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Roshan D’souza joins iNovo Broadband as VP, GM APAC
MUMBAI: iNovo Broadband, which provides next generation CPE‘s to the market, has appointed Roshan D’souza as vice president and GM for Asia Pacific.
D’souza comes in from Hathway Cable & Datacom, where he was president – broadband. Prior to joining Hathway in September 2010, he was with Scientific Atlanta / Cisco.
iNovo was founded by Jack Miller and Himanshu Parikh in 2011. Miller also founded N2 broadband which he later sold to Tandberg Television (now part of Ericsson) for $130 million. Parikh started in 2000 the standard base CPE business in Scientific Atlanta (later acquired by Cisco) and after 11 years generated over $1 billion in annual sales.
Miller is CEO, while Parikh is CTO at the company. “We currently have on board a full team of marketing and engineering experts in the CPE business, most of them coming from Scientific Atlanta / Cisco,” D’souza said.
“We are seeing that worldwide deployment of video and IP based digital set-top boxes and modems are continuing to expand, with a market over $10 billion,” he further added.
iNovo will offer a full line of CPE products, such as digital STBs for cable, satellite and IPTV service providers besides DOCSIS 2.0 and 3.0 modems and residential gateways.
iNovo is discussing its products with several Asia Pacific customers and plans to ship its first products mid-to-late summer of this year. “We can bring to the market our combined team experience, from partner’s relationship like Contract manufactures, CAS vendors, chipset vendors and customer relationship,” emphasised D’souza.
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With 57 per cent single new users, Ashley Madison rebrands as discreet dating platform
Platform says majority of new members now identify as single
INDIA: Ashley Madison is shedding the “married-dating” label that defined it for two decades, repositioning itself as a platform for discreet dating in what it calls the post-social media age.
The rebrand, unveiled in India on 27 February, 2026, marks a structural shift in business model and identity. Once synonymous with married dating, the company now describes itself as the “premier destination for discreet dating” under a new tagline: Where Desire Meets Discretion.
The pivot is data-driven. Internal figures show that 57 per cent of global sign-ups between 1 January and 31 December, 2025 identified as single: a notable departure from the platform’s married core. The company argues that its community has already evolved beyond its original positioning.
“In an age where our lives have been constantly put on public display, privacy has become the new luxury,” said Ashley Madison chief strategy officer Paul Keable. He framed the platform’s offering as “ethical discretion” for singles, separated, divorced and non-monogamous users seeking private connections.
The shift also taps into wider digital fatigue. A global survey conducted by YouGov for Ashley Madison, covering 13,071 adults across Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US, found mounting discomfort with hyper-public online lives.
Among dating app users, 30 per cent cited constant swiping and messaging as a source of fatigue, while 24 per cent pointed to pressure to curate public-facing profiles and early personal disclosure. Some 27 per cent said fears of screenshots or information being shared contributed to exhaustion; an equal share cited unwanted attention.
The retreat from oversharing appears broader. According to the survey, 46 per cent of adults actively try to keep most aspects of their life private online. Only 8 per cent feel comfortable sharing most aspects publicly, while 35 per cent say they are becoming more selective about what they disclose.
Ashley Madison is betting that this cultural recalibration towards controlled visibility can be monetised. By doubling down on privacy infrastructure and reframing itself around discretion rather than infidelity, the company is attempting to convert reputational baggage into a premium proposition.
