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I&B wants cable industry to be on a par with telecom over infrastructure

Soma Das
Posted: Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008 at 0027 hrs IST
Updated: Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008 at 0027 hrs IST

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New Delhi: granted on ad-hoc basis at arbitrary and exorbitant rates, complain cable operators. Different states charge varied rates and different authorities within in a single state charge at varied rate for granting the same permission.

In the absence of any well defined policy local bodies occasionally restrict competition and promote monopoly by permitting only one cable service provider per pole, said a MSO citing the instance of Orissa.

The varied rates charged for granting the same permission is given in the accompanying chart. Alongside the ministry is also exploring the possibility of a model whether sharing of infrastructure in a non-discriminatory manner as in telecom is possible and whether capacities exist for the same within the broadcasting sector....

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