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Airtel reports steep drop in Q2 profits; Digital TV subs up at 15.7 mn.

India's Bharti Airtel yesterday reported a steep drop in second-quarter profit, hurt by a one-time charge, but its revenue rose as it added more 4G and 5G subscribers.

Consolidated net profit fell to Rs. 13.41 bill...

Nokia forecasts surge in telecom gear demand in 2024-2025

While Indian telecom operators have completed the rollout of the 5G network across the country, Nokia sees demand for equipment to be substantial in 2024-25, a senior company official said. The proliferation of fixed wireless access networks will usher the Indian telecom sector into the second phase of 5G ...

Jio bats for ‘affordable accessibility’, rules out price rise

In its bid to gain further market share and maintain 'affordable accessibility', telecom major Reliance Jio has said that it won't raise tariffs, even for 5G, at a time when its peers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea seek to up prices to get better ARPU.

"This is the vision of R...

Ericsson forms ‘India 6G’ team at Chennai R&D centre

Swedish telecommunications giant Ericsson has announced the launch of its ‘India 6G’ programme with the formation of a 6G research team at its Chennai R&D centre, as the government aims to make the country a leader in 6G technology after a successful 5G rollout. The ‘India 6G’ team has senior rese...

BSNL 4G service in Dec; pan-India rollout by June

Government-owned telecom firm BSNL is planning to launch 4G service in December at a small scale and then roll it out across the country by June next year, Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar said.

Speaking to PTI at the India Mobile Congre...

Digital services firm Jio Platforms’ Q2 net profit up 12%

Digital services company Jio Platforms yesterday posted a 12 per cent increase in the second quarter net profit at Rs 5,297 crore, mainly on account of growth in customers.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 4,729 crore in the same period a y...

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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!