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  • MIB grants 13 new MSO licences in January-March 2022

    MIB grants 13 new MSO licences in January-March 2022

    Mumbai: The ministry of information and broadcasting reported that there are 1763 registered multi-system operators (MSOs) as of 21 March as compared to 1752 registered MSOs at the end of January. The ministry has granted 13 new licenses to MSOs between 31 December 2021 and 21 March 2022.

    Among the new licensees are Sky Media, SGRA Satellite Cable Network, Dainik Savera News and Media Network, Sai Namo Digital Cable Network, Inishia Media, Ganapati Digital Network, Swastika, Grand Gumber Network, Digital Fusion Network, Raaga Communication, SSCN Digital TV and Broadband, Assistive Netspeed Technologies and Asiasat Channel and Consultancy India.

    It also granted two provisional registrations to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation, which operates in the state of Tamil Nadu only, and to Godfather Communication, which operates only in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, and Himachal Pradesh.

    The ministry cancelled the licenses of eight MSOs including Sai Enterprise, Anil Kumar Singh, SSV Cable, Kavali Entertainment, Vimitel Network, Hubli Digital Cable Net and Broadband Services, Star Club Cable and Broadband and Bhyraveshwara Cable Network since January.

  • Reliance Jio Media applies for pan-India license, over 200 others in queue for phase III of DAS

    Reliance Jio Media applies for pan-India license, over 200 others in queue for phase III of DAS

    NEW DELHI: Reliance Jio Media, a subsidiary of Reliance Jio Infocomm, has applied for a pan India cable television multi system operator (MSO) license as part of its step to enter the broadcast distribution sector.
     

    Confirming this to indiantelevision.com, an Information and Broadcasting Ministry official said that around 200 MSOs are in the queue for phase III of digital addressable system (DAS) license at present. Following the recent extension in date for registration of MSOs for phase III, the official said it was expected that this number may go up by another 70-80 MSO applicants.
     

    At least 50 per cent of these applicants including Reliance Jio are expected to get clearances by March 2015.
     

    Reliance Jio, the telecom arm of Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries, is the only company to have pan-India Broadband Wireless Access spectrum that can be used for 4G services. Reliance Jio has plans to start 4G services across most of the telecom circles by March 2015.
     

    Reliance Industries has already announced that it will launch commercial 4G telecom service of Reliance Jio in 2015 entailing investment of Rs 70,000 crore. It will initially cover about 5,000 towns and cities accounting for over 90 per cent of urban India, as well as over 215,000 villages in India.
     

    The company is focusing on convergence space and has bagged Broadband Wireless Access spectrum in 2010 and Internet Service Provider license was bagged through acquisition of Infotel Broadband Services in 2010.
     

    The company has also showcased a ‘Jio Television’ that can be delivered through 4G network.
     

    All these services will help Reliance Jio to offer broadband services through wireless media, wireline media and cable TV media thereby focusing on all types of broadband services pan-India.
     

    Reliance Jio in February 2014 acquired airwaves in 1800 MHz band across 14 out of 22 service area in the country. The spectrum in this band can also be used for providing 4G services. The company already holds Unified Licence (UL), which allows it to use any technology to provide telecom services.

    Under UL, sources said, Reliance Jio can offer Fiber-To-The-Home services and high speed broadband services to home and enterprise users.

    An MSO license will help Reliance Jio to offer cable TV services through optical fiber thereby providing triple play service as done by large MSOs in the country say Hathway, Siti Cable, IN cable, DEN and others.