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Lightstorm announces strategic partnership with Global GTS Tech
Mumbai: Lightstorm, a leading digital infrastructure player with innovative network connectivity solutions, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Global GTS Tech, a renowned managed service provider with a key focus on global connectivity, data center, cloud, IoT and analytics to deliver exceptional value and unparalleled connectivity to customers worldwide.
Through this collaboration, Lightstorm and Global GTS Tech aim to leverage their industry expertise to revolutionise the way businesses connect to the cloud, leveraging their industry insights to bring Polarin by Lightstorm to the market for businesses who require seamless, flexible and scalable networking capabilities to meet the demands of the digital age.
Polarin is a software-defined NaaS network, built on a stable, agile & efficient network, trusted by hyperscalers. It enables businesses to transform their capabilities by providing them with scalable interconnectivity across hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure, internet exchanges, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and various SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365. Polarin houses a pre-connected network to all major cloud players and 55+ data centers and enables point-and-click network provisioning within minutes instead of months taken in a traditional network. Polarin offers unparalleled control and visibility over network design and deployment. With its flexible billing options such as pay-as-you-go, customers can avail lock-in-free services; you pay only for what you use.
Commenting on the partnership, Polarin by Lightstorm general manager & head of business Prasanna C expressed enthusiasm for the partnership, saying, “We are thrilled to partner with Global GTS Tech. Their reputation as a top-notch managed service provider aligns seamlessly with our commitment to providing cutting-edge networking solutions. Together, we are well-positioned to help businesses adapt, grow, and succeed in the digital era. We look forward to a fruitful association.”
Global GTS Tech managing director Sibi Rajan shared, “We are excited to announce our partnership with Lightstorm, a global entity backed by I-Squared Capital. This partnership marks a significant milestone in disrupting digital technology with an innovative and future-ready NaaS platform, Polarin.
The Lightstorm-GTS synergy will enable us to tap the Global network-as-a-service market, which is projected to grow from $11.64 billion in 2022 to $80.73 billion in 2029 at a CAGR of 31.9 per cent during the 2022-2029 period. Factors such as increased adoption of cloud technology from BFSI and IT & telecommunication along with an increasing portfolio of services will boost the growth of the market during the forecasted period. Additionally, increased adoption of technology by SMEs and large-scale organizations will increase the footprint of the market.”
Polarin by Lightstorm displays a range of pre-configured and tested service offerings on a consumption-based subscription model designed to drive network consumption infrastructure on demand, such a unique offering has hit the market for the first time in India which by itself, is a game changer.
SEOUL: In the eternal battle between gamers demanding lightning-fast refresh rates and professionals craving pixel-perfect clarity, LG Display reckons it has found détente. The South Korean display titan is unveiling the world’s first 27-inch 4K OLED monitor panel that marries an RGB stripe structure with a blistering 240Hz refresh rate—a combination previously thought incompatible, like oil and water or fashion and function.
The breakthrough lies in how the pixels are arranged. RGB stripe structure lines up red, green and blue subpixels in neat rows, banishing the colour bleeding and fringing that plague lesser screens when you park your nose close to the display. It is the difference between reading crisp text and squinting at a rainbow-tinged mess. OLED panels using this method existed before, but they topped out at a sluggish 60Hz—fine for spreadsheets, useless for fragging opponents in first-person shooters.
LG Display’s engineering wizardry changes the game. By cranking the refresh rate to 240Hz whilst maintaining that pristine RGB stripe layout, the company has produced a panel that works equally well for colour-critical design work and twitchy gaming sessions. Better still, the panel incorporates Dynamic Frequency & Resolution technology, letting users toggle between ultra-high-definition at 240Hz and full-HD at a frankly ludicrous 480Hz. That is fast enough to make your eyeballs sweat.
The specs are suitably impressive: 160 pixels per inch for exceptional detail, optimised performance for Windows and font-rendering engines, and colour accuracy that should please the Photoshop brigade. LG Display achieved this by boosting the aperture ratio—the percentage of each pixel that actually emits light—and applying what it coyly describes as “various new technologies.” Translation: years of R&D and probably some sleepless nights.
Existing high-end gaming OLED monitors have relied on RGWB structures (which add a white subpixel) or triangular RGB arrangements. Both work, but neither delivers the sharpness that professionals demand. LG Display’s new stripe pattern is tailored specifically for monitor use, a recognition that staring at a screen from two feet away demands different engineering than watching telly from across the room.
The company is betting big on this technology, targeting the high-end monitor market where it already commands roughly 30 per cent of global OLED panel production. Among gaming OLED panels in mass production, LG Display claims world-leading specs across refresh rate, response time and resolution—a trifecta that sounds like marketing bluster until you check the numbers.
“Technology is the foundation of leadership in the rapidly growing OLED monitor market,” says LG Display head of the large display business unit Lee Hyun-woo. He promises to keep pushing “differentiated technologies compared to competitors”—corporate-speak for staying ahead of Chinese rivals snapping at LG’s heels.
The new panel will debut at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, where LG Display plans to woo customers and expand its lineup. Initial rollout targets high-end gaming and professional monitors, the sweet spot where people actually pay premiums for superior screens rather than settling for whatever came with their laptop.
Whether this technology reshapes the monitor market or remains a niche luxury depends on two things: pricing and production scale. But for now, LG Display has pulled off something rare—a genuine technical leap that solves a real problem. Gamers get their speed, designers get their clarity, and LG gets bragging rights. In the cutthroat world of display tech, that counts as a win.
