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TRAI to organise global regulators’ roundtable & emerging b’cast trends meet

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will be hosting two events mid-October in Delhi --- a global regulators’ roundtable and a symposium on ‘Emerging Trends and Technologies in Broadcasting Sector’ --- that promise to bring forth interesting discussions around present regulatory regime and environment in ...

TRAI directs telco providers to curb misuse of messaging services from Sept.1

The Centre on Tuesday mandated access service providers to take concrete measures to curb misuse of messaging services, effective September 1. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TR...

TRAI starts consultation on b’cast, cable services audit provisions

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released a consultation paper yesterday, addressing the audit-related provisions of the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017, as well as the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Digital Addressable Systems Au...

Jammu & Kashmir may soon have private FM radio station

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) yesterday released a consultation paper on ‘Reserve Prices for Auction of FM Radio Channels’, which highlights that the FM network will be expanded to 18 additional cities and towns...

Jio, Airtel gain 34.4 lakh mobile users in May: TRAI

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel cumulatively raised their wireless subscriber tally by 34.4 lakh users in May, while Vodafone Idea continued to witness a fall in its user base, data released yesterday by TRAI showed.

TRAI removes NCF ceiling; ups DPO bouquet discounts; suggests tech upgrades to FreeDish

Amongst a slew of recommendations to the government, telecom and broadcast regulator TRAI yesterday issued a new set of tariff regulations, which removed earlier ceiling on network capacity fees and allows DPOs to offer bouquet discount up to 45 percent, while separately suggesting major tech upgrades to pubcaster Do...

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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!