Telecom Lead India: The I&B Ministry has revoked
registration of two MSOs including Home Cable Network and Swami Cable Network
for not furnishing information regarding preparations for implementation of DAS
and plans for infrastructure expansion as mandated in the DAS regime.
The Ministry has sought data/information in three formats
from MSOs, as part of regular monitoring of implementation of digital
addressable systems in Phase-I in four metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and
Chennai.
As per the official release, the Ministry said that the
MSOs have failed to furnish the information/data/details, therefore failed to
comply with the provisions of Cable Act and Rules.
The requisite data is essential to measure the
preparations, including plan of preparations afoot by MSOs to ensure that all
the consumers on their networks are covered by the necessary technical
infrastructure.
The Ministry has taken a serious view of the non
compliance of directions of the Ministry in the overall context of
implementation of DAS.
As per the ministry, timely availability of accurate data
with regard to the seeding of STBs by MSOs is critical for the Ministry to
ensure digital switch over within the timeframe as well as for taking
mid-course corrections if necessary.
