Tag: DoT

Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders

Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...

Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze

Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
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DoT Launches FRI to Flag Fraud-Prone Mobile Numbers

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has introduced a new analytical tool—Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI)—to strengthen cyber fraud prevention across India’s financial ecosystem. Developed...

DoT and WhatsApp Unite Against Telecom Fraud

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and WhatsApp have joined forces to expand Meta’s ‘Scam Se Bacho’ initiative, a campaign aimed at protecting users from...

Government Plans New PLI Scheme for Telecom Components

The Indian government is developing a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to accelerate the localisation of non-electronic components used in the manufacturing of key telecom...