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Telecom license fee collection up 8% Sep-23 quarter: TRAI

The Indian government's licence fee collection from telecom service providers increased 8.23 percent year-on-year to Rs 5,326 crore, while spectrum usage charge mopups declined about 40 percent to Rs 836 crore in the September 2023 quarter, according to a l...

X platform enables ads with curated creators

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WhatsApp working on ‘favourite contacts filter’ feature for web

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Vodafone Idea opposes Jio’s 2G network sunset date proposal

Vodafone Idea has countered Reliance Jio’s request to the telecommunications regulator for a sunset date or timeline for shutting down 2G networks. Reliance Jio, which entered the telecommunications industry with 4G has a purely 4G and 5G network, unlike ...

Meta expands ‘Take It Down’ programme globally

Meta has partnered with the US National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to globally expand the 'Take It Down' programme, aimed at empowering teens to combat sextortion. The campaign seeks to give teenagers control over their private photo...

Airtel accelerates 5G integration with fixed wireless access

Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications provider, is gearing up for a significant expansion into the 5G landscape with the introduction of fixed wireless access (FWA) services tailored for industrial use. The company is adopting the 5G stand-alone (SA...

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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!