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Vee Time uses Motorola’s WiMax technology
MUMBAI: Vee Time, a quadruple play service provider in Taiwan, has launched commercial mobile broadband services based on Motorola’s WiMax technology.
The new high-speed wireless service, combined with existing television, voice and Internet services, will strengthen Vee Time’s position in the telecom market and help it realise its digital convergence vision to bring a media mobility experience to users in Taiwan.
Vee Time had acquired a WiMax licence to provide mobile broadband services based on the new technology in Taiwan and launched commercial WiMax services in Taichung City, Taichung County and Kinmen County in the first phase of network development. The operator plans to expand and upgrade the network at a later stage.
Vee Time awarded its first WiMax turnkey contract to Motorola in the second half of 2009. In a few months, Motorola has designed, supplied and deployed the largest WiMAX network in southern Taiwan for the operator.
The Motorola services team has worked closely with Vee Time to deliver a fast-to-market WiMax network. The fully operational and optimised network was ready for Vee Time to provide commercial services in the second quarter of 2010.
Vee TIME said “With the new high-speed mobile service, Vee Time has become the leading quadruple play service operator in Taiwan, enabling us to provide not only high quality communication services, but also innovative digital media offerings across different platforms.
“Motorola’s state-of-the-art WiMax solutions and professional services team ensured a high quality and quick deployment of the advanced network. Its expertise and experience in other WiMax projects around the globe were invaluable. With this deployment, Motorola has helped us better fulfill customer demands and create innovative solutions for our subscribers”
Motorola Networks business in Asia Pacific corporate VP, GM Dr. Mohammad Akhtar says, “We are excited to implement a world-class WiMax network to help realize Vee Time’s digital media convergence vision. The consumption of rich media mobile content is increasing, and consumers and business users are adopting a new mobile lifestyle. The new WiMax services supported by Motorola’s technology and services team will provide Vee Time with a competitive edge in this emerging, fast growing market”.
Motorola has deployed WiMax networks for three of the six operators who have acquired WiMax licences in Taiwan, demonstrating its leadership in 4G technologies as well as its services capabilities.
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Inshorts Group chief Deepit Purkayastha joins IAB video council for Southeast Asia and India
The co-founder and chief executive of the short-form content platform has been inducted into the IAB SEA+India Video Council, giving India a stronger voice in shaping digital video frameworks
NOIDA: India has long been the world’s most chaotic, multilingual and mobile-first digital market. Now, one of its most prominent short-video executives is getting a seat at the table where the rules are written.
Deepit Purkayastha, co-founder and chief executive of Inshorts Group, has been selected as a member of the IAB SEA+India Video Council for 2026. Run by the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the council brings together senior leaders from Southeast Asia and India to shape standards, best practices and measurement frameworks for the fast-evolving video and digital advertising ecosystem.
The timing is pointed. According to the IAMAI-Kantar Internet in India Report 2025, over 588 million Indians are now consuming short-video content, with growth increasingly driven by rural and non-metro audiences. India’s active internet user base has crossed 950 million, with 57 per cent of users now coming from rural markets. Yet the frameworks that govern how video consumption is measured and monetised were largely designed for single-language, Western markets and have struggled to keep pace with the scale, diversity and complexity of India’s digital landscape.
Purkayastha is no stranger to these debates. He already serves on the AI Council at Marketing and Media Alliance India and as co-chair of the Digital Entertainment Committee at the Internet and Mobile Association of India. His induction into the IAB SEA+India Video Council extends that influence into the global video standards arena.
Inshorts Group sits squarely at the intersection of these forces. Its flagship product, Inshorts, India’s highest-rated short news app, reaches 12 million active users with 60-word news summaries. Its sister platform, Public App, reaches 80 million monthly active users across more than 700 districts and 12 languages, serving communities that most global platforms barely register.
Purkayastha said the opportunity was about building something more representative. “India today sits at the centre of the global video ecosystem, but the frameworks that define how value is created and measured have not always kept pace with the realities of our market,” he said. “Being part of the IAB SEA+India Video Council is an opportunity to contribute to a more representative and future-ready approach, one that accounts for diversity in language, context, and user intent.”
As a council member, Purkayastha will contribute to shaping regional standards across video advertising, measurement and platform governance, with a focus on frameworks that are native to India’s multilingual, mobile-first ecosystem rather than imported from global benchmarks designed elsewhere.
For years, India has been content to play by rules written for other markets. Purkayastha’s induction is a signal that it is done waiting to be consulted and ready to start writing them.
