Indian telco Bharti Airtel has boosted the broadband speeds available to customers of its triple-play services. Customers of its IPTV service Digital TV Interactive - available in Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida - can now choose the new Magic@Home Freedom 1 MB package for INR 1,899 (US$ 40) per month, offering download speeds of up to 1 Mbps, and the Magic@Home Turbo package for INR 1,499, offering download speeds of 512 Kbps which gets doubled to 1 Mbps at night. According to Vikas Singh, chief … [Read more...] about Bharti Airtel increases broadband speeds
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Montefiore to succeed Clontz as StarHub CEO
Singapore - StarHub Ltd announced today that Terry Clontz will retire as its CEO in January 2010, but will continue as a Director with the Group. Succeeding him as CEO is Neil Montefiore, former head of Singapore mobile telco M1. Clontz joined StarHub in January 1999 as its founding President and CEO. He also serves as a Director on StarHub’s Board. Under Clontz’s leadership, StarHub grew from being the third mobile player in 2000 to a fully integrated quadruple-player in 2009. … [Read more...] about Montefiore to succeed Clontz as StarHub CEO
BSNL & Smart DigiVision launch IPTV in Chennai
India - Indian telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) has launched an IPTV service called 'MyWay BSNL' in the city of Chennai in association with Indian firm Smart Digivision, according to reports in local newspaper The Hindu. The new service offers over 150 linear channels as well as video-on-demand and music-on-demand libraries, and a parental lock to block certain content. BSNL plans to introduce features such as the ability to pause live TV in the near future. Customers can either rent the … [Read more...] about BSNL & Smart DigiVision launch IPTV in Chennai
MDA may intervene in Singapore soccer showdown
Singapore - As bidding for the next three-year cycle of English Premier League soccer looms, the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore is believed to be looking at intervening to prevent the costs of broadcast rights escalating any further. MDA are believed to be hosting meetings between rival pay-TV operators StarHub Digital Cable and SingTel mio TV, to encourage compromise rather than competitive bids for the EPL rights. StarHub Digital Cable paid around US$150 million for the current … [Read more...] about MDA may intervene in Singapore soccer showdown
KT launches QOOK
Korean telco KT has launched a new brand for its residential services, such as landline telephony, internet and IPTV called 'QOOK'. The new brand name will now prefix all residential services provided by the telco. To mark the launch of the new brand, the company will waive one month's fees for new subscribers to its internet and landline services, and offer a two-month free trial to new subscribers of its IPTV services. KT is also planning to introduce free calls between its internet telephony … [Read more...] about KT launches QOOK
Chunghwa Telecom hits 676K IPTV subscribers
Taipei - Taiwanese telco Chunghwa Telecom has reported 676,000 subscribers to its IPTV service 'Multimedia-on-Demand' (MOD) by the end of 2008, up 71.4 percent from one year previously. The telco had a total of 4.3mn broadband subscribers by the end of last year, up 1.4 percent from the end of 2007, with 1.07mn of the total being FTTx subscriptions. Chunghwa Telecom reports that in 2009, it's key focus will be to retain market leadership for core services, while expanding its strategic … [Read more...] about Chunghwa Telecom hits 676K IPTV subscribers
