Ministry of Information and Broadcasting grants 20 new provisional licenses to MSOs

The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) has handed out 20 new provisional MSO licences and two permanent registrations, ahead of the 31 December deadline for Phase III of digital addressable system (DAS).

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The MIB has also revised multi-system operator (MSO) GTPL Hathway’s provisional licence to pan-India, barring few cities that fall under Phase II of DAS. With this approval, GTPL Hathway can operate on a pan-India basis except in Hyderabad, Faridabad, Srinagar, Bangalore, Mysore, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Coimbatore, Agra, Allahabad, Ghaziabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Varanasi and Chandigarh.

The MSO was granted provisional registration on 30 July 2012 for the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam and Jharkhand. With the ministry allotting 20 new provisional MSO licences, the total number of provisional registrations has gone up from 126 to 146, as on 20 August. Of these, three MSOs—C32 Cable Net, Reachnet Cable Services and Classic Digital Network—have got pan-India registration.

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Provisional registration given to 20 new MSOs and their area of operations are as follows:

Sun Cable Vision – In the State of Tamil Nadu (except Chennai and Coimbatore cities) and Chitoor District in Andhra Pradesh

Raagul Sat Vision – Tamil Nadu Phase 3-4

Dinesh Cable Networks – Entire Tamil Nadu

Andaman Cable Network – Areas in the districts of South Andaman and North Middle Andaman in the UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Krishna Teja Digital Cable Network – Areas in Municipal Corporation and Municipalities in state of Andhra Pradesh under Phase III