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DoT returns bank guarantees worth ₹23,000cr to Vi, Airtel

The Department of Telecommunication has returned bank guarantees worth ₹23,000crores to Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel. The move comes as a major relief to debt-laden Vodafone Idea which will get ₹15,000crores back. On Thursday, the DoT submitted an affidavit to the

BBNL merger with BSNL under consideration: Telecom Minister

The Indian government has said that the mergers of BBNL, implementing the BharatNet broadband project, with telco BSNL is under consideration, while the mergers of the two State-controlled telecom service providers, BSNL and MTNL has been greenlit, but deferred owing to financial reasons.

BSNL to install 112,000 towers for 4G network

Indian Government-owned telco BSNL intends to install about 1.12 lakh (112,000) towers across the country ahead of the indigenous 4G telecom network rollout throughout India, Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha about the development on Wednesday.

The Minister als...

Airtel, Tech Mahindra partner to grow India’s digital economy

Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider, and Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to build and market innovative solutions for India’s digital economy by bringing together their core strengths. ...

Airtel showcases future of immersive entertainment on 5G

Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today showcased 5G’s high-speed, low latency capabilities to transform the future of video entertainment and take the user experience to the next level. Using cutting edge immersive video technologies over its high speed 5G ...

Jio launches new prepaid plan

India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio has launched Rs.259 plan that comes with calendar month validity to help prepaid user remember just one recharge date every month. Jio is the first in the industry to launch the ‘calender month validity’ prepaid plan. As per PTI, The information on Jio’s website, Rs.259 plans come

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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!