25/04/2020

ACT Fibernet donates 1 lakh masks to BBMP

ACT Fibernet on Saturday said it has donated 1 lakh face masks to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to safeguard the health staff and workers fighting against COVID-19. The masks were personally handed over by the company CEO Bala Maddali to Mayor of Bengaluru Gautam Jain, ACT Fibernet said in a statement. The severity of the pandemic has been affecting people across Bengaluru at large, making the efforts of these health workers and staff even more critical at this juncture, it said.

25/04/2020

ACT Fibernet donates 1 lakh masks to BBMP

ACT Fibernet on Saturday said it has donated 1 lakh face masks to Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to safeguard the health staff and workers fighting against COVID-19. The masks were personally handed over by the company CEO Bala Maddali to Mayor of Bengaluru Gautam Jain, ACT Fibernet said in a statement. The severity of the pandemic has been affecting people across Bengaluru at large, making the efforts of these health workers and staff even more critical at this juncture, it said.

24/04/2020

ACT Fibernet Sets up Eight Wi-Fi Hotspots in Bengaluru

ACT Fibernet has set up eight Wi-Fi hotspots and two TVs at a migrant labor camp in Bengaluru, the company said in a tweet on Friday. With several companies doing their bit to support the government in its fight against COVID-19 outspread, ACT Fibernet shared the examples of its work on Twitter. The labor camp is said to be behind Manyata Tech Park housing 1000 people with the Wi-Fi hotspot and TV serving the communication and entertainment needs of the people residing in the facility. Further, it was said that the Wi-Fi hotspot can enable people to browse unlimited internet at 20 Mbps speed.

24/04/2020

Entertainment Bundled Broadband Plans of BSNL, Airtel, Act, Hathway and Jio

People across the world are switching from traditional cable and direct-to-home (DTH) setup to subscription based video and audio streaming, Absolute Markets Insights said in a report on Tuesday. According to the company engaged in providing latest trends related to consumer demand and consumer behavior, the over-the-top (OTT) services are increasingly adopted across growing economies such as India. With 1.52 million subscribers across India, ACT Fibernet is third on the list of top five service providers in India. The company provides cashback to Netflix users on certain plans with users receiving up to Rs 300 cashback in most cities and up to Rs 500 cashback in cities like Bengaluru and Hyderabad. In Chennai, the plans eligible for Netflix cashback include ACT Blast, ACT Storm, ACT Lighting and ACT Incredible with ACT Blast users eligible for Rs 100 cashback while Act Incredible users can receive Rs 300. Additionally, the company offers ACT Stream TV 4K, an Android set-top box (STB) capable of streaming at 4K along with access to over 100 live TV channels. Further, the company notes that it provides offers on streaming apps including Hooq and Zee5 while apps like Amazon Prime are said to be pre-installed on the device. The company also provides 100GB of complimentary data to Stream TV 4K subscribers.

24/04/2020

Free WiFi puts smiles on faces of migrants in camp

For the first time in weeks Rukmini Devi, a daily wage labourer, had a smile on her face on Sunday. Amidst the pall of gloom that surrounds the migrant labourer camp in Thanisandra, she found a silver lining - in her husband’s smartphone. For the first time in a month, Devi got to see her seven-year-old son Sushil who lives with his maternal grandparents in Gun-jhalli, a village in Raichur. Now, on an average, 450 users log onto to the hotspots every day The facility was provided by ACT Fibernet free.

23/04/2020

ACT Fibernet announces partnership with Yuppmaster

ACT Fibernet, one of India’s largest wired ISPs (Internet Service Provider), today announced partnership with Yupp Master to offer online coaching classes to students preparing for competitive exams such as IIT-JEE/ NEET. Amidst the national lockdown and the growing spread of novel coronavirus, students and professionals are moving to online classes to prepare for their exams. ACT Fibernet, with 1.5 million user base resonates with the customer requirements; and as part of the brand’s promise ‘Feel the Advantage’ the company is onboarding an e-learning provider for the first time on its platform.