Switching Cable operators without changing Set Top Boxes may get real, here is how

New Delhi: Switching Cable operators without changing Set Top Boxes may be a reality soon as Broadcast regulator, TRAI is looking at making set-top boxes inter-operable. This would let users change their DTH or cable TV service provider without changing the digital box. TRAI chief R S Sharma has said the regulator is looking at the defining standards for STBs so that changing a service provider for accessing TV content should be same as changing a telecom operator by changing SIM card. “The STB should be de-coupled from the service provider.” The TRAI chief said that work has already begun on making the digital boxes inter-operable.