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Airtel beats quarterly profit estimates as ARPUs go up

Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, beat quarterly profit estimates yesterday, helped by a continued boost in its revenue per user from last year's price hikes and a growing subscriber base.

The company reported a consolidated net profit of Rs. 110.22 billion ($1....

Armed with LoI, Starlink moves a step closer to Indian reality

Having secured the Letter of Intent from the Telecom Department and agreed to security norms for offering satcom services, Starlink will now have to formally sign acceptance of the terms and conditions of the agreement and pay the stipulated entry fee to procure the licence, according to sources.

Tata Play Binge adds BBC Player to its platform

In a major content boost for lovers of British entertainment, Tata Play Binge has announced its latest collaboration with BBC Player, offering viewers across India access to globally celebrated shows, documentaries, kids' content and more. With this addition, Tata Play Binge continues to raise the bar on premium streaming content by bringing a w...

Jio leads telco pack adding 22 lakh subs in March, followed by Airtel

Reliance Jio cemented its lead in the Indian telecom market adding 21.74 lakh wireless subscribers in March, while Bharti Airtel's monthly gains were at 12.50 lakh users, according to data released yesterday by telecom regulator ...

India eyes global leadership in 6G technology: Scindia

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday asserted that India is no longer merely catching up with the world in the telecom space, but is now ready to lead it—particularly in 6G technology. Calling the country's 5G rollout “monumental”, Scindia said India’s progress in digital infrastructure is setting global standards and carving a path of...

Tata Play, Airtel merger talks off

Tata Group’s Tata Play and Bharti Airtel’s subsidiary Bharti Telemedia Ltd. have mutually decided to terminate discussions regarding a potential merger aimed at expanding their Direct To Home (DTH) operations. The announcement was made through an exchange filing by Bharti Airtel on Saturday, May 3, As per a report earlier published by The Econom...

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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!