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5G auction: Good response shows industry’s maturity, says Minister

Spectrum auction enters sixth day of bidding; garners nearly Rs 1.50 lakh crore so far

The auction of the 5G spectrum, capable of offering ultra-high-speed internet, entered the sixth day of bidding on Sunday after receiving bids worth Rs. 1,49,966 crore in the first five days from p...

5G spectrum: BIF bats for level playing field for biz, tech firms

Broadband India Forum, an industry body of tech companies, has now tried to call out the telcos by saying “depriving enterprises of TRAI recommended” direct administrative allocation of spectrum for captive non-public networks (CNPNs) will “prevent fair competition, liberalisation and progress”.

GTPL Hathway reports revenue of Rs. 6,454 mn in Q1 FY23

India's largest MSO, GTPL Hathway, on Thursday reported revenue of Rs. 6,454 million in Q1 FY23 ending June 30. Profit after tax stood at Rs. 433 million

The consolidated revenue of Rs. 6,454 million showed a growth of 10 percent year-on-year, YoY.

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RAILTEL launches OTT services with broadband plans

RailTel, one of India’s largest neutral telecom infrastructure providers, announced the launch of 13 Over-The-Top (OTT) services to customers through its popular retail broadband service Railwire, on Thursday. According to the company’s press release, a total of 13 OTT services will be offered to Railwire subscribers bundled with unlimited br...

Airtel launches new broadband plans

Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider on Monday announced the launch of new bundled plans for its home broadband customers. The highest tier plan at Rs.1,599 includes subscriptions to Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+Hotstar. All the plans include subscriptions to 14 OTT platforms and 350 TV channels and speeds ...

NxtDigital-Thaicom pact for b’band over satellite

NXTDigital Limited (NDL) and Thaicom Public Company Limited, Thailand (Thaicom) Monday, made a joint announcement of having signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form a strategic partnership to enter the Broadband-over-satellite (BoS) market and related...

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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!