JioStar, aiming to maximize viewership for the 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL), is reportedly in active discussions with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) to bundle its streaming subscriptions with their data plans. This strategic move is crucial as live sports, including IPL, are now behind a paywall. According to a report in…
Airtel and Jio have partnered with Starlink, a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX which is owned by Elon Musk, to distribute its satellite internet services in India. These partnerships aim to leverage Starlink’s technology to enhance connectivity, particularly in rural and remote areas of India. Here in this article, we understand about its functionality…
India’s telecom giants Jio Platform and Bharti Airtel have struck separate deals with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service within hours of each other, reigniting their decades-long rivalry in a new frontier. Both agreements position the telecom giants as key distributors for Starlink’s equipment and services in India, pending regulatory approvals from IN-SPACe and the…
Airtel has announced partnership with SpaceX to bring Starlink’s high-speed internet services to its customers in India. This is the first agreement to be signed in India, which is subject to SpaceX receiving its own authorizations to sell Starlink in India. The deal enables Airtel and SpaceX to further explore how Starlink can complement and…
Motilal Oswal Financial Services has a ‘buy’ recommendation on JSW Infrastructure, the second largest private port operator in India with a target price of Rs 375 (+16%). At 22% growth in cargo volumes in FY18-24, the company has significantly outpaced industry growth of about 4%. It plans to expand capacity significantly by FY2030 and has…
Bharti Airtel is shutting down its music streaming service, Wynk Music. An Airtel spokesperson confirmed the same to TOI, “We can confirm that we will sunset Wynk Music and all Wynk music employees will be absorbed within the Airtel ecosystem.” Airtel launched Wynk Music in 2014. Airtel has also said that all Wynk Music employees…
Telecom giant Airtel has expanded its Wi-Fi services to cover an additional 3.9 million households across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. The company announced this development in an exchange filing on Thursday, August 8.With this expansion, Airtel aims to bolster its presence in these regions and provide high-speed internet access to a wider customer…
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revised standards of quality of service for access and broadband services. Under the new rules, telecom operators will have to compensate subscribers in case of service outages for more than hours at a district level. Further, TRAI has also increased the penal amount to Rs 1 lakh from…
Bharti Airtel has unveiled new 5G data booster packs for its customers, offering unlimited 5G data for users on 1GB per day and 1.5GB per day plans, which previously did not include this benefit. This initiative follows a similar launch by Reliance Jio and aims to enhance the data experience for Airtel’s customer base. Airtel’s…
Nisaba Godrej has resigned as an independent director on the board of VIP Industries, citing differing views on leadership accountability and succession planning. “As discussed, due to my differing view on leadership accountability and succession planning, I will be resigning from the board effective June 3rd, 2024” she said in her letter to VIP Industries…
