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India govt. gets GSMA leadership award@MWC ‘23

The Indian government received the GSMA's 2023 'Government Leadership Award' at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 event in Barcelona, Spain, according to Union IT Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday. The GSMA is an organization that represents mobile operators and the global mobile industry. ISRO Successfully Test Fires Cryogenic Engine of Rocket ...

After layoffs, Zuckerberg wants 2023 to be ‘year of efficiency’

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg now want 2023 to be the "year of efficiency" after laying off 11,000 employees. "I just think we've entered somewhat of a phase change for the company," Zuckerberg said on his quarterly earnings call with analysts late Wednesday. He said that global headcount steadily climbe...

SC mulls legality of WhatsApp case as PDP Bill in the offing

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will examine whether it should consider now the plea challenging WhatsApp’s policy to share users’ data with parent company Facebook and others or it will be a mere “academic” exercise, after the Centre submitted that it was going to bring a Personal Data Protection Bill (PDP) in ...

Indian govt. blocks access to BBC documentary

The Centre has issued directions for blocking multiple YouTube videos and Twitter posts sharing links to the BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, sources said.

The directions were reportedly issued by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting...

SC refuses suspension of CCI penalty order on Android

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain the plea of US tech giant Google against an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refusing an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337 crore penalty on it.

A bench of Chief Justice DY Chand...

‘Pathaan’ ticket advance booking soon; HC for closed captions in OTT version

Even as advance bookings for Shah Rukh Khan’s much-anticipated movie ‘Pathaan’ opens on January 20, five days prior its theatrical release, a Delhi court has directed the film’s makers to ensure closed captioning and audio descriptions to smoothen the viewing on OTT platforms (as and when it happens) for vis...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!