1) ANI: Asian News International
The full form of ANI is “Asian News International“. It is an Indian news agency based in New Delhi that provides syndicated multimedia news to various news agencies in India and beyond. ANI is the leading multimedia news agency in South Asia, with more than 100 agencies in India, South Asia and across the globe. Asian News International (ANI) was the first agency in India to distribute video news. Its growth was fueled by a desire to satisfy the human need for knowledge and information. It was created by Prem Prakash on December 9, 1971. As of 2019, it is the largest news agency in India; Smita Prakash is the editor in chief and is married to the CEO, Sanjiv Prakash.
2) ANI: Automatic Number Identification
ANI (Automatic Number Identification) is a service that provides the recipient of a phone call with the number of the calling phone. The service provider determines the method of providing this information (such as AT&T, MCI, Sprint, etc.). ANI was originally developed to simplify the billing process for telephone operators, Rather than manually requesting the originating phone number for a phone call. The service is generally provided by sending DTMF (multi-frequency digital tone) tones along with the call. ANI was originally created by AT&T Corporation for the purpose of internal long-distance charging. ANI is still used to manage the billing of free telephone lines, such as 1-800, 1-888, etc.
