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‘VodafoneIdea evaluating govt’s option to convert interest dues into equity’

Debt-ridden telecom operator VodafoneIdea is evaluating the option of converting interest dues arising out of the deferment of statutory payments into equity, a senior company official said on Monday.

The company is also in talks with banks and investors for raising funds and part of...

Airtel partners with Oracle to accelerate digital economy

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, and American computer software company Oracle have extended their partnership to support the growth of India’s digital economy by bringing a range of industry-leading cloud solutions to more than 1 million enterprise customers. To support the increasing demand for clou...

Vi partners with Nokia for 5G trials

Leading telecom service provider VodafoneIdea (Vi) and its technology partner, Nokia have joined hands to successfully conduct a 5G trial. The trial utilized 5G in the 3.5GHz spectrum band allocated by the Government for 5G trials, to provide rural broadband connectivity in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Using Nokia’s solution, Vi successfully tr...

Airtel rolls out #5GforBusiness initiative for enterprises

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, on Monday launched an initiative, #5GforBusiness to show a wide range of enterprise-grade use cases using high speed & low latency networks.

“The 5G solutions would include use cases like a smart factory, ...

Vi partners with Ericsson to showcase the power of 5G

Leading telecom service provider VodafoneIdea (Vi) and Swedish telecom company Ericsson have joined hands to showcase the power of 5G to revolutionize the healthcare sector in India by showing how 5G connectivity can enable access to healthcare in remote parts of the country.

The 5G ...

Airtel Q2 revenue up 13% boosted by higher data use, 4G subs addition

Indian wireless carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd reported a 13 percent rise in second-quarter (ending September 2021) revenue on Tuesday, boosted by additions in its 4G subscriber base, higher data consumption, and stronger revenue per user.

The company's average revenue per user (ARPU) ---...

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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!