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UTStarcom is a global company
engaged in the manufacture,
integration and support of IP-based,
end-to-end networking and telecommunications
solutions. It sells converged
broadband wireless and wireline
products, an integrated IPTV
solution, and a comprehensive
line of handset and customer
premise equipment to operators
in both emerging and established
telecommunications markets worldwide.
Bharti has approximately 500000
fixed telephone retail customers.
It wants to ride video content
through its copper network.
"Most of Bharti's current
presence in fixed line telephony
is in National Capital Region
(NCR), Tamil Nadu, Karnataka
and Haryana. The company will
be initially targeting these
markets," says the source.
Bharti is working on an offering
of 100 TV channels. "The
company is creating the network
transmission capacity for IPTV.
It will be using ADSL 2 and
ADSL 2+ technology," says
the source.
When does Bharti plan to commercially
launch its IPTV service? "It
will take at least six months,"
says the source. The company
is in talks with the broadcasters
and other issues have to be
tied up, he added.
Major telecom companies like
Reliance Infocomm and VSNL are
planning to offer IPTV services.
The union minister for communications
and information technology Dayanidhi
Maran recently said that the
government has asked MTNL and
BSNL to ride on IPTV.
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