobile technologies   will become as inseperable from our lives as electricity, and as fundamental as the automobile. 5G is a complete paradigm shift.The global standard for 5G (fi h generation) mobile network, developed by   3GPP . First-generation wireless allowed voice communication, followed by 2G which added text and 3G which enabled basic computing. 4G unleashed higher data speeds which allowed for greater mobile web access, gaming, high-definition video streaming, and more. 5G is even more powerful, with average download speeds of more than one gigabyte per second. That’s about 20 times faster than 4G. 5G is not widely available in U.S. just yet, and there aren’t very many people who even own devices capable of connecting to the ultra-fast network....

IUC Regime For Domestic Voice Calls Comes To An End:  As per directions of the Hon’ble   Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (“TRAI”) , Bill and Keep regime is being implemented in the country from 1st January 2021, thereby ending   interconnect usage charges (IUC)   for all domestic voice calls. Honouring its commitment to revert off-net domestic voice-call charges to zero, as soon as IUC charges are abolished, Jio will once again make all off-net domestic voice calls free, starting 1st January 2021. On-net domestic voice calls have always been free on the   Jio network .   For context, in September 2019, when TRAI extended the timeline for implementation of the Bill & Keep regime beyond 1st January 2020, Jio was left with no option but to start charging its customers for offnet voice calls, at a rate exactly equivalent to the applicable IUC charge. While doing so, Jio had assured its users that this charge would continue only till the time TRAI abol...

In 2020 Cyber crime has costs $49 Billion to Russian citizens and companies: Sberbank:  As per   Sberbank, Russia’s largest lender , cyber attacks have cost up to 3.6 trillion roubles ($49 billion) to the citizens and companies of the country.   In an effort to crack down the shadow economy, Russia has encouraged its citizens to switch to bank cards and limit cash use but crimes related to bank cards have shot up by 500% this year, as estimated by the interior ministry.   As per the news source,  Stanislav Kuznetsov, Sberbank’s Deputy Chairman , who oversees security and services said that private business and ordinary Russians were the main targets of cyber attacks, as the state security services are better protected.   “The private sector is the most vulnerable: everything from the clients’ accounts to financial data and tender documents are targeted: there are 2.3 million darknet accounts operating in Russian and offering the stolen data,” he said. ...

Zuoyebang bags $1.6 billion from investors like Alibaba:  Zuoyebang   has announced raising a $1.6 billion Series E+ from investors including   Alibaba Group . Other participants included returning investors   Tiger Global Management ,   SoftBank Vision Fund ,   Sequoia Capital China   and   FountainVest Partners .   Zuoyebang’s latest announcement comes just six months after it announced a $750 million Series E led by Tiger Global and FountainVest. The latest financing brings Zuoyebang’s total raised so far to $2.93 billion. The company did not disclose its latest worth, but Reuters reported in September that it was raising at a $10 billion valuation.   One of Zuoyebang’s main competitors is Yuanfudao, which announced in October that it had reached a $15.5 billion valuation after closing a $2.2 billion round led by Tencent. This pushed Yuanfudao ahead of Byju as the world’s most valuable edtech company. Another popular online learning a...

Akamai observes internet traffic growth to ease to pre-pandemic levels in 2021:  As per   Akamai Technologies Inc. , the global internet traffic growth is likely to ease to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 which was fuelled by the lockdown in 2020.   As per news source,  Tom Leighton, Chief Executive at the Global Content Delivery Network  said that while a lot of changes-preference for e-commerce and remote working-could become permanent, overall internet traffic growth would stabilise. “Our business was geared to supporting this, and we have accelerated our efforts,” he said.   Though things start to normalise next year, Leighton expects new areas to drive growth in internet traffic. According to him, remote learning will get more popular, as will online collaboration.   “Things we are seeing now will become much more permanent. For instance, It will be a long time before you have 1,000 people packed into a room for a marketing event,” said Leig...