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India poised to be world’s leading content creator: MIB’s Murugan@Cannes

India’s Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan, who yesterday inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, said the country’s “timeless tradition of storytelling” was increasingly being recognised around the world.

“You will not find too man...

Bharti Airtel beats quarterly profit estimates on tariff hike

Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit beat estimates and revenue jumped 22.3 percent, boosted by a recent tariff hike. Its average revenue per user a key performance indicator in the telecom industry came in at 178 rupees for th...

Dish TV minority shareholders seek EGM, removal of 2 independent directors

A group of minority shareholders of Dish TV has sent a notice to call an Extraordinary General meeting (EGM) of the direct-to-home service provider, raising concerns over corporate governance issues, seeking reconstitution of the board, and removal of two independent directors questioning their independen...

300 mn Vi users move to Ericsson charging system in India

Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications giant, has announced that it has yesterday completed the charging consolidation program for Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) in India, which will help the telecom company improve customer experience and launch new products and services more quickly in the 5G era. The project, which was implemented through the ...

SC to hear plea against release of ‘The Kerala Story’ today

The Supreme Court has said that it will hear a petition challenging the Kerala High Court's refusal to stay the release of the film ‘The Kerala Story’, which opened in theatres on May 5. Yesterday, senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the appeal filed by journalist Qurban Ali. The bench, which included Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud...

5G connections to touch 3.2 bn in Apac by 2025: IDC

5G connections in the Asia-Pacific region will increase from 574 million in 2021 to 3.2 billion in 2025, with a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 87.9 percent, according to IDC. One of the primary reasons for telecom service providers rolling ut 5G services in the Asia-Pacific...

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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!