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Parag Agrawal starts getting taste of Twitter hate medicine

Newly named Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has emerged from behind the scenes to take over one of Silicon Valley’s highest-profile and politically volatile jobs.

But his prior lack of nam...

TRAI floats discussion paper on 5G spectrum auction modalities

India’s telecom regulator TRAI on Tuesday released a detailed consultation paper to discuss modalities for auction of 5G spectrum

GUVI signs cricketer Smriti Mandhana as brand ambassador

Indian Institute of Technology-Madras incubated startup company GUVI has roped in Indian women’s cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its brand ambassador.

She will be the face of GUVI and will feature across the online campaigns to strengthen the importance and scope of tech...

Star defers launch and renaming of TV channels

Star India has postponed launch of about 15 TV channels and renaming of a channel without assigning any reasons for the decision.

The distribution platforms were informed by the broa...

Google rolls out dual SIM support

American tech company Google has started rolling out a new update for the Android Auto app that finally brings dual SIM support. With the new update, Android Auto now shows a pop-up that lets users choose which SIM they want to make a call fr...

NTO 2.0 case in SC now to be taken up early 2022

The eagerly awaited case involving the new broadcast and cable TV tariff regime, directed by India’s telecom and broadcast regulator TRAI, could not be concluded Tuesday as some had expected.

The Supreme Court was unable to take up the cas...

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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!