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Spotify faces backlash after pornographic content appears in search results

Music streaming giant Spotify has landed in hot water as users report finding explicit sexual content in search results, sparking debates over the platform's content moderation policies. The controversy surfaced when a Reddit user shared a screenshot revealing pornographic material listed among suggested results for the rapper M.I.A. Spotify ...

Telcos 2025 worries: fleeing customers & satcom players’ arrival

The country's private telecom operators face twin challenges on investment recovery in the New Year – customers leaving their network after tariff hikes and satellite players, mainly Elon Musk's Starlink, eyeing a chunk of their bread and butter data business.

Private operators have ...

India’s telecom industry eyes 6G and AI revolution

The Indian telecom sector, boasting a robust subscriber base of 1.2 billion, is making significant strides in adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) and exploring 6G technologies to redefine connectivity standards. The sector's growth story has been extraordinary, with the average monthly wireless data usage per user skyrocketing to 21.30 GB by O...

Airtel faces outage, users across India report network disruptions

Telecom giant Airtel faced a widespread outage on Thursday, leaving users across India grappling with disruptions in both mobile and broadband services. The outage rendered many unable to make calls, access mobile data, or use the internet, sparking frustration among customers. According to Downdetector.com, a website that tracks service outa...

Airtel leads subscriber growth with 1.93mn additions in October

Bharti Airtel has once again demonstrated its market resilience and commitment to innovation, recording the highest net wireless subscriber additions in October 2024. The company added 1.93 million mobile users, as per the latest report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), making it a standout performer amid a dynamic telecom l...

BSNL launches free Intranet TV in Puducherry

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched three game-changing services in Puducherry, transforming digital connectivity and entertainment for millions. These services include the much-anticipated Intranet TV (BiTV), the expansion of the National Wi-Fi Roaming Facility, and the introduction of Intranet Fibre-based TV (IFTV). The standou...

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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!