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Reliance Communications’ Falcon Cable System becomes operational
MUMBAI: Reliance Communications owned Falcon Undersea Cable System has started its operational from today unleashing international bandwidth between India, Middle East and Europe.
The Flag Telecom Global Network would be the world’s largest undersea cable system covering 65,000 route kms, with the launch of Falcon. The current bandwidth on India-Europe route is controlled by VSNL and Bharti.
“Falcon will have an equally powerful impact on the economic front, driving higher levels of trade, commerce and global integration,” Reliance ADA chairman Anil Ambani said.
The vision at Reliance ADA group is to ‘give millions of ordinary people across the world the means to realize their dreams, the power to shape their destiny, the chance to fulfill their true and diverse potential,” Ambani added.
The Flag Global Network bridges the distance between 35 diverse developed and developing economies, connecting the global economic hubs in USA, UK, Germany, France, Middle East, India, Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Japan to name a few.
The Company’s Flag is the first global network of this scale to provide integrated connectivity on one seamless network to the three highest growing regions; India, Middle East and China; in terms of international bandwidth demand.
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Eternal teams up with OpenAI to supercharge AI across Zomato and Blinkit
Collaboration targets merchant tools, partner assistants and internal automation via Stitch platform.
MUMBAI: Eternal isn’t just ordering food, it’s ordering up a major AI upgrade. The company behind Zomato, Blinkit, District, Hyperpure, Feeding India and AI-native venture Nugget has joined forces with OpenAI to weave advanced AI deeper into its sprawling commerce ecosystem. The partnership taps OpenAI’s Enterprise API to deploy models across Eternal’s apps, partner platforms and internal systems. Key focus areas include AI-assisted workflows for merchants and delivery partners, contextual AI assistants embedded in partner portals, next-gen search and discovery experiments, and accelerated product iteration at Nugget.
Internally, Eternal is eyeing OpenAI’s latest coding models including GPT-5.3-Codex to power Stitch, its in-house automation and developer orchestration platform. Stitch already handles end-to-end automation across engineering and non-engineering teams, the integration aims to slash manual work, speed up shipping and streamline complex workflows.
The collaboration extends to a structured Partner Upskilling Program, rolling out advanced AI tools and assistants to Eternal’s restaurant and delivery partner network to boost operational efficiency, compliance and decision-making.
Eternal, Group CEO Albinder Dhindsa captured the excitement, “From high leverage areas like software development to real on-ground implications of influencing operations, we are learning about the evolving implementations of newer and developing tools in the AI landscape. We are happy that this collaboration with OpenAI will open up even more surface area for us to learn and innovate.”
OpenAI International managing director Oliver Jay added, “Eternal operates at a meaningful scale across consumer and partner platforms. We are excited to support their teams in applying AI advancements to real-world systems, from AI-native ventures to partner-facing initiatives.”
In a market where speed, scale and smarts define winners, this tie-up positions Eternal to turn everyday orders into smarter, faster experiences, one AI prompt at a time. Whether you’re swiping for dinner or delivering it, the future just got a little more intelligent.
