Bharti Airtel says satcom not a threat to telcos

Bharti Telecom to buy 3.33% Airtel stake from Singtel

Bharti Airtel promoter, Bharti Telecom will buy a 3.33 percent stake from Singtel for S$2.25 billion or about Rs. 12,895 crore in 90 days. Bharti Group chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal's family, and Singtel own Bharti Telecom (BTL). "Singtel and its affiliates have agreed to transfer 3.33 percent shares to BTL for an aggregate amount of S$2.2...


Delhi HC dismisses FB, Whatsapp appeal on CCI probe

Delhi HC dismisses FB, Whatsapp appeal on CCI probe

The Delhi high court dismissed the appeals of WhatsApp and Facebook on Wednesday against an order rejecting their challenge to a probe ordered by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) into the instant messaging platform’s updated privacy policy of 2021. A bench of Chief Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Subra...


ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD. elevates Sanjeev Agarwal as COO

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT elevates Sanjeev Agarwal as COO

ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT LTD. (OIL) the subsidiary of NXTDigital Limited (NDL), the media vertical of the global conglomerate, Hinduja Group, has elevated Sanjeev Agarwal as Chief Operating Officer (COO). NXTDigital made this announcement via a LinkedIn post, 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗲𝗲𝘃 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗹, Mumbai-based broadband industry executive ...


Snap agree to pay $35mn over illegal data

Snap agree to pay $35mn over illegal data

Snap, the parent company of photo-sharing platform Snapchat, has reached a $35 million settlement with the state of Illinois in the US in a class-action lawsuit over illegal user data collection. The lawsuit alleged that Snapchat's filters and lenses violated the state's Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). The company stored "biometr...


Yahoo elevates Sebastian Graham as Director - Native APAC

Yahoo elevates Sebastian Graham as Director – Native APAC

Yahoo has elevated Sebastian Graham to Director of Native APAC. In his new role, Graham will oversee the strategy for native advertising through Yahoo’s unified ad tech stack in APAC. His remit will include strengthening Yahoo native ad product capabilities to suit APAC’s marketing landscape while building on strategic and technical global...


Instagram to put ads in user search results

Instagram tests disappearing-pix feature

Meta-owned platform Instagram has announced testing a new feature called ‘Candid challenges’, which works similar to the BeReal app, a social media app launched in 2020. According to The Hindu, Instagram is not testing the ability externally. The feature was spotted by engineer Alessandro Paluzzi. The ability p...