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1.5cr rural HHs to get subsidised b’band under Bharatnet phase 3

Subsidised broadband will be provided to 1.5 crore rural households (HHs) under the Bharatnet phase 3 scheme, Minister of State for Telecom Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani said yesterday in Bengaluru.

While speaking at a roadshow for India Mobile Congress 2025 in Bengaluru, Pemmasani said B...

Jio on track to be world’s largest FWA provider: Report

Indian telecom major Reliance Jio is on track to become the world's largest fixed wireless access (FWA) provider by subscriber base, eclipsing US-based telecom giant T-Mobile, an analyst report said yesterday, according to a PTI report.

According to recent data released by telecom re...

Airtel’s AI system protects 3.5mn users in Delhi-NCR

In a significant development towards enhancing user security, Bharti Airtel’s AI-driven fraud detection system has successfully shielded over 3.5 million customers in the Delhi-NCR region from potential cyber threats. The tel...

VodaIdea wades into satcom services with AST SpaceMobile

Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea yesterday announced a partnership with satcom firm AST SpaceMobile, a rival of Elon Musk-owned SpaceX, for delivering satellite service on smartphones directly.

AST SpaceMobile is building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by ...

Jio, KRAFTON launch India’s first-ever gaming pack

In a landmark development for India’s booming mobile gaming industry, Jio has partnered with KRAFTON India — publisher of the country’s most iconic battle royale title Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) — to unveil India’s first-ever dedicated gaming pack. ...

Bharti Airtel signs multi-year pan-India network deal with Ericsson

Bharti Airtel has entered into a significant multi-year agreement with Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson to enhance its pan-India network infrastructure, strengthening its long-standing partnership and pushing forward its technology roadmap across 4G and 5G domains. According to a report by IANS, this renewed collaboration is aimed at furth...

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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!