Telecom Sector, April News Roundup

✓ Airtel signs Rs.7,636 crore deal with Nokia to get ready for 5G era 
✓ BSNL to revise Rs 9,000 crore worth tender for 4G gear purchase 
✓ India`s electronics manufacturing can gain from China`s loss, says Prasad 
✓ RIL doubles down on its debt reduction plan with proposed rights issue 
✓ JioMart and Whatsapp will empower 3 crore small Kirana shops: Mukesh Ambani 
✓ After Facebook deal, Jio's valuation higher than RIL's legacy business 
✓ Facebook deal to help RIL to be debt-free by March 2021: Credit Suisse 
✓ Facebook-Jio collaboration unlikely to help Whatsapp Pay rollout 
✓ Jio Platforms to use Rs.28,000 crore from Facebook to redeem RIL OCPS, cut debt
✓ WhatsApp looks at lending after payments nod 
✓ Airtel $1 billion India 4G deal brings respite to Nokia after China 5G defeat 
✓ Nokia quarterly revenue to get 5G boost before coronavirus impact felt 
✓ Entry level, refurbished smartphones to be in focus, once sales resume 
✓ After Zoom, research finds Microsoft Teams vulnerable to cyber attacks 
✓ Google Cloud plans to acquire enterprise cloud software firm D2iQ: Report 
✓ Google parent Alphabet sees growth despite Covid-19 pandemic; shares jump 
✓ Govt relaxes `work from home` connectivity norms for IT, BPO firms till July-end 
✓ Oracle wins cloud computing deal with Zoom as video calls surge 
✓ DROR partners with MobiKwik to launch first-ever 'Social Distancing Contest' 
✓ Huawei India inks pact with AI-based Xploree app for smartphones 
✓ Trai moots review of BARC structure, data collection methods 
✓ Govt working on Aarogya Setu App for feature phones 
✓ Paytm First Games registers 5 million app downloads amidst Covid-19 lockdown 
✓ WhatsApp officially launches eight-person group video calling

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