Zee Group-owned Siti Cable will launch high-speed broadband services in five different cities by June this year, company sources revealed. Siti Cable, a brand of Siti Networks, currently operates broadband services in Delhi, Hisar, Rohtak and Karnal. The new locations are likely to be outside Haryana, according to our sources. “We will be using Docsis […]
Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm, will make a statement today, 21 February, at 1:30 PM. The statement will be streamed via Youtube and other channels. The link to the live stream will be shared by around 12 PM. Though the company has no revealed what the subject of the announcement will be, it is […]
The spraying of urea, the most widely consumed fertilizer in India, with Neem oil is helping to increase the output of crops by about 10% on average, according to statistics produced by the food and agricultural ministry. The ministry found a 5.8% increase in paddy yield after the use of sprayed urea and increase of […]
India’s first terminal dedicated for cruise ships on its east coast will be ready in Chennai this month, the shipping ministry said. This will make it the fifth such cruise terminal in the country. All four existing cruise terminals are located on India’s western coastline, targeting ships that come in from the Middle East and […]
Reliance Jio, the new 4G operator, has the highest number of subscribers in Andhra Pradesh, followed by Gujarat and Delhi. The company added 20 mln (2 cr) new users in December, its highest ever tally for a single month. The previous record was held by October, when it added 19.63 mln users. In December, the […]
The impact of demonetization on the company’s motorcycles and three-wheelers sales in India has worn off, Bajaj Auto CEO Rajiv Bajaj said. “Sales was down 20% in the aftermath of demonetization, but now it’s 0%,” Bajaj said, adding that he was expecting to have grown his sales by 20% through the year. “We were expecting […]
Bajaj Auto said it will unvel the “all-new KTM Duke Range” of motorcycles in India on Feb 23 at an event in Mumbai. The event, which will start at 11:30 AM and will most likely be streamed live on Youtube, is likely to launch the 2017 Duke 390 and possibly the Duke 200 bikes. The […]
BSNL, the public-owned telecom services provider, has increased the data allowance of more of its 3G plans, days after announcing two new tariff plans. Last week, the company has increased the allocation on two of its popular recharges by double or more. The Rs 78 pack, which used to provide 1 GB of data for […]
Idea Cellular reported a loss of Rs 479 cr for the October-December quarter, hit by Reliance Jio’s free offerings, the first loss in last 40 quarters since its IPO in 2007. “The Indian mobile industry witnessed an unprecedented disruption in the quarter of Octoberto December 2016, primarily due to free voice & mobile data promotions […]
Facebook, the biggest website in the world by amount of time spent, has started showing targeted advertising on ‘Groups’, the social network’s equivalent of forums. The ads will be based on the interests of the user, Facebook said in a communication to group administrators. The move marks the coming of age of ‘Groups’, which Facebook […]
Hathway Broadband, which has over six lakh subscribers for its cable and fibre-based services, said it has upgraded its network and will soon be providing its users with up to twice as much data in the same package. Hathway provides its high-speed broadband service in around 20 cities and in much of Kerala (via Asianet). […]
Reliance Industries, which started giving a discount of Re 1 on every liter of diesel sold through its pumps in January, has now started advertising the offer in Kerala. The discount was first noticed in January in North and West Indian towns. The move was, at the time, not taken very seriously by players such as […]
A proposed merger of Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp will reduce inefficiencies across the sector and result in enormous savings, ratings agency Fitch said. It would also create an entity that is better placed to compete globally for resources, and less vulnerable to shifts in oil prices and give it […]
Reliance Jio, the new entrant to India’s telecom landscape, is carrying nearly 80% of its traffic in the next-generation Internet technology, a senior official of the company said. Internet Protocol or IP is one of the languages used by machines to talk to each other. All machines on the Internet use this language to ‘talk’ […]
SpiceJet said it is giving its staff an image makeover with a “Redder, Hotter and Spicier” new uniform starting today. “The uniforms retain the carrier’s signature red colour largely while incorporating some unique and flamboyant designs to infuse boldness and style,” it said. The new dress code has been created by SHIFT, a design house […]
Sun Direct, the DTH operator from the Sun TV group, has added several new High Definition channels over the last several days, and has now overtaken rivals Dish TV and Videocon D2h in terms of the number of English movie channels on its HD platform. The move comes more than a year after ISRO launched the […]
Fitch Ratings has withdrawn its ratings on India-based Rolta India Limited, after the Indian IT company said it was no longer interested in continuing with the arrangement. “Fitch is withdrawing the ratings as Rolta has chosen to stop participating in the rating process. Therefore, Fitch will no longer have sufficient information to maintain the rating. […]
Incumbents like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular are far behind newcomer Reliance Jio in terms of both data coverage and 4G coverage, a report by financial services company Credit Suisse said. “Among the cities we surveyed, Airtel/Vodafone/Idea had good coverage in 10–30% of the cities, while Jio fared well in 80% of cities,” Credit […]
SpiceJet has unveiled a new sale, with ticket prices starting at Rs 888. The 4 day “Great Budget Sale’ will be open till midnight, 4th February, 2017 for travel from 19th February 2017 to 12th April 2017. The Rs 888 all inclusive fare is valid on routes like Chennai – Hyderabad, Chennai – Pune, Pune – […]
China’s LOVE brands — Lenovo, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi — will have to introduce cheaper models in 2017 to continue their strong growth in India, CyberMedia Research said in a report. The reason? India’s replacement and upgrade market — Rs 10,000-13,000 — will no longer be the center of action in 2017 and to continue their growth, […]
