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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 ...

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...

Jio Platforms net profit up 25.7% in Jan-Mar quarter

RIL’s digital arm Jio Platform on Friday posted a 25.7 per cent increase in profit after tax to Rs 7,022 crore in the last quarter of the 2024-25 financial year mainly on account of growth in average revenue per user. The company had registered a profit a...

Jio captures a massive 85% share of India’s 5G fixed wireless market

In a commanding stride that further cements its dominance in India’s telecom landscape, Reliance Jio has seized a whopping 85 percent share of the country’s 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market. As per the latest industry figures reported by The Economic Times,

Telecom subs base up marginally; Trai withholds updated b’band data

Telecom user base in the country increased marginally to 119 crore in January with Airtel leading the chart in new subscriber additions across wireline and mobile segments, according to a Trai report released yesterday. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) for the second time did not release updated broadband subscribers data in m...

Airtel app gets smarter with Indian languages

Bharti Airtel has rolled out a significant update to its mobile app, introducing support for multiple Indian languages and a suite of new features aimed at enhancing user experience. In a press release issued by the company, Airtel said the refreshed app is ...

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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!