Movies
Artificial intelligence powers movie streaming aggregator Flickstree
MUMBAI: People decide to watch a movie online and are happy to spend some valuable time. Happy time with your friends, your partner or may be alone. For sure, it sounds fun! After all, who doesn’t like to binge on great films?
And then, they decide – lets watch a romantic comedy. They then decide to Google – and there comes some suggestions -some of them by interesting bloggers and their take on each film. They surf through each. Some you have already watched, they shortlist a few, but they aren’t sure of some. And before they realize, it’s already about 45 minutes now and they are still surfing what to watch!
After all, this comes the next big question – where do you watch it? Torrents are not safe (and illegal), virus prone and fast evaporating. Some popular movie websites that exist doesn’t have their chosen movie yet. And now they don’t know what to do.
The last thing people have in your mind is to restart the decision process again. If any part of the above story resonates with you, Flickstree has got you covered. It is India’s first aggregator of movie streaming websites, powered by artificial intelligence.
Flickstree aggregates about 20 legal platforms to watch a movie online – a mix of free movies, pay-per-view movies and subscription-based movies. And if you’re undecided what to watch, Flickstree’s self-learning engine learns all about you and suggests movies you’d like. Completely personalized and superb movie suggestions.
Every movie passes through a critical lens of various filters before being suggested. So whatever you find on Flickstree, rest assured they are top class!
Apart from recommendations, Flickstree also has a variety of fun features that involve creating your own playlist’ connecting with various film critics, following like-minded people and creating a movie calendar to make your movie experience enjoyable.
All your movie related worries are now just a click away with Flickstree. Right from helping you select the right movie to conveniently downloading it, Flickstree is your way to go!
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India’s telecom subscribers cross 1.32 billion in February 2026
Broadband base swells past 1.06 billion as Jio and Airtel tighten grip on the market.
MUMBAI: India’s telecom sector is ringing in steady growth once again adding millions of new connections every month while the race for broadband supremacy continues to heat up like a fiercely contested cricket match. According to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 1 April 2026, the total telephone subscriber base in the country reached 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026. This marked a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the month, translating into a monthly growth rate of 0.56 per cent.
Wireless subscribers (including mobile and Fixed Wireless Access) stood at 1,273.31 million, registering a net addition of 6.97 million and a growth rate of 0.55 per cent. Within this, urban wireless connections grew to 730.75 million (growth 0.70 per cent), while rural wireless subscribers reached 542.56 million (growth 0.35 per cent).
Wireline subscribers, though much smaller in scale, showed slightly faster growth. The total wireline base increased to 47.99 million, with a net addition of 0.34 million and a monthly growth rate of 0.70 per cent. Urban areas continued to dominate wireline connections with a share of 89.41 per cent.
Overall tele-density in India improved to 92.66 per cent. Urban tele-density stood at 150.68 per cent, while rural tele-density edged up to 60.02 per cent.
The broadband subscriber base crossed a significant milestone, reaching 1,059.05 million at the end of February 2026. This reflected a healthy net addition of 6.33 million subscribers and a monthly growth rate of 0.60 per cent from January’s figure of 1,052.72 million.
Segment-wise, mobile wireless access continued to drive the majority of growth with 996.52 million subscribers. Fixed Wireless Access (including 5G FWA) added 16.51 million, while wired broadband stood at 46.02 million.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. maintained its commanding lead with 519.64 million broadband subscribers. Bharti Airtel Ltd. followed with 364.14 million, Vodafone Idea Ltd. with 129.36 million, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. with 28.70 million, and Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. with 2.38 million.
Together, these top five players command a massive 98.60 per cent share of the total broadband market.
In the wireless (mobile) segment, private operators continued to dominate with 92.59 per cent market share, leaving public sector undertakings (BSNL and MTNL) with just 7.41 per cent.
Out of the total 1,257.29 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1,177.60 million were active on the peak Visitor Location Register (VLR) date, representing an impressive 93.66 per cent activity rate. Bharti Airtel led in this metric with 99.42 per cent of its subscribers active.
Meanwhile, 14.47 million subscribers submitted requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) in February, indicating healthy competition and customer churn across zones.
While urban areas still lead in absolute numbers, rural connectivity is slowly catching up. Rural wireless tele-density stood at 59.46 per cent, compared with the much higher urban figure of 142.32 per cent.
Fixed Wireless Access using 5G technology also showed promising traction, growing to 11.93 million subscribers. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the primary players driving this segment.
The data paints a picture of a maturing yet still rapidly expanding telecom ecosystem. With total telephone subscribers now well past the 1.32 billion mark and broadband users comfortably above 1.06 billion, India continues to solidify its position as one of the world’s largest and most dynamic digital markets.
From bustling city streets to remote villages, more Indians are staying connected than ever before proving that when it comes to telecom, the country’s appetite for growth shows no signs of hanging up anytime soon.
