"We are strongly committed to build a strategic relationship. It is happening at various levels including business to business," Cable, who was Guest of Honour at a reception hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry at Lancaster House here said. India's High Commissioner to the UK Nalin Surie, G P Hinduja, President of the Hinduja Group, Lord Navnit Dholakia, Lord Raj Loomba were among those who attended the reception.
Terming the government's proposal to go for dual-feed under the conditional access system from July 15, cable operators on Tuesday threatened that cable TV subscription rates would be around Rs 500.
To rationalise the entertainment tax levied on the direct-to-home (DTH) companies and the cable operators by the state governments and also to encourage the cable industry to switch to the use of advanced optical fibre cable instead of the copper wire cables, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has set up two sub-committees.
Rediff.com brings for you the third in the series of leaked Wiki cables, which point towards some startling revelations.
The cable industry has asked the government to quickly address the policy issues related to the Internet Protocol TV. Otherwise, over 3,000 unauthorised television channels, which include pornography, will enter Indian homes.
In the wake of recent submarine cable cuts that disrupted Internet and telephony services across the world, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) is looking at putting in place a mechanism to ensure immediate restoration of lines in case of such incidents in the future.
Millennium Telecom, a joint venture company of two telecom PSUs Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has floated a Rs 1,600-crore (Rs 16-billion) tender to lay a submarine cable between India and South East Asia, the landing station for which would be located in West Bengal. "The cable landing station for this cable would be set up at Digha in West Bengal," the department of telecommunication has informed the state government.
Alcatel-Lucent has bagged the contract to build undersea cable linking Mumbai and France.
Gulmarg was the coldest place in Kashmir on Sunday.
Tata group company Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd today said it is constructing a $250-million (about Rs 988 crore) worth cable system for linking Mumbai directly to Paris, London and Madrid via Egypt.
Could it be about clout? Given its size and influence, RIL doesn't need the media for that, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekhar.
The Cabrio cable car in Switzerland is the world's first cable car with an open upper deck.
Hathway Cable Internet, one of the largest broadband cable ISPs in India, has introduced a new broadband package -- Silver Super Rush -- that provides 'high-speed Internet up to 512 kbps through cable for just Rs 250 per month.'
The purpose of CAS -- to check piracy -- is defeated, if pay channels can be watched free, as is apparently happening in localities like Devli village near Sainik Farms, Pushp Vihar and Saket, all areas where CAS has been implemented.
Foreign cable companies like Liberty Global Inc, Macquarie Media Group and Star Group want the prime minister to intervene in the digital broadband policy initiatives for the cable industry.
The decision to impose a ban on entire cable network was taken after they (cable operators) failed to stop airing obscene channels as directed earlier.
The construction lift in the 40-storey building located in Balkum area off the Ghodbunder Road here collapsed on Sunday evening.
HDFC Bank's latest shareholding data showed that the room for foreign investment has fallen just 5 basis points short of the threshold set by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) to fully include the stock in its indices. Currently, the index provider has applied an adjustment factor of 0.5 since the foreign room is less than 25 per cent. Removal of the adjustment factor will result in inflows of a massive $4.8 billion (Rs 40,000 crore) into HDFC Bank, according to Brian Freitas, a New Zealand-based analyst with Periscope Analytics.
Cable TV operators can register under the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995, to provide Internet Protocol Television services without requiring any licence, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has said. In its recommendations, TRAI has also said that the IPTV operators are required to register as cable operators to provide services in the country.
The three undersea cable station owners were asked by Trai to submit the Cable Landing Station - Reference Interconnect Offer,' containing the terms and conditions, charges and time limit for providing access. Now, Trai has approved the RIO of four cable landing stations of VSNL in the country and one each of Bharti and Anil Ambani's Reliance.
This is no surprise, given that the deadline for digitisation in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai was October 31 and DTH firms and multiple-system operators were eyeing a windfall.
With CAS just round the corner, the cable operators are gearing up to offer value added services. One big initiative that seems to be on the move is the attempt to offer Internet and IPTV.
Mounting pressure on an apprehensive BJP to implement the Conditional Access System as scheduled on July 15, cable operators on Friday threatened to increase the cable service rates to around Rs 450 in the absence of CAS.
Multiple-system operators feel extending the deadline to submit the forms isn't necessary
A curfew was imposed on Monday morning across Kashmir valley in the wake of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail. Police and paramilitary troops have been deployed across Kashmir to maintain law and order.
Switzerland offers some of the most exciting cable rides.
Faced with the challenge of retaining subscribers, state-owned MTNL is launching a 3-in-1 service, offering voice, broadband and cable TV on a single line while assuring affordability to its customers.
The Mark-1A will be more sophisticated and capable than the Tejas Mark-1.
A look at this week's hits and misses.
If completed, the move would create a 50-50 joint venture valuing Reliance Communications' cable assets at $1 billion.
The company has set up its new network platform in India entailing an investement of $30 million which would offer telecom and connectivitysolutions to over 150 customers in the country including banking, insurance and software firms, Cable & Wireless India managing director Sunanda Das said.
Asserting that consumers' interest would be protected from cable TV operators, Trai chairman Pradip Baijal on Friday said consumers should have multiple options like cable, broadband, DTH and set-top boxes to watch satellite TV channels at home.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances