GTPL Hathway likely to deploy custom Android OS on its set-top box

GTPL Hathway, the country’s single largest cable feed provider, said it has tied up with France-based Verimatrix to deploy its video content authority system — a software solution that helps GTPL stream video content to its Android TVs securely. The moves comes as GTPL Hathway ramps up its Android TV box-based service. The company started […]

Auto Sales February: Tata Motors on for another record, Maruti Suzuki to again decline

Tata Motors, India’s second biggest automaker, is on track to set another monthly record in terms of passenger auto sales in February, even as market leader Maruti Suzuki will continue to see a year-on-year decline, according to Emkay Research. The third major listed automaker, Mahindra & Mahindra is also scheduled to report a strong February […]

January Auto Sales: Maruti Suzuki declines again, but less this time

Maruti Suzuki reported better numbers as part of its January Auto Sales performance compared to recent months, with India sales declining only 7% compared to the same month of last year. This is comparatively better than its performance in recent months. In November, for example, its domestic passenger vehicle sales fell by a whopping 19% […]

Dec UV Sales: Creta, Venue, Sonet, Seltos down; Magnite, Astor, Crysta up

Sales trends of December 2021 show the rise of a new bunch of compact and entry-level utility vehicles such as the Nissan Magnite, MG Astor, Tata Punch, Skoda Kushaq and Volkswagen Taigun, at the cost of older models like Hyundai Creta, Kia Seltos, Kia Sonet, MG Hector, Tata Punch and Hyundai Venue. Two exceptions to […]

Times Now, ET Now back on Jio TV platform

India’s Times Group, or BCCL, has made a partial return to the streaming TV platform run by India’s largest telecom operator, Jio TV, by restarting the transmission of its news channels via the app. It was in August 2020 that BCCL had pulled all its channels, including its English-language movie channels, from the Jio TV […]

Bharti Airtel abandons ‘digital pivot’ strategy as 5G auction nears

Bharti Airtel has abandoned its plan to reorganize its corporate structure by focusing on the digital business — such as its Wynk app, Airtel Cloud, Airtel Xstream and so on — by moving all telecom infrastructure into a different subsidiary known as Airtel Ltd. The move was announced eight months ago, and was widely seen […]

The secret Punch behind Tata Motors’ auto sales out-performance

Auto sales in the final three months of 2021 will be remembered for the solid out-performance of Tata Motors during the period, boosted by one key model — the affordable, mini SUV Punch. The strong numbers racked up by the entry-level UV have helped Tata Motors overtake Mahindra & Mahindra in the compact utility vehicle […]

Bajaj Auto beats Hero MotoCorp, TVS Motor Co in December two-wheeler sales

Bajaj Auto emerged as the best performer in December two-wheeler sales in the domestic market by posting relatively flat numbers while others such as TVS Motor Co and Hero MotoCorp saw sharp declines in their India sales. Bajaj Auto escaped the sharp declines by reporting sales of 1.28 lakh units in India in the final […]

TVS Motor, Hero MotoCorp both see sales slowdown in December

Hero MotoCorp, the world’s No.1 motorized two-wheeler maker, and rival TVS Motor Co both reported declines in their December auto sales. While Hero MotoCorp’s December sales fell by 12% in the domestic market, TVS Motor Co reported a fall of 17% in its domestic market sales during the month. TVS MOTOR CO TVS Motor Co’s […]

PVR increases ticket prices by Rs 100 in Telangana after govt order

PVR, India’s largest cinema exhibitor, said it has increased its ticket prices in Telangana, a week after the state government increased cinema ticket price bands. Unlike other states, Telangana government controls the price of cinema tickets, given the high importance attached to movies by people in the state. The Telugu film industry is the second […]

Vakrangee adds stock trading, demat account service in tie-up with Upstox

Vakrangee Ltd, which runs over 13,200 digital kiosks across the country, said its franchisees will now be able to offer share trading and demat account opening services thanks to a tie-up with stock trading app Upstox. Vakrangee Kendras already offer a variety of internet-enabled services, such as bank account opening, issue of government certificates, money […]

Kerala Vision broadband unveils Kerala’s cheapest fiber plan for new users

Kerala Vision Broadband, the ISP arm of Kerala Cable TV Operators’ Association, has announced what is arguably the cheapest fiber broadband offer for new customers in Kerala. The highlight of the new plan is that it comes without installation and modem charges, and is therefore ideal for a new customer. The current tariff for a […]

Vodafone Idea cracks the 4,000 Mbps barrier in 5G trials

Vodafone Idea said it achieved speeds of over 4,000 Mbps during its test deployment of 5G on the trial spectrum handed over by Department of Telecom. In comparison, in the early days of 4G, the maximum speeds achieved were in the range of around 200 Mbps. The company released two speedtest results — presumably using […]

Mukesh Ambani calls for subsidized mobile phones

India’s richest man and the chairman of Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, has called for the use of universal obligation fund money to subsidize mobile devices. USO fund was set up during the early days of the mobile phone revolution as a tax or levy on existing phone users, to be used for extending telecom services […]

BSNL starts distributing live TV via IPTV in Kerala

The Kerala circle has become the first in India to support BSNL’s commercial IPTV services, and both direct and indirect customers of BSNL can avail of the service. IPTV refers to the distribution of television content via IP or internet protocol, instead of traditional broadcasting protocols like DVB. BSNL had been testing IPTV for several […]