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A bug caused global Internet shutdown

A bug caused global Internet shutdown

Fastly Inc., the company behind a major global Internet outage this week, said on Wednesday the incident was caused by a bug in its software that was triggered when one of its customers changed their settings.

Tuesday’s outage raised questions about the reliance of the Internet on a ...

ICC, BharatPe announce branding partnership

ICC, BharatPe announce branding partnership

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with BharatPe, India’s leading financial services company, for merchants from 2021 to 2023.

The agreement will ensure BharatPe’s involvement and integration at all ICC events throug...

Indian Railways gets 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz band

Indian Railways gets 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz band

With an aim to increase passengers safety and provide secure voice, video and data communication services for operational and security applications, a proposal was cleared to allot Indian Railways 5 MHz spectrum in 700 MHz band.

With this spectrum, the Indian Railways envisages to pr...

World #2 Medvedev says French Open favoured streamer Amazon

World #2 Medvedev says French Open favoured streamer Amazon

World number two tennis player Daniil Medvedev said French Open organisers "preferred Amazon to people" by scheduling his quarter-final match against Stefanos Tsitsipas in Tuesday's night session, when fans are unable to attend due to a COVID-19 curfew.

Amazon (Prime Video) has exclu...

India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has said it suspended the registration of about 276 MSOs in April, though the reasons were not publicly outlined. However, the MIBs also stated that despite the latest action, the total number of MSOs in the country stood at 1761 at the end of April 2022. The number includes MSOs whose registrations were suspended. From the data put on the website of the Ministry, it is not clear whether the MSOs whose registrations got suspended could get back to delivering normal services as and when the objections raised by the government were addressed and anomalies in the registrations were rectified. A few of the suspended MSOs --- as highlighted by the MIB --- did change the structure of their companies from partnership to proprietorship entities. The list of suspended MSOs could be viewed on the MIB website at https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/List%20of%20Registered%20MSOs%20as%20on%2030.04.2022.pdf. There were four MSOs whose registrations were cancelled/surrendered during the month of April. The applications of Shivam Cable & Broadband Private Limited of East Medinipur in West Bengal and Gujrata State's Bhuj-based Rallyon Technology were rejected by the MIB owing to suppression of vital information. In March 2022 also MIB had rejected the application of two MSOs as they had withheld relevant information from the government. The registration of Panduranga Cable Network of Telengana was cancelled in April 2022 due to non-operation. Ditto for Karnataka’s RK Digital Cable TV Network. As per a government order of 2017, all registered MSOs, unless indicated in the registration order specifically, can operate anywhere in India.

Indian govt. bans Hope TV for a month

The Indian government has issued a stern warning to TV channel Hope TV for failing in its financial obligations towards licence fees and suspended the channel’s broadcast for a month. The government has also directed the distribution platforms to desist from carrying the offending channel on their networks failing which action could be taken ...