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Telecom gear exports from India reach Rs 6,911 cr.

The Indian government said yesterday that telecom equipment worth Rs 6,911 crore has been successfully exported by companies participating in the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme as of May 31, 2023. Launched on February 24, 2021, the PLI scheme aims to bolster domestic manufacturing of specific telecom and networking products, includi...

AI players launch forum to regulate various models

Prominent players in the AI industry, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic, yesterday announced the formation of the Frontier Model Forum. The primary objective of this forum is to regulate the development of large machine learning models, with a ...

ChatGPT AI chatbot now on Android in India

OpenAI has recently made an exciting announcement regarding ChatGPT, their artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Users in India and several other countries can now download ChatGPT on their Android devices. The company revealed t...

Spotify beats Q2 expectations; says 572 mn listener-mark in sight

Streaming giant Spotify yesterday reported second-quarter results that comfortably beat expectations for both monthly active users and subscribers, and forecast the number of listeners each month would reach 572 million this quarter.

However, q...

WhatsApp expands channels, adds privacy features

WhatsApp, a messaging platform owned by Meta, has announced the expansion of its channels to several additional countries. The announcement was made on Twitter (now X).

The countries where WhatsApp Channels are being rolled out include Egypt, Chile, Malaysia, Morocco, Ukraine, ...

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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!