By Editor on April 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Telecom Talk, a 3G mobile TV service has been launched by State-owned Indian telco Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) in partnership with Apalya Technology. MPEG4 picture quality will be offered by the new service and will be available in both the Delhi and Mumbai circles.
The other partners in the service are – vendor Alcatel-Lucent and IPTV service provider Aksh Optifibre, the latter of which already offers a fixed IPTV product, ‘iControl’, via the telco. According to Dr Kailash Choudhari, managing director at Aksh, 3G Mobile TV as a value added feature epitomizes convergence in technology realizing live television viewing on the move.
Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Streaming Server has been utilized by new service supporting all types of standard-based media formats and dynamic switching from high-bit rate to low-bit rate streaming based on network coverage and bandwidth availability.
By Editor on September 1, 2008 · Leave a Comment
BSNL and Aksh Optifibre launched iControl in Kukus village of Jaipur district which is considered to be the first IPTV service in rural India. iControl is a television connection that allows the viewer to watch the programmes at their convenience with more than 120 channels, and offers an extensive movie library with Hollywood and Bollywood titles at no extra cost. This service will be charged at Rs. 150 per month offering channels from STAR, Sony, NEO, TEN Sports and others. Setup Box will be provided to customers free of cost a fully refundable security deposit of Rs. 999.
Commercial launch of iControl in Jaipur, Rajasthan was also proclaimed by Aksh, which was originally proclimed for the city at the start of this month. Soon this service wil also be instigated in other cities of Rajasthan. Presently iControl is in Delhi and Mumbai.
BSNL is planning to expand IPTV services in around 100 cities. Soon the other value-added services like Video Telephony, VoIP etc. will be introduced.
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