Muted 5G bids expected as pvt. firms allowed to own spectrum

Govt. approves 5G spectrum auction; allows tech cos’ entry

The Indian government on Wednesday approved a proposal to conduct 5G spectrum auction by July-end, while stating that part of the bandwidth would be reserved for private captive networks to spur a new wave of innovations. Until now, according to Reuters, India's telecoms services have been run by specialist companies in a market dominated by ...


Airtel Xstream reaches two million paid subscribers mark; to double down on regional content strategy

Airtel Xstream to target 20mn paid subs; up regional content game

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has said its video streaming service, Airtel Xstream, has achieved a two million paid subscriber mark, demonstrating a strong pace of growth as an OTT aggregator platform.

Airtel Xstream offers a bouquet of OTT platforms to consumers across mobile and large screen formats.
“We are the fas...


Instagram to nudge teens away from harmful content

Instagram to nudge teens away from harmful content

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram said that teenage users on the platform will start to see nudges that will encourage them to switch to a different topic if they are repeatedly looking at the same type of content on Explore. This nudge is designed to encourage teens to discover something new and excludes certain topics that may be ...


Airtel launches its metaverse multiplex

Airtel launches its metaverse multiplex

Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider on Tuesday launched a multiplex on the Partynite metaverse platform. The Xstream multiplex is an extension of Airtel’s Xstream premium offering. Airtel’s Xstream multiplex will be a 20-screen platform with access to content from leading OTT partners available on the applicati...


Elon Musk to address Twitter employees on Thursday

Elon Musk to address Twitter employees on Thursday

Elon Musk will speak to Twitter Inc. employees this week for the first time at a company-wide meeting since launching his $44 billion bid in April, a source said, citing an email from Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal to staff.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, and Musk will...


Vi introduces SonyLIV Premium add-on pack

Vi introduces SonyLIV Premium add-on pack

Telecom service provider Vodafone Idea, has introduced the SonyLIV Premium add-on pack option for its postpaid users.

The new postpaid special pack offers 30-day access to SonyLIV premium content clubbed with 10GB of free data at a monthly subscription fee of Rs100, which gets added ...