The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked broadcasters in India to give their feedback on the need to allow consumers of the direct to home (DTH) systems to choose the channels of their choice. Acting on complaints about absence of this option currently, where the viewers are obliged to take a bundled bouquet, the regulator said that the system, which will be developed by a third party, will enable consumers to choose their channels easily.

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Google India has invited applications from Indian start-ups for the third batch of its Launchpad Accelerator India programme. The applications will be open for this week. Start-ups working in artificial intelligence and/or machine learning or seeking to address areas or issues specific to India can apply for this programme.

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Restaurant technology company Dineout has announced acquisition of Binge Digital, a Delhi-based food tech firm that helps restaurants up-sell and increase ticket size with the help of analytics and video menus. Binge allows diners to access a restaurant’s menu in video format at the table itself, utilising diner’s data and patterns.

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ServiceNow, a US-based firm that provides digital work flow capabilities to businesses, has opened a new development centre in India. The centre in Hyderabad, employing 2,000 persons, would be the second largest location for the company that has 10,000 employees globally. “We are going to hire about 1,200 employees in the next 9-12 months.

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Chinese phone maker Oppo has said it will expand its smartphone manufacturing unit in India to double production capacity by 2020 and will use India as an export base for South Asia, West Asia and African countries. Oppo says it could eventually scale up the production capacity of the plant in Greater Noida, near New Delhi, to 100 million telephones a year. “Currently, we are producing 4 million smartphones a month and by the end of 2020, we will double our existing capacity.

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