One of the biggest MSOs in eastern India, Manthan will be installing 3.6 million STBs by 2014 in Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Jharkhand and Meghalaya and has already installed .7 million STBs in Kolkata so far, a city which has been struggling to complete its digitisation process.
The MSO which functions from Kolkata will be investing over USD 69 million by 2014 in order to expand further in the region. Manthan Broadband Services, director Sudip Ghosh said, “We will soon be signing USD 18 million contract for the management work for 10 years. We will also invest to build best infrastructure which includes network, encryption, SMS and call centre.”
The announcement comes at the heels of news that most LCOs and MSOs in Kolkata will not be able to meet the August 23rd deadline set by TRAI to submit the customer application forms (CAFs), with only 35% collected so far. The government of West Bengal has requested for an extension in the deadline in Kolkata. The city is also behind in its digitisation process with only 20% digitisation completed by the month of July.
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