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Airtel to spend Rs 1.17 lakh cr. on various biz over 5 years

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has plans to spend about Rs 1.17 lakh crore through business transactions with its subsidiaries like Indus Towers, Nxtra and Bharti Hexacom, according to a regulatory filing.

The company will hold an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the c...

Jio gets TM Forum’s open API platinum conformance agility cert

TM Forum, a global industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, announced India’s largest mobile network operator Reliance Jio has achieved Open API Platinum conformance certification to drive greater business agility.

Jio has been a member of TM Forum s...

Airtel picks up 25% stake in tech startup Lavelle Networks

India’s premier communications solutions provider Bharti Airtel Monday announced an agreement to acquire approximately 25 percent equity stake in Bengaluru-based technology startup, Lavelle Networks.

Eco Survey: Telecom services show massive growth; explosion in data usage

There has been a data usage explosion in recent times to 14.1 GB/month/subscriber in Q1 FY2022 from just 1.24 GB per month in Q1 FY18, India’s Economic Survey on Monday said, adding rise in telecom services highlights the o...

Google partners with Airtel to invest up to $1 billion

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), one of India’s premier communications solutions providers, and American tech giant, Google on Friday announced a long-term, multi-year agreement to accelerate the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. As part of this partnership, Google plans to

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...

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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!