The Government of West Bengal has instructed the Cable TV operators to provide services for the next month even in the case of non-payment from the users. Since the government announced 21 days precautionary lockdown period, people have been locked at their homes, and in the Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, citizens are relying on Cable TV for their entertainment. Not only this, but many individuals are also facing trouble to... Read More
More Indian Cable TV operators could be launching an Android Set-Top Box (STB) or an Android TV dongle in 2020, according to the data available on Android TV Guide. With most DTH operators offering an Android TV STB, the Indian Cable TV operators could offer their own Android STB or an Android TV dongle to counter their DTH peers. The Android STB provides a one stop solution as it enables the... Read More
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) announced on Saturday that it will offer four pay TV channels free for next two months and that it will support the government's fight against COVID-19 outbreak. The announcement from IBF comes in the midst of the country being placed under 21 day lockdown due to COVID-19 with broadcasting networks facing uncertainty owing to potential impact on advertising revenues. Despite the bleak situation surrounding the... Read More
The Government of India announced 21 days lockdown in the entire nation to combat Coronavirus. Since the beginning of lockdown, people have been relying on Cable TV, DTH and broadband connections for their entertainment. GTPL Hathway which recently acquired 220,000 subscribers are also seeing increasing demands for Cable TV boxes and broadband connections amidst the social distancing and lockdown period. Piyush Pankaj, who is the Chief Strategy Officer of GTPL... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) introduced new amendments to its National Tariff Order (NTO) 1.0 at the start of this year. The sector regulator ordered broadcasters, Cable TV & DTH operators to implement the new rules by March 1, 2020. However, the NTO 2.0 rules are yet to implemented by broadcasters and Cable TV operators. DTH operators, on the other hand, have successfully implemented new NTO 2.0 rules... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) firmly said that the new amendments to National Tariff Order (NTO) or NTO 2.0 would become effective on March 1. While all the DTH operators complied with Trai, it is not the case with Cable TV service providers. Earlier, we have reported that Siti Networks and Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd (TCCL) revised the NCF and Multi TV charges as per Trai's... Read More
Tamil Nadu based Multi-System Operators (MSO) Thamizhaga Cable TV Communication Pvt Ltd, (TCCL) along with Siti Networks have agreed and pushed the revised NCF rates mentioned in the NTO 2.0 by Trai. Earlier, the network capacity fee for 200 standard definition channels (SD) was Rs 130, excluding taxes. As per the new NTO 2.0 by Trai, Network Capacity Fee or NCF for 200 standard channels (SD) will be Rs 130... Read More
One of the prime things of focus for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) this year has been the issue of Set-Top Box Interoperability. The telecom regulator has floated consultation paper earlier this year to garner the views of industry stakeholders on the technology and implementation of interoperable Set-Top Box. However, in this paper, Trai’s views have not exactly been met with affirmation. Instead, the DTH operator opposed the... Read More
The regulatory changes in the DTH and the broadcasting industry have been very impactful in recent times. Right on from the new Trai tariff regime or the QoS regulations put forth by the regulatory, these laws have changed the shape of the industry. However, while the DTH industry and the DTH companies hog the limelight when it comes to broadcasting, the cable TV services cannot entirely be ignored. These companies... Read More
With the DTH industry going in circles and circles over the regulations, the relationships between DTH operators and the broadcasters have also gone a little sour as the new rules from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) have penetrated the workings of these broadcasters and Distribution Platform Operators (DPOs). Now, a new issue has come up in the industry related to the capping of carriage costs of the channels... Read More
There is no doubt that the telecom industry in India has been going through a lot of changes in recent times. However, that is not the only industry which is being affected by the change in the regulations brought by the sector regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). The series of events which were kickstarted by the introduction of the new Trai tariff regime, continue to create ripples... Read More
With the coming of the festive season, the DTH subscribers are enjoying a new benefit of reduced channel pricing. The benefit has been brought to the subscribers by the broadcasters of the channels and then passed on by the DTH operators. It is worth noting that the broadcasters announced the price cut on these channels only a few days ago and the DTH operators have followed up quickly to bring... Read More
Have a breaking news, inside story, scoop?
Write to us, your anonymity is our priority at news [at] telecomtalk.info
Want to be featured on TelecomTalk?
Send us your articles, stories, suggestions, feedback at news [at] telecomtalk.info
where are the plans?no details , whats new whats changed?
Vi should decrease the tariff somewhere near to Jio's. So it can grab users from Airtel and Jio.
If out of 481, 108 is 5G customers. That means customer on Jio 4G network reduced from 452 million in…
In my nearest enodeB, Jio switches off b40 daily at around 1 am, restores around 6 am. b3 and b5…
If they already reached 482 million, I wonder in how many months it will reach 500 million customers. Their ARPU…
