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On 19 August 2025, Jio and Airtel, together holding 75% of the market, have discontinued their most affordable plans costing ₹249 for 1GB/day:

This move has hit rural and low-income households hardest, as many relied on these plans for basic connectivity.

The platform is trained on proprietary data, supported by an Innovate UK grant, and scans ownership structures, regulatory filings, and negative media. It applies behavioral analysis and pattern recognition to uncover links that might otherwise remain buried.

"The potential consequences of not having a modern and realistic data sovereignty strategy are acute. Loss of trust, financial damage and competitive disadvantage are possible outcomes that cannot be ignored. We recommend a hybrid approach to data sovereignty: start with a risk assessment across workloads, keep critical workloads sovereign, and use the public cloud for the rest. A balanced strategy optimises reducing risk while maintaining speed of innovation and organisational resilience," said Alex McMullan, Chief Technology Officer, International, Pure Storage.

This growth in traffic has been supported by rising internet penetration, higher smartphone adoption, and the growing popularity of OTT platforms, digital payments, and e-commerce.

In addition, regulatory measures such as the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, and guidelines from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) have further supported demand by encouraging data localisation.

Another major factor that will drive demand is AI adoption.

A change of guard is underway in Indian venture capital, as seasoned general partners (GPs) exit marquee funds to launch leaner, nimbler firms, ushering a generational churn in early-stage investing. The push by senior partners to go solo comes amid a broader reset in venture investing. Large exits have been sparse, and the artificial intelligence frenzy that has swept global markets has largely eluded India, leaving tech-focussed VCs in a state of uncertainty.

Sandhya Devanathan, who now heads Meta’s India and Southeast Asia region, said the region constitutes a large chunk of users for Meta platforms and demonstrated early successes even before the company started monetising WhatsApp.

India's pursuit of faster WiFi speeds faces delays as Department of Telecommunications (DoT) postpones the notification of rules for delicensing the lower 6 GHz spectrum band. This decision impacts the deployment of WiFi 6E and 7, promising tenfold speed increases.

Surveying more than 3,500 respondents across 33 cities, the study reveals that Reels now leads the short-form video space by a significant margin. A striking 92% of users indicated a preference for Reels over other formats, while 95% reported watching it daily—outpacing competing platforms by at least 12 percentage points.

Venture capital firm Accel is poised to realise one of India’s largest startup returns as home services platform Urban Company’s initial public offering (IPO) this week could deliver the investor nearly ₹1500 crore from a ₹ 70 crore bet made a decade ago.

 
The Gurugram-based firm’s 145.2 million shares, acquired at an average price of ₹3.77 each starting in 2015, are valued at approximately ₹1,500 crore at Urban Company’s IPO price band of ₹98-103 per share-- representing a 28.5-fold return.