Internet Companies

Microsoft, Viasat partner to deliver satellite internet globally by 2025

Microsoft announced that it has partnered with global communications company Viasat to deliver satellite internet access to 10 million people across the world by 2025

Absence of incentives, poor awareness hobble rural WiFi scheme PM-WANI

Scheme central to government's plans to create up to 10 mn public WiFi hotspots by Dec

Zomato preview: Experts expect Q1 loss to narrow; revenue may rise 59% YoY

Analysts expect the Gurgaon-based firm's net loss to contract to Rs 315 crore in Q1FY23 from Rs 360.7 crore in the year-ago period.

Elon Musk helping restore internet to Tonga after tsunami, officials say

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is helping reconnect Tonga to the internet after a volcanic eruption and tsunami cut off the South Pacific nation more than three weeks ago, according to officials

Internet firms must show they can generate cash, profits soon: Axis Bank MD

Amitabh Chaudhry makes this statement at a discussion on new-age internet companies drawing high valuations, sometimes even higher than the traditional businesses

The risk factor

New-age tech firms are inherently more risky

Consumer internet company Glance invests in Collective Artists Network

This collaboration will give Glance strategic access to India's top creators and celebrities, while providing disruptive and sustainable monetisation opportunities for country's entertainment talent

$350 bn digital ad industry in focus as internet reshapes for privacy

As Apple and Google enact privacy changes, businesses are grappling with the fallout, Madison Avenue is fighting back and Facebook has cried foul

We will have 50 internet exchanges in India in 18 months: Nixi CEO

In an interview with Business Standard, Anil Kumar Jain talks about the non-profit's role in building infra for broadband in India, and how it is helping the country to become a digital society

Tencent becomes world's worst stock bet with $170 billion wipeout

The firm is one of the key casualties of an official campaign that targets tech behemoths considered a potential threat to China's data security.

Budget 2021-22 proposal on digital tax likely to land up in court

Foreign players in a fix as they will now come under levy's ambit

Trump govt sues FB for keeping jobs for H-1B visas, disfavouring US workers

The Trump administration claims Facebook is discriminating against US workers by designating thousands of positions for foreigners with temporary H-1B visas

US may impose tariffs on India, Italy for taxing internet firms like Google

The US will soon issue results of probes into Austria, Italy and India's decisions to tax local revenue of Internet companies such as Facebook Inc., which could pave the way for retaliatory tariffs

What's in the US law protecting internet companies - and can it be changed?

The hearing was about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which offers big tech platforms protections from liability over content posted by users

Spain's new draft law aims to tax services like Whatsapp based on revenue

Levies would be imposed on instant messaging providers in the same way as it is on telecoms operators, according the draft law published on Friday

This techie helps businesses speak to Indians in their own languages

Arvind Pani's firm is the first in the world to launch an Indian language support on Android platform in 2011 in partnership with Qualcomm

RailTel broadband RailWire's subscriber base up 1.5 times in 4 months

RailTel's retail broadband service RailWire is a collaborative platform that ropes in local cable operators and entrepreneurs to provide last-mile connectivity to households and small businesses

Best of BS Opinion: Galwan clash, India's stand on digital tax, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Internet companies may lose permit if service not started in a year: Trai

The suggestions are part of Trai's recommendations on spectrum usage charges

Should India adopt policies to level playing field for Internet companies

Job creation will slow if India's largest internet firms fail