• MTNL, IOL Broadband in IPTV Deal

    MTNL, IOL Broadband in IPTV Deal

    Techtree News Staff, Aug 17, 2006 1905 hrs IST

    According to reports, Mumbai-based IOL Broadband has signed a content delivery network affiliation contract with state-owned MTNL.

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According to reports, Mumbai-based IOL Broadband, which is among the country's first broadband companies, has signed a content delivery network affiliation contract with state-owned behemoth, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).

The tie-up will allow IOL Broadband access to over two lakh ADSL Broadband subscribers of MTNL, to offer them Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) content.

MTNL plans to deploy over one million ADSL modems in the next 24 months. And with the availability of high quality content, the pace of deployment is expected to accelerate.

Besides, using a state-of-the-art Network Center plus its own Metro Fiber Ethernet Network, IOL Broadband has already interconnected its network with MTNL's ADSL network.

The service will reportedly include IPTV-Time shifted viewing and Video-on-Demand (VOD). With this, several hundred Bollywood and Hollywood movies are expected to be made available-on-demand via MTNL s network.

MTNL says that with the advent of IOL Broadband's IPTV and VOD service, India will join a select few countries where these services are available.

According to sources, MTNL is expected to be the first to go live with IPTV and VOD, with a launch likely in Mumbai and Delhi by January 2007. MTNL is also believed to be in the final stages of the IPTV plan, wherein IOL Broadband will be supplying the set-top box as well as part of the content delivery network.

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(10) Comments
sandeep craut
,mumbai, on Jun 16, 2007 11:02 AM
i donn't understand.what is the prospect of this co?
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M K Gupta
,Lucknow, on Aug 18, 2006 01:03 PM
When this will be available in Lucknow
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Mani
,Mumbai, on Aug 31, 2006 05:24 PM
Lucknow has MTNL, never knew it. Maybe hope BSNL or Airtel or others start it soon.
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Deepak
,Mumbai, on Aug 18, 2006 07:43 PM
I m not sure as to exactly what will we be offered. But it seems that Videos and TV channels can now be seen through MTNL broadband. will this replace the present MTNL broad band reutor?
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Nort
,cal, on Aug 24, 2006 11:23 AM
yes i do agree with u
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Damac
,Of Angels, on Aug 18, 2006 12:25 PM
Eh. Don;t they know that IPTV takes huge amount of Bandwidth and 1GB of Data transfer limit just ain't gonna cut it !
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sgurnani
,Mumbai, on Aug 19, 2006 12:00 AM
YES don't they know... 1gb just ain't enuf. In fact, how much ever bandwidth they provide it's never enough coz we're far behind what the US is getting at homes 6 - 8 Gbps .. guess changing channels will take some time to load initially as that's the time the broadband is used maximum!
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Anu
,Trivandrum, on Aug 21, 2006 09:17 PM
Present ADSL2+ technology with BSNL/MTNL can offer a bandwidth of 24MBPS which is enough for Triple play services like IPTV. see the link below for further clarification httP://m-net.net.nz/content/view/558/373/
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ssbgold
,Delhi, on Aug 18, 2006 10:07 AM
this is an excellent product.
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Fahad Khalil Pa
,mumbai, on Aug 18, 2006 01:52 AM
Just make sure whatever MTNL Launches it should be Value for money & Easily Available.
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