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India wearable market falls as smartwatch sales slide
Wearables

India wearable market falls as smartwatch sales slide

India's wearable market slipped for a second year as smartwatch shipments slumped, even while earwear held up and offline retail gained ground.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2026
Poor product data costs Indian eCommerce ₹5,000 crore
Agricultural Technology

Poor product data costs Indian eCommerce ₹5,000 crore

Poor product data is costing Indian eCommerce about INR ₹5,000 crore a year in lost margins and returns, a new sector-wide study warns.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
ConvoZen unveils India-first multilingual AI voice stack
Unified Communications

ConvoZen unveils India-first multilingual AI voice stack

ConvoZen launches a unified multilingual AI voice stack for India, debuting Akshara and Ragini speech models tuned to real call-centre audio.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Blue Cloud showcases AI leadership at GrowthX 2026
Robotics

Blue Cloud showcases AI leadership at GrowthX 2026

Blue Cloud showcases enterprise-grade AI at GrowthX 2026, earning government honours and spotlighting India's deep-tech ambitions in Hyderabad.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Akai India launches direct online store for home tech
Customer Experience

Akai India launches direct online store for home tech

Akai India launches Akaiindia.in, a direct online store for smart TVs, appliances and audio, with up to 30% off and no-cost EMI offers.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Lockton India unveils AI-powered LocktonThrive platform
Fintech

Lockton India unveils AI-powered LocktonThrive platform

Lockton India launches LocktonThrive, an AI-powered platform unifying physical, mental, social and financial wellbeing into one interface.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026
Ai+ enters AIoT with NovaPods, NovaWatch via Flipkart
Wearables

Ai+ enters AIoT with NovaPods, NovaWatch via Flipkart

Ai+ pushes into India's AIoT arena with NovaPods earbuds and NovaWatch wearables via Flipkart, as it readies new Pulse 2, Nova 2 phones.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026

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AI & hyperscale to more than double data centre spend
Firewalls

AI & hyperscale to more than double data centre spend

AI and hyperscale build-outs will propel data centre networking spend from USD $55.64 billion in 2025 to USD $139.08 billion by 2031.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026
Lightstorm & Arrcus bring AI-ready networks to Asia-Pacific
Network Infrastructure

Lightstorm & Arrcus bring AI-ready networks to Asia-Pacific

Lightstorm and Arrcus team up to deliver AI-ready, policy-driven networking for distributed training and inference across Asia-Pacific.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026
Rakuten Symphony, Lightstorm team on sovereign NaaS
Virtualisation

Rakuten Symphony, Lightstorm team on sovereign NaaS

Rakuten Symphony and Lightstorm join forces to offer a sovereign NaaS platform for automated, compliant cloud-network services across MEA, India and APAC.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026
Global eSIM shipments surge as traditional SIMs endure
Unified Communications

Global eSIM shipments surge as traditional SIMs endure

Global eSIM shipments jumped 18% to 605m in 2025 as adoption widened across regions and devices, even as traditional SIMs held firm.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026
ECI buys Drypowder to boost ERP payments & AR tools
Software-as-a-Service

ECI buys Drypowder to boost ERP payments & AR tools

ECI acquires Drypowder to embed AI-driven AR and digital payments into its ERP platforms for construction and building materials users.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026
TerraPay & Raenest boost payouts to India, Philippines
Fintech

TerraPay & Raenest boost payouts to India, Philippines

TerraPay links its global payments network to Raenest to speed local-currency payouts to freelancers in India and the Philippines.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Denmark tops 2026 FM Resilience Index as Europe leads
DataCentre infrastructure

Denmark tops 2026 FM Resilience Index as Europe leads

Denmark tops FM's 2026 Resilience Index for a third year as Europe dominates the top 10 and all three United States zones miss out.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Denmark tops 2026 FM resilience ranking, India climbs
Disaster Recovery

Denmark tops 2026 FM resilience ranking, India climbs

Denmark tops FM's 2026 Resilience Index for a third year as Europe dominates the rankings and India makes broad-based gains across all zones.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
JMAN Group hires Daniel Ferguson as Associate Partner
Data Analytics

JMAN Group hires Daniel Ferguson as Associate Partner

JMAN Group appoints Daniel Ferguson Associate Partner as it bolsters leadership and accelerates data-led services for private equity clients.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026
Tariffs, AI, new trade routes reshape supply chains
Hyperscale

Tariffs, AI, new trade routes reshape supply chains

Tariff hikes, AI adoption and regional supply chains are redrawing global trade as firms diversify sourcing and tighten working capital.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026

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