Trai begins pilot testing for interoperable set-top boxes

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Trai begins pilot testing for interoperable set-top boxes

New Delhi: If all goes well, television households may now have interoperable set-top boxes. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has started the pilot testing of interoperable set-top boxes for digital TV broadcasting services which will allow subscribers to use the same set-top box interchangeably between various service providers. The regulator has also sought comments from broadcast industry stakeholders on the proposed architecture of the new set-top boxes. The replacement cost, as and when the new set-top boxes hit the market, may be high but we will see how this pans out,” said Roop Sharma, president of the Cable Operators Federation of India.

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TRAI hopes to find acceptable solution for TV set-top-box interoperability by year-end

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Trai reaches out to tech-experts to make set-top boxes interoperable

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Trai reaches out to tech-experts to make set-top boxes interoperable

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