Jio topples BSNL as largest fixed line b’band provider

Jio topples BSNL as largest fixed line b’band provider

In about two years of commercial roll out of its fixed-line broadband services, Reliance Jio has toppled 20-year-old state-run telecom company BSNL as top service provider in the segment.

According to a monthly telecom subscribers report released by the telecom regulator Trai on Tues...


Meta appoints Meghna Apparao as India e-comm director

Meta appoints Meghna Apparao as India e-comm director

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Tuesday announced the appointment of Meghna Apparao as the director of e-commerce in India to lead the strategy and solutions that are focused on the company’s e-commerce advertisers. Apparao’s appointment comes on the back of a series of senior leadership recruitments in the past two years, and many in ...


Dutch consumer watchdog to vet Apple payment reforms

Dutch consumer watchdog to vet Apple payment reforms

The Dutch consumer watchdog has said it would vet Apple’s move to allow developers of dating apps to offer non-Apple payment options in the Netherlands, to see if the changes are enough to meet competition rules.

Late last month the Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) ord...


Microsoft to buy video gamer Activision Blizzard for $68.7 bn

Microsoft to buy video gamer Activision Blizzard for $68.7 bn

The gaming sector is not only undergoing churn, but is witnessing some mega deal-making as tech giants look at buying out existing gaming companies to strengthen their product portfolio in an emerging segment that is witnessing about three billion gamers.

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday anno...