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Jio at IMC 2025: AI, Safety and 6G Roadmap

Tech News & Insight
October 8, 2025
Hema Kadia

At India Mobile Congress 2025, Jio framed a broad agenda that ties devices, networks, AI skills, and safety into a national-scale digital strategy. The message from Jio’s chairman was clear: India’s telecom flywheel now spans the full value chain, from semiconductors and device platforms to fraud management and the next wave of 6G research. Telcos are shifting from pure connectivity to platform businesses that bundle devices, cloud access, security, and AI services. JioPC is positioned as an “AI-ready” computer that turns any screen into a managed endpoint, delivered through a subscription model.

Vi Protect: AI-Powered Network Security Debuts at IMC 2025

Tech News & Insight
October 8, 2025
Hema Kadia

Vodafone Idea (Vi) used India Mobile Congress 2025 to unveil Vi Protect, a network-integrated, AI-powered security suite aimed at stopping spam calls, fraudulent messages, and fast-moving cyber threats for both consumers and businesses. By moving detection into the network rather than relying on over-the-top apps, Vi is positioning security as a core service-level capability with lower latency, broader coverage, and tighter control. Unlike app-only caller ID and spam filtering, Vi Protect runs at the DNS, SMS, and voice gateway layers, combining AI models, web crawlers, and subscriber feedback loops. The operator says its systems have already intercepted more than 600 million scam and spam attempts.

AI, Automation, IoT, Security
Devices, GenAI, India, Investment, SMS, Vodafone
Telecom

Malaysia telcos federate GSMA Open Gateway Number Verification API

Tech News & Insight
September 25, 2025
Hema Kadia

Malaysia’s five mobile operators will federate a GSMA Open Gateway API to give banks and online retailers a consistent, cross-network tool to fight account takeovers and digital identity theft. CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile, Telekom Malaysia, and YTL Communications plan to provide federated access to the GSMA Open Gateway Number Verification API, based on the CAMARA standard. The API verifies a user’s mobile number against real-time network attributes, offering a more secure, low-friction alternative to SMS one-time passwords. Network-anchored verification provides silent, possession-based authentication that reduces user friction and closes common OTP exploits. Developers can integrate once and reach all participating Malaysian networks while each operator retains control of data, policy, and monetization.

API, Monetization, Orchestration, Security
CAMARA, CelcomDigi, Discovery, Ericsson, GSMA, Maxis, Policy, Singtel, SMS, Telekom Malaysia
Commerce

Secret Service Stops SIM‑Farm Telecom Security Threat Near UNGA

Tech News & Insight
September 23, 2025
Hema Kadia

As the U.N. General Assembly convened, U.S. authorities quietly removed a dense cluster of SIM servers and cards that investigators say could have overloaded mobile networks and disrupted emergency communications across the New York metro area. Investigators seized more than 300 SIM servers and roughly 100,000 SIM cards distributed across multiple sites within 35 miles of the United Nations complex. Mass device farms can generate signaling storms that overwhelm cell sites and the mobile core, similar in effect to a distributed denial-of-service attack.

5G, Security, Telco Cloud
3GPP, Cybersecurity, FCC, Firewall, GSMA, Mobility, Policy, SMS, Spectrum, T-Mobile, Verizon
Telecom

Indonesia Telcos Telkomsel, IOH, and XLSMART API Alliance (CAMARA) Boosts Security

Tech News & Insight
September 23, 2025
Hema Kadia

Indonesia’s three leading mobile players – Telkomsel, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH), and XLSMART -have formed a joint Telco API Alliance to standardize network-exposed APIs and harden the country’s digital ecosystem against fraud. The alliance commits all three operators to a common telco API protocol aligned with CAMARA, the open-source, Linux Foundation–hosted API project supported by the GSMA Open Gateway initiative. The initial roll-out centers on customer protection and fraud prevention—areas where network signals offer high value. SIM Swap detection flags recent SIM changes, a leading indicator of account takeover risk.

API, IoT, Monetization, Security
CAMARA, FinTech, Gaming, GSMA, Linux Foundation, Partnerships, Policy, Signal, SMS, Telkomsel
Commerce

iPhone RCS Launches in Korea with SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus

Tech News & Insight
September 22, 2025
Hema Kadia

Korea’s three national carriers have enabled Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhones via Apple’s recent iOS update, bringing Android–iOS parity for default messaging to a market long dominated by OTT apps. SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus now support RCS for iPhone users across Korea, extending capabilities that previously existed only on Android. RCS on iPhone is available on iPhone 11 series and newer models running the latest iOS update, with activation dependent on carrier support and user settings. Users gain modern chat features including group messaging with up to 100 Android participants, read receipts, typing indicators, replies, and support for richer media.

Devices
Apple, Devices, GSMA, KT, LG Uplus, OTT, Policy, SMS
Education, Retail, Telecom

AT&T Tests AI Receptionist to Block Spam Calls

Tech News & Insight
September 17, 2025
Hema Kadia

AT&T is testing a carrier-grade call-screening assistant that answers unknown calls on your behalf and filters out likely robocalls before your phone ever rings. The operator is trialing an AI “digital receptionist” with select customers that intercepts calls from numbers you don’t recognize, asks the caller to identify themselves and their purpose, and then decides whether to connect, take a message, or end the call. Because the service runs in AT&T’s network, it can also consider patterns from your calling history to recognize frequent contacts and allow them through automatically.

AI
Apple, ATT, Devices, Google, SMS, T-Mobile, Verizon
HealthCare

Space42 and Viasat’s Equatys NTN D2D on Largest MSS Spectrum

Tech News & Insight
September 17, 2025
Hema Kadia

Space42 and Viasat plan to form Equatys, a joint venture designed to deliver standards-based Direct-to-Device (D2D) connectivity to smartphones and IoT devices over a unified satellite–terrestrial network. The partners intend to launch a 3GPP Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) platform that integrates with 5G networks and works with unmodified handsets and IoT modules. The companies say Equatys will aggregate well over 100 MHz of harmonized Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) spectrum already assigned across more than 160 markets, describing it as the largest coordinated block available for this purpose. Equatys positions itself as a neutral “space tower” operator that multiple licensed service providers can share.

5G, IoT, Satellite & NTN, Sustainability
3GPP, Broadband, Devices, Investment, Mobility, Neutral Host, Policy, SMS, Spectrum, Viasat
Agriculture

KT data breach exposes IMSI, payments at risk

Tech News & Insight
September 11, 2025
Hema Kadia

KT disclosed that IMSI information for 5,561 subscribers may have been exposed in connection with a wave of fraudulent mobile payments starting August 27, concentrated in parts of southwestern Seoul. As of midweek, authorities tallied 278 unauthorized transactions totaling roughly 170 million won. KT reported the incident to the Personal Information Protection Commission and the Korea Internet & Security Agency, notified impacted users, and pledged compensation. A government special team has begun a coordinated probe, and the science minister publicly pressed KT to cooperate fully and restore trust.

5G, AI, RAN, Security
3GPP, Devices, eSIM, Investment, KT, LTE, Mobility, Policy, SMS
Commerce, Telecom

DoT Blacklists Entities for Sending 10,000+ Scam Messages

News
May 28, 2024
Hema Kadia

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) have blacklisted eight entities for sending over 10,000 scam messages, as part of ongoing efforts to combat cybercrime. Key measures include forming committees, separating number series for calls, and implementing AI-based detection systems.