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IAMAI flays OTT licensing proposal in draft Telecoms Bill

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Friday said that creating room for licensing provisions applicable to over-the-top (OTT) service providers presents an existential threat to India's startup ecosystem by creating "herculean barriers to...

Jio, Airtel boost user count; VodaIdea loses subs: TRAI data

According to the telecom regulator TRAI's latest data, the number of mobile phone subscribers in India decreased by 3.6 million in September, with Vodafone Idea experiencing a fall in subscribers despite larger rivals Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel adding c...

Jio targets June 23 for complete 5G coverage in Kolkata

Reliance Jio Monday said that major parts of the city will be brought under the telecom major's 5G service by December of this year and the work will be completed by June 2023. The high-speed data services will be launched in Siliguri soon and the north Bengal ...

YouTube rolls out ‘Live Q&A’ feature for live creators

Youtube has rolled out ‘Live Q&A’ feature for content creators where they can interact with viewers while live streaming. The new feature makes the live streams more interactive, the company said in a blogpost.With the new feature creators can create and...

Airtel claims 5G users crossed 1 mn in 30 days

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has surpassed one million customers on the 5G network within 30 days of its commercial launch even while the network is being built.

Earlier, Airtel had announced a phase-wi...

Bigg Boss Marathi partners with Airtel

Bigg Boss Marathi partnered with Airtel to install a phone booth inside the Bigg Boss House through which the contestants can co...

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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!