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Jio upgrades prepaid plan to Rs.75

Telecom operators are aggressively making a bid to push entry-level users to higher-paying plans --- a much-needed move for the financially struggling telcos --- but Reliance Jio’s Rs 75 entry-level plan has remained the best deal so far offering value for money.

A day earlier, Bhar...

India’s top court rejects telecom firm’s plea on dues

On Friday, India’s top court has rejected a plea by mobile carriers seeking corrections of what they called errors in the government’s calculation of their dues, leading to a slump in the shares of embattled Vodafo...

Jio Q1 net profit rises 45%c to Rs 3,651 crore

Digital company Jio on Friday reported a 44.9 per cent jump in its net profit to Rs. 3,651 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2021, according to a company statement.

The company had posted a net profit of Rs 2,519 crore in...

India says pvt. sector satcos could provide satellite b’band

For the first time, India has admitted that private sector satellite companies could provide satellite broadband subject to country’s space policies, but did not offer any comment on whether any s

Guest Column: Satellite b’band an upcoming opportunity for DPOs

Satellite industry is gearing up for a new regime and in a year’s time we could very well witness satellite companies offering high-speed broadband services to retail consumers; especially those consumers who live in far-flung places of our vast country, and where laying of cable or fibre is very difficult and a cost...

Scope, biz model of public b’band network BharatNet expanded

India’s federal cabinet yesterday approved a revised implementation strategy of the country's ambitious digital broadband programme BharatNet through public private partnerships (PPP) in 16 States of the countr...

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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!