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Jio topples BSNL as largest fixed line b’band provider

In about two years of commercial roll out of its fixed-line broadband services, Reliance Jio has toppled 20-year-old state-run telecom company BSNL as top service provider in the segment.

According to a monthly telecom subscribers report released by the telecom regulator Trai on Tues...

DoT revises policy on international roaming SIM cards

The Department of Telecom (DoT) said on Tuesday it has revised policy for the issue and renewal of no-objection certificate (NOC) for sale and rent of international roaming SIM and global calling cards of foreign operators in India. The revised policy strengthens the mechanism to protect the interests of the India...

Govt to get 35.8% in debt-ridden Vi against dues liability

Debt-ridden telco Vodafone Idea (VIL) has decided to opt for converting about Rs 16,000 crore interest dues liability payable to the Indian government into equity, which will amount to around 35.8 per cen...

Overall phone subscribers went down Jun-Sept ’21; wireline numbers grew: TRAI data

While the overall number of telephone subscribers in India decreased from 1,202.57 million at the end of June-21 to 1,189.15 million at the end of Sep-21--- registering a decline rate of 1.12 percent over th...

NPCI, Jio roll out UPI AutoPay for prepaid, postpaid users

The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)and telecom company Reliance Jio on Thursday announced the introduction of UPI Autopay for the telecom industry. “Jio’s integration with UPI Autopay has made it the first player in the telecom industry to go live with the unique e-mandate feature tha...

Airtel would pay govt. interest on dues, avoids conversion into equity

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel will not avail the option of conversion of the interest on deferred spectrum and AGR dues into equity, under the reforms package, according to a regulatory filing by the company on Friday.

Airtel said it has informed India’s Telecom Depa...

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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!