Broadband
Excitel collaborates with Amazon Prime for cable cutter plan benefits
Mumbai: Excitel, a home internet start-up has joined hands with Amazon Prime to offer the much-loved Prime benefits to its customers. Subscribers of Excitel’s flagship Cable Cutter plan will be able to subscribe to Prime Lite, and access Prime Video’s extensive content library, as well as enjoy free unlimited same-day delivery across 1M+ products and next-day delivery across 4M+ products on Amazon.
In addition to Prime Lite with Excitel, the enhanced Cable Cutter™ plan also provides up to 300 Mbps of lightning speed, 300+ Live TV channels, and easy access to 22+ OTT platforms including Prime Video, all for just Rs 719 per month, offering offers users a diverse range of entertainment options to choose from.
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Plan Name  |
Speed |
Offer | Price |
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Cable Cutter™ – Plan |
Up to 300 Mbps |
Prime Lite with Excitel, along with 22+ OTT services such as Prime Video, Disney+Hotstar, SonyLIV, ZEE5, etc. along with 300+ FTA channels |
Rs 719/month* |
Rs 719/month to be paid upfront for 12 months
Commenting on this partnership, Excitel Broadband, founder and CEO Vivek Raina said, “India’s media market is changing fast. With more people watching ‘OTT Video’ and still using Cable TV, it’s clear that our audience wants a mix of entertainment options. At Excitel, we firmly believe that delivering this experience requires innovative solutions that leverage the power of the Internet. Our collaboration with Amazon Prime marks a significant step towards this vision. By offering Prime Lite with Excitel which combines Amazon’s entertainment and shopping benefits with our affordable internet plans, we’re creating a new era of home entertainment that blends OTT, TV, and the power of the internet.”
“At Prime Video we are constantly looking at ways to strengthen our distribution to ensure wider availability of our much-loved movies and series,” said a Prime Video spokesperson. “The collaboration with Excitel provides seamless access to Prime Video’s full selection of content, as well as Prime Lite benefits like unlimited free shopping & shipping of ‘Same-day/Next-Day’ delivery, Prime exclusive deals and much more. With this collaboration, we are making premium entertainment even more accessible to customers in India.”
Subscribers can enjoy a seamless streaming experience at lightning-fast speeds of up to 300 Mbps with uninterrupted access to the full selection of Prime Video’s movies and series including the highly popular Original series like Panchayat, Mirzapur, The Family Man, Dhootha, Inspector Rishi, blockbuster movies Tiger 3, Kantara, Maja Ma, Bawaal, Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya, and many more, along with international series and movies like Fallout, Citadel, The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, The Boys, to name a few. This is in addition to other Prime Lite benefits like free unlimited same-day delivery across 1M+ products and next-day delivery across 4M+ products, Prime early access & exclusive deals and 5% cashback on Amazon Pay ICICI Bank Credit Card while shopping on Amazon.
Prime Lite with Excitel stands out as the premier choice for internet service, as Excitel has been recognized by OOKLA, as the fastest internet speed provider. In addition to this prestigious accolade, users can also enjoy a diverse array of TV shows and live content in various Indian and international languages such as English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam, Bengali, Marathi, and Punjabi.
Broadband
Tejas Networks names Arnob Roy as MD and CEO, overhauls top leadership team
The Bengaluru-based telecom gear maker reshuffles its entire top team even as quarterly revenue collapses by 83 per cent
BENGALURU: Tejas Networks is changing the guard at the top, and doing so at speed. The Bengaluru-headquartered telecom equipment maker has elevated Arnob Roy as managing director and chief executive officer, effective April 15, 2026, for a term running through to August 3, 2028, and in the same breath announced new appointments across operations and finance. The timing is pointed: the company is navigating one of the roughest patches in its recent history.
Roy steps up from his role as executive director and chief operating officer, a position he has held since March 2019. He brings more than three decades of experience in the high-technology sector across research and development, operations, and sales. His predecessor, Anand Athreya, resigned last year citing personal reasons and was relieved on June 20, 2025, leaving a gap at the top that has now been formally filled.
The numbers Roy inherits are sobering. Tejas posted a net loss of Rs 211.3 crore in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, a near-194 per cent widening year on year from Rs 71.8 crore in the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter collapsed 82.6 per cent year on year to Rs 333 crore, down from Rs 1,907 crore. EBITDA swung to a loss of Rs 118.2 crore against a profit of Rs 121.5 crore a year ago. The culprit is not hard to identify: Tejas has derived the bulk of its revenue from BSNL’s fourth-generation network project, delivered as part of a Tata Consultancy Services-driven consortium, and that roll-out is now winding down.
Roy, speaking during a post-earnings conference call with analysts, was candid about where the company has been. “The BSNL 4G network went live across 100,000 sites. We deployed our largest indigenous router networks in the country through the BSNL MAN network, as well as in the BharatNet Phase 3 network,” he said, adding that Tejas had also successfully rolled out its 400G and 800G DWDM equipment in domestic and international markets, and continued the deployment of what it describes as the world’s largest satellite IoT network through its vehicle tracking system solution.
The pivot to new revenue streams is already under way. Tejas has partnered with Japan’s Rakuten Symphony and NEC Corporation to push deeper into international markets, with several Open Radio Access Network trials ongoing, one of which concluded recently. The company is also diversifying across equipment categories and geographies to sustain momentum as the BSNL chapter closes.
To prosecute that strategy, Roy needs a full team around him. Preetham Uthaiah has been appointed chief operating officer, moving up from his current role as vice president of product management for wireless products at Tejas Networks. Uthaiah brings nearly 30 years of global experience spanning engineering, product management, and business development across India and the United States. Before joining Tejas Networks, he served as executive vice president of product management, marketing, and strategy at Saankhya Labs, and held senior roles at Tech Mahindra on both sides of the Atlantic. He holds an MBA from Arizona State University and a degree in electronics and communications from Karnatak University.
On the finance front, AVS Prasad has been approved as chief financial officer, effective May 16, 2026, succeeding Sumit Dhingra, who has resigned. Prasad, currently serving as finance controller at Tejas Networks, brings over 27 years of experience within the Tata Group across telecom, aerostructures, and defence. A company secretary and cost and management accountant by training, he has spent more than 15 years in senior finance roles including CFO and financial controller positions, with expertise spanning corporate finance, treasury management, regulatory compliance, internal audit, and governance.
New chief executive, new chief operating officer, new chief financial officer — all installed in a single move, at a moment when the company’s largest revenue source is drying up and the next chapter remains unwritten. Tejas Networks has placed its bets. Now it has to deliver.
