There is no denying the fact that IPTV is fast becoming popular amongst Indian population. That’s precisely the reason, more and more companies are coming up with IPTV technology. One of the giants of Indian telecom world is BSNL. This government owned behemoth has also come up with its IPTV services. BSNL enjoys a great deal of popularity amongst Indian masses, mainly because of its services in rural and semi-urban areas. BSNL IPTV works on a simple concept and that is providing TV connection through phone line. Content Server plays an important role in IPTV world. The content server of BSNL is based in Kolkata and all the channels, customer requests, music, movies and other entertaining things are stored in this content server.
On a more technical level, BSNL IPTV channels need to have minimum of 4Mbps of bandwidth. BSNL has already launched its services in many parts of the India and planning to spread all across the country. The basic plan of iptv starts with Rs. 250/. Other value added services are video on demand etc for which one has to shell out extra money. Apart from that, there are several other packages suitable for all sorts of requirements. Few packages also include some free videos per month.
Other charges are installation and activation charges of Rs. 1600/-, security deposit of Rs. 1500/-, fixed monthly charge for SED (per Month) of 100/-, IPTV basic charge per month of 150/-, monthly modem Rent of Rs. 90/- and modem purchase for Rs. 600/-. BSNL is planning to acquire one lakh customers by the end of this fiscal. For this purpose, they have already appointed five franchisees namely; Smart Digivision Pvt Ltd, IOL Broadband Ltd, Maharashtra Knowledge Company Ltd (MKCL), Aksh Optifibre, and Times Broadband Ltd. Company is also expecting to serve 150,000 customers by coming March.
For further information, one can visit;
http://www.calcutta.bsnl.co.in/iptv/index.php