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Musk launches enhanced X customer service

Elon Musk has announced that premium verified users on micro-blogging site X, formerly Twitter, can now send a direct message (DM) to the platform for support.

However, the response time will vary from X customer service executive...

Airtel, Vi sell stake in wi-fi infra firm Firefly

London-based Digital Infrastructure Accelerator (DIA), along with a Middle East-based fund, is buying a 100 percent stake in Airtel-Vodafone’s wifi joint venture Firefly Networks.

After the acquisition, according to a report in the Economic Times, the new owners will invest up to $10...

Jio Satcom’s plans unaffected by delay in SES service rollout

Luxembourg-based SES's decision to push back commercial services of its new O3b mPOWER satellite constellation amid technical snags won't impact its Indian joint venture partner Reliance Jio's upcoming broadband-from-space services launch plans as the latter has access to the global player's alternate satellite...

Instagram develops customisable ‘AI friend’ feature

Meta-owned Instagram might be developing an 'AI friend' feature that will let users create a friend as per their liking. According to a IANS repoert, the screenshots shared by app researcher Alessandro Paluzzi on X, u...

WhatsApp banned 71 lakh Indian accounts in Sept.

Meta-owned WhatsApp banned 71.1 lakh accounts during September in compliance with the IT Rules, according to the latest India monthly report released by the popular messaging platform. Out of them, 25.7 lakh accounts were proactively banned before any reports from users. An Indian account is identified vi...

Bharti Airtel CEO urges tariff increase in India

Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal on Wednesday said telecom tariffs in India are low and need to go up. He also asserted that the industry needs to become viable. Describing 5G as a “long haul", Vittal said that the company is not in any race to beat its drum on having the ...

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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!