Cable and broadband
Mukesh Ambani to invest $2 bn in cable TV space
08 Mar 2016
Mukesh Ambani is muscling into the country’s cable TV sector as part of a media and telecoms offensive that pits him against his once-estranged younger brother Anil and threatens to shake up both industries
SC wants blanket ban on all pornographic content
27 Feb 2016
There seemed to be a virtual role reversal between the normally repressive government and the more liberal Supreme Court, as the Centre argued that it only wanted to ban child pornography but the judges insisted that it ban all pornography
Railway broadband to connect 500,000 homes in two years
27 Jan 2016
RailWire plans to leverage the Railways’ vast telecom infrastructure to enable all citizens and businesses, both in rural and urban areas, to participate in the internet and web economy
Trai tells RCom to pull plug on Facebook's Free Basics
23 Dec 2015
Still dithering over whether Facebook's free service violates net neutrality norms, the telecom regulator has asked Reliance Communications to stop providing Free Basics till it makes up its mind
Liberty Global offers $5.3 bn for Cable & Wireless
18 Nov 2015
London-based Liberty Global, which has cable operations in 14 countries, including 12 in Europe, expects to strengthen its reach in Latin America and the Caribbean through the acquisition
India to become second-largest internet user market by December
18 Nov 2015
India is expected to have the second-largest internet user base of 402 million by December 2015, overtaking the US, but behind China's 600 million
Zuckerberg promotes internet.org at IIT-Delhi meeting
28 Oct 2015
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday used his meeting with 900 students of the IIT Delhi to push his much-opposed internet.org, which he said, now connects 15 million people online
AT&T not to bring back unlimited data plan
19 Sep 2015
European telecom major Altice to buy Cablevision Systems for $17.7 bn
18 Sep 2015
Altice NV, one of the most acquisitive European telecoms groups, pushed further into the US market yesterday with a deal to buy the nation’s fourth-largest operator Cablevision Systems Corp for $17.7 billion including debt
BSNL broadband speeds to go up from 512 Kbps to 2 Mbps from 1 October
07 Sep 2015
BSNL will upgrade broadband speeds to a minimum of 2 Mbps from 512 Kbps currently at no additional cost for all its broadband customers from 1 October 2015
Bharti Airtel to slash broadband rates by 30% for new connections
11 Aug 2015
Bharti expects to have the early mover advantage that would steal the thunder from Reliance Jio’s launch
Charter to acquire Time Warner Cable for $56 bn
26 May 2015
The combination of Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House will create a leading broadband services and technology company serving 23.9 million customers in 41 states
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