On October 19, NITI Aayog—the Indian government’s policy think tank—and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the establishment of a cutting-edge Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), focused on addressing societal challenges through digital innovation. This center is AWS’s first CIC in India and its first globally established in partnership with a national-level government agency. Through this collaboration, the center gains access to the full suite of AWS’s frontier technologies—including computing, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile services, security, hybrid cloud, virtual and augmented reality, media, and application development, deployment, and management.
India’s smartphone shipments rebounded in the third quarter of this year, rising 8% year-on-year to 50 million units—the highest single-quarter shipment volume in India’s smartphone history. Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, Realme, and Oppo ranked among the top five vendors. Chinese brands accounted for 76% of smartphone shipments this quarter, up from 74% year-on-year.
As of end-July, India’s total telecom subscriber base stood at 1.164 billion, an increase of 3.48 million subscribers from the previous month. Mobile subscribers rose by 3.48 million to reach 1.144 billion, while fixed-line subscribers edged up by 10,000 to 19.82 million. As of end-July, India’s broadband subscriber base totaled 705.4 million, comprising 20.13 million fixed-line connections and 685.27 million wireless connections. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), 7.53 million users applied for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in July, bringing the cumulative number of MNP applications since implementation to 504.57 million. As of end-July, the number of active wireless subscribers stood at 955.82 million.
Last updated: 2026-03-08