MUMBAI: Shyam Cellular Infrastructure Projects Ltd. has acquired eight per cent stake in NDTV Ltd. The acquisition of 48,36,000 shares was through open market purchase, NDTV...
MUMBAI: Research group Informa Telecoms and Media predicts that there will be 124.8 million broadcast mobile TV users worldwide by 2010. An inflection point is...
MUMBAI: According to a new study from Research and Markets, the number of subscribers receiving broadband-delivered TV services will rise from 1.9 million in 2004 to...
MUMBAI: Bloomberg Television, the 24-hour business and financial news network, has been added to Now Broadband TV, the pay-TV service from Hong Kong’s PCCW. Bloomberg Television...
MUMBAI: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. unveiled GameTap, which is a first-of-its-kind broadband entertainment network that offers games-on-demand plus original programming via a broadband connected computer. GameTap...
MUMBAI: Electronics majors Sony Corp and Toshiba Corp are in talks about their competing standards for future optical discs that will replace DVDs, in an effort...
NEW DELHI:Multinational telecom major Motorola launched today its wireless broadband solution here. The company introduced products at a time when the broadband segment is set...
MUMBAI: Telecom service provider Reliance Infocomm has announced an agreement with consumer electronics manufacturer LG Electronics to offer instant, assured and uninterrupted Internet connectivity on LG...
NEW DELHI:Multinational telecom major Motorola launched today its wireless broadband solution here. The company introduced products at a time when the broadband segment is set...
NEW DELHI: The Government has promised to encourage private players in broadband. Speaking at the 13th Convergence India, the I&B minister Jaipal Reddy said, “We welcome...
MUMBAI: This is a piece of news that will make content makers and providers in the US sit up and take notice! The research firm Research...
NEW DELHI: With service providers mushrooming all over the country claiming to provide broadband services, the government today cautioned such service providers not to mislead people....
MUMBAI: Ctbuzz, a project of US-based TV Asia, under the banner of Mumbai-based Kallz Entertainment, is launched broadband IP. The test signals are on on Hinduja,...
NEW DELHI: Allow full triple play to all rural broadband service provider; throw in some tax sops and ensure development of appropriate content in regional languages....
NEW DELHI: India’s broadband cable and satellite TV industry, a $2.7 billion revenue opportunity in 2004, is in a state of flux as uncertainties surrounding market...
NEW DELHI: India’s broadband cable and satellite TV industry, a $2.7 billion revenue opportunity in 2004, is in a state of flux as uncertainties surrounding market...
NEW DELHI: Allow full triple play to all rural broadband service provider; throw in some tax sops and ensure development of appropriate content in regional languages....
MUMBAI: Hathway Cable Internet, has introduced its new broadband package- ‘Silver Super Rush’. It provides high speed Internet upto 512 Kbps through cable and comes at...
MUMBAI: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. is getting ready to play the triple game – video streaming, voice services and high-speed Internet access. The state-run organisation has...
MUMBAI: The cable and satellite broadcasting association of Asia (Casbaa) announced now Broadband TV of Hong Kong as the winner of the prestigious Casbaa Chairman’s Award...
NEW DELHI: The government’s broadband policy announced today seems to be old wine in a new bottle and given to hype with a number of important...
BANGALORE: Confronted with a backlog of approximately 12,000 applications for telephone connections, BSNL Bangalore is now planning to offer its ‘Tarang’ WLL connections to subscribers in...
MUMBAI: Movie acquisition for broadband content has started. At least two major deals have been struck recently. Time Magnetics (India) Pvt Ltd and Ultra Distributors Pvt...
MUMBAI: Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has appointed Shashi Kalanthil as head retail broadband business. Kalanthil will oversee the entire business roll out of VSNL’s broadband...
MUMBAI: Emblaze Ltd has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Orca Interactive Ltd has signed a licensing agreement with India’s I-Spatial Communications Pvt Ltd for its...
MUMBAI: Shin Satellite, which plans to launch Ipstar between mid-February and mid-March and belongs to Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s family, will wholesale services to resellers...
MUMBAI: While the issue of addressability is still to be sorted out in the country one delivery method that has promise is broadband. At this afternoon’s...
MUMBAI: Make no mistake about it, broadband is coming. And it is not just Reliance Infocomm, which is scheduled to unleash its Netway offering at the...
MUMBAI: Is the idiot box scoring over the fare on broadband in terms of the number of hours being spent with it even today? Previous research...
MUMBAI: The Charlotte Bobcats and Charlotte Sting have selected WJZY UPN46 as their over-the-air television broadcast outlet. The announcement was made by NBA Charlotte Bobcats, WNBA...
MUMBAI: Convergence in the country is going to be a reality sooner than later. Broadband services provider Broadband Pacenet is coming out with its latest project...
MUMBAI: Broadband subscribers exceeded 100 million globally at the end of 2003 according to RHK’s latest report from its broadband access networks programme. The report noted...
NEW DELHI: India is the investment destination for converged broadband services and the next generation network experts, concluded at the 12th Convergence India 2004 international exhibition...
NEW DELHI: Top experts in telecom have forecast that soon converged networks would deliver personalized services like video-on-demand, music-of-choice and financial services to millions of users...
MUMBAI: “If you want to dream, dare to dream big.” Thus Reliance Industries’ chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani, paraphrasing his father Dhirubhai, described the plans...
MUMBAI: Frost & Sullivan has released a forward-looking white paper that examines broadband requirements and coverage in the US. This study describes the key role of...
NEW DELHI: India should target a minimum of 10 million subscribers by 2010 and 35 million subscribers by 2020 in urban India across homes, enterprises and...
MUMBAI: The game show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire has received a shot in the arm courtesy broadband. AOL UK and Celador International have announced...
MUMBAI:The broadband show for new generation networks, the 12th Convergence India 2004 is all set to make convergence happen. Touted as the largest telecom event in...
MUMBAI: The constraint on broadband means that video streaming over the Internet is still limited in its scope in India. Globally however, the picture is the...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has launched a new pay-TV service. The endeavour is aimed at realising the “triple-play” strategy, thus bringing a significant...
MUMBAI: After Zee Tele, Broadband Pacenet becomes the next Indian company to apply for a HITS license. Multi-system operator (MSO) Broadband Pacenet India (BPI) which recently...
MUMBAI: Hallmark Channel on Thursday signed a carriage agreement with Telewest Broadband, the broadband communications and media group, securing its place across all major digital platforms...
THAILAND: The Shin Satellite Public Company Limited is deploying iPSTAR Service in China with Shanghai VSAT Network Systems Co, with the first iPSTAR Gateway to be...
Hathway Cable & Datacom has announced a new scheme to promote Internet through cable as a viable alternative to dial-up. The Silver Starter rate plan offers...
Leading broadband enabler SpeedCast launched NetTV today. The online multimedia service will serve the Pan-Asian region. NetTV will offer subscribers more than 20 channels of streaming...
Scientific-Atlanta will unveil its latest series of DOCSIS 1.1/Euro-DOCSIS compliant cable modems, the WebSTAR DPX200 at the Western Cable Show in California this week. The product...
Direct TV which is in the thick of a merger with Echostar is going to see the addition of another satellite to its constellation when an...
CDN Japan has started distributing 100-150 broadband content programs to a quarter of a million home users in Japan from Tuesday. A non-profit consortium established in...
Scientific-Atlanta is determined to beat the slowdown back home by making its presence felt in other markets. Its purchase of Belgium company BarcoNet NV is a...