Bharti Airtel, India's largest private sector telecommunications company, is getting set to dabble in the crazy world of DTH satellite service. Beginning today, it will offer television to 62 cities in
India, and according to Atul Bindal, president, Bharti Telemedia Services, the outfit will be "aggressively marketing its DTH service by offering superior quality at competitive prices." Additionally, the carrier will be utilizing the MPEG-4 standard with DVB-S2 technology in order to broadcast more content using less bandwidth, making it ripe for HD delivery. Initially, at least, packages will start at Rs.2499 ($52) in northern India and Rs.1499 ($31) in southern India, which includes the price of an STB and installation. There's no high-def content on tap just yet, but we'd be shocked if that's still the case a year from now.
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Ishan Ghosh @ Oct 21st 2008 12:13PM
I am one of the unsatisfied customer of Airtel.I am using Airtel only to access its internet facility but now i am finding it hard to get.I have deposited a sum of amount on 26/09/08 to access the internet but uptill now i can't able to access it.It was not a problem which arises this month but i m facing this problem every month.I have also told the problem to the customer care but they are good for nothing.Frankly speaking now i was fed up Airtel and going to file a complain against you but before that i thought to give a hint of this problem to you guys.