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According to an analysis by niche news publisher BanklessTimes.com, Chile and Thailand follow Singapore closely with 200.01 and 189.64 Mbps, respectively. At the eighth position is the US with 151.21 Mbps speed. Hong Kong, Denmark, China, and Macau took the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh positions, respectively.

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"Airtel has been ahead of the curve on this front and already operates the largest undersea cable network out of India in addition to the biggest network of data centers. Our investment in SEA-ME-WE-6 is another step in our journey to future-proof our network and build large integrated capacities to enable India's digital ecosystem," Ajay Chitkara, Director and CEO, Airtel Business said.

Jio has entered into a multi-year capacity purchase agreement, with a total contract value of $100 million. Called 'Jio Space Technology Limited', the venture will use multi-orbit space networks that is a combination of geostationary (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellations capable of delivering multi-gigabit links and capacity to enterprises, mobile backhaul and retail customers across the length and breadth of India and neighbouring regions.

Launched in 2016, it was not free like Meta-owned Facebook's failed Free Basics programme, struck down by Indian courts for violating net neutrality, reports Engadget. Instead, it was designed to be inexpensive, starting at around 15 cents for 100MB or $5 for 20GB, the report said. Facebook partnered with satellite companies, internet service providers (ISPs) and others in places like India, South Africa and the Philippines.

Survey Revealed - "At least 38 per cent of those who needed health services during lockdown used online consultations/telemedicine. But most still relied on face-to-face," Among the people that needed to access healthcare services during the pandemic, 65 per cent of those with internet access were able to access healthcare while only 52 per cent without the internet were able to access healthcare.

The Internet speeds in India continue to witness an upward trend, taking the country to 70th (+3) and 122nd (+6) position in the global internet speed ranking based on fixed broadband and mobile download speeds, respectively, said US-based broadband speed tester Ookla.

In an interview with the BBC, he said that many countries are restricting the flow of information, and the model is often taken for granted. He didn’t refer to China directly but said: “None of our major products and services is available in China.”

Customers of HDFC Bank have been facing issues with the bank's mobile banking application during the day. "We are experiencing some issues on the MobileBanking App. We are looking into this on priority and will update shortly. Customers are requested to please use NetBanking to complete their transaction. Regret the inconvenience caused. Thank you," the bank said in tweet.

The technical glitch is likely to be from Fastly, a popular CDN provider. Fastly confirmed it was facing an outage on its status website. "Error 503 Service Unavailable," was the message that appeared on the affected websites. A content delivery network (CDN) refers to a geographically distributed group of servers that work together to provide fast delivery of Internet content.