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Media services’ enhanced delivery: Tata teams up with DataMiner
MUMBAI: Tata Communications has collaborated with Skyline Communications to use the latter’s DataMiner platform as the end-to-end network, service, SLA, and operational support system for its global media services.
Tata owns one of the world’s largest wholly-owned fiber optic network, and Skyline leads globally in end-to-end multi-vendor network management and OSS software solutions for the broadcast, satellite, cable, telecom and mobile industry.
Skyline regional account manager Pramod Gupta said, “The DataMiner multi-vendor platform monitors and orchestrates services across any technology, regardless of vendor or type of technology, end to end. The platform is fully agnostic to specific technologies, and as such has the unique capability to book, reserve and activate services truly end to end.”
Tata general manager Brian Morris said, “It is our constant endeavor to ensure that we keep our service offerings ahead of the curve to ensure top-notch quality to be able to deliver a world-class customer experience”.
Skyline CEO, Ben Vandenberghe said, “Our market-leading platform provides end-to-end visibility and dashboards on the quality, performance and availability of the network, the services and the customer experience,”
The new DataMiner Service and Resource Manager (SRM) is the foundation of any dynamic media network. DataMiner SRM is introduced technology which truly links service and resource management with the network itself an operator can only book and activate resources that are effectively available for use.
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PNB partners Kiwi to launch credit-enabled UPI for users
Targets 180 million customers; RuPay card offers 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent cashback
MUMBAI: Swipe, tap, or scan credit is quietly slipping into the rhythm of everyday payments, and Punjab National Bank wants in on the action. The state-run lender has partnered with Kiwi to roll out credit-enabled UPI payments for its 180 million customers, marking a significant push to blend traditional banking with India’s fast-evolving digital payments ecosystem.
At the centre of the collaboration is the launch of the PNB Kiwi Credit Card on the RuPay network. The card is designed with a digital-first approach, offering fully online onboarding and seamless integration with UPI, allowing users to transact via scan-and-pay while accessing credit.
The offering also brings in a rewards layer, with cashback ranging from 0.5 per cent to 1.5 per cent on online transactions, positioning the product as both a convenience play and a spending incentive.
The move comes as UPI continues to dominate India’s digital payments landscape, increasingly blurring the lines between debit-led transactions and credit access. For PNB, which operates over 10,000 branches around 60 per cent in semi-urban and rural areas, the partnership signals a targeted effort to extend formal credit to segments that have traditionally remained underserved.
The collaboration also reflects a broader industry shift, where banks and fintech platforms are converging to embed credit directly into payment flows, reducing friction while expanding access.
With RuPay credit cards gaining traction and UPI evolving beyond peer-to-peer transfers, the PNB–Kiwi tie-up positions both players at the intersection of scale, accessibility, and the next phase of digital finance in India.
