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TRAI chief urges DoS to liberalise capacity leasing on foreign satellites

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Chairman P.D. Vaghela Tuesday urged the Depatment of Space (DoS) to review and liberalise regulations relating to leasing of capacity on foreign satellites by Indian customers as...

Ramdev’s proposed TV channels in Nepal runs into controversy

The Nepal Government will take action against yoga guru Ramdev's two television channels if it is found that they are being operated in the country without seeking permission and or following due procedures, a senior official has.

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Indian b’band subs declined by 2.29% in September ’21: TRAI

In what could surprise many, the total broadband subscribers in India decreased from 813.47 million at the end of August-21 to 794.88 million at the end of September-21 with a monthly decline rate of 2.29 percent, according to latest data from Telecom Regulatory Authority ...

Airtel, Jio, Alliance B’band, Atria among 9 ISPs topping Netflix Speed Index in India

With an average of 3.6 Mbps of broadband speed, nine Indian ISPs occupied the top spot in the country’s ranking for Netflix Speed Index in India. The nine Indian ISPs were 7 Star Digital, Airtel, Alliance Broadband, Atria Convergence Technologies, D-VoiS, Excitel Broadband, Hathway, Jio Giga Fiber and Tatasky Broadba...

HBO Max starts hiring people in India as precursor to launch

Streaming service from AT&T’s Warner Media, HBO Max, has taken initial steps towards an India launch by starting to advertise for staff hiring after poaching Saugata Mukherjee from SonyLIV to be its local head of content.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink to focus on India’s rural development

Starlink, the satellite internet division of billionaire Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX, registered its business in India, company documents filed with the government showed, as it gears up to launch internet services in the country.

Having a local unit, Starlink Satellite Communi...

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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!