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There are 4 pay-for-use DTH service providers and one free-to-air service provider (DD Free Dish) in India. [1]As of 30 September 2024, there are 59.91 million active DTH subscribers, in addition to the subscribers of state-owned DD Free Dish, in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI
The total number of DTH subscribers in India rose from 1.5 million in 2005 to 23 million in 2010. [8] Sun Direct became the first DTH provider to offer high-definition (HD) channels in early 2010. [9] Tata Play (formerly Tata Sky) began offering HD channels later that year. [10] Other DTH providers subsequently began carrying HD channels. [11]
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (d/b/a Jio) is an Indian telecommunications company and a subsidiary of Jio Platforms, headquartered in Navi Mumbai. It operates a national LTE network with coverage across all 22 telecom circles. Jio offers 5G, 4G and 4G+ services all over India. Its 6G service is in the works. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Broadband is defined by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as "an always-on data connection ... that offers a minimum downlink and uplink speed of 2 Mbit/s". [2] The number of internet users is 895.832 million, out of whom 34.36 million are narrowband subscribers and 861.472 million are broadband subscribers. [3]
The mobile tariffs in India have also become the lowest in the world. A new mobile connection can be activated with a monthly commitment of US$0.15 only. Decentralisation has been the new push by the government through PM WANI scheme launched in Dec 2020 to push Internet penetration above the current 50% threshold into smaller towns and ...
Tata Play is the largest DTH service provider in India. [2] As of March 2023, according to TRAI Tata Play serves 21.3 million subscribers which is 32.65% of total DTH users in India. [2] Tata Play entered into an agreement with French firm Vantiva to supply 4K set top boxes from early 2015. [3] The company was formerly known as Tata Sky. [4]
As of 31 December 2017, d2h had a market share of 19% among the pay DTH operators. [13] The amalgamation was officially completed on 22 March 2018. The merger made the new combined entity the largest DTH provider in India with 17.7 million active subscribers. Dish TV and Videocon d2h reported separate revenue numbers in FY2017.
In October 2016, India's telecom regulator TRAI recommended imposing a combined penalty of ₹ 3,050 crore (equivalent to ₹ 44 billion or US$510 million in 2023) on three mobile network operators — Vodafone, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular — for denying interconnection to Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio), the latest entrant into India's ...