Ministry of information and broadcasting to pilot D2M broadcast technology

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₹200) per device," said Parag Naik, chief executive of Saankhya Labs. “Our plug-and-play dongle, which will also support D2M broadcasts, is already being marketed in the US, and we’ll bring it to India in about six months to one year at around ₹600-800," Naik added. Saankhya’s plans, at present, remain at a very nascent stage, and will hinge upon talks of the Centre backing a pilot D2M broadcast in the coming months.

Naik did not name any ODM or brand partner that they have associated with or received interest from so far, stating that they remain “in talks" at the moment. Industry stakeholders, too, have raised concerns. S.

P. Kochhar, director-general of industry body, Cellular Operators Association of India (Coai) on Monday said that concerns around the technology remain “on the aspects of level playing field, spectrum allocation, network integration and regulatory and cost arbitrage, in favour of the proposed public-private partnership model and against the telecom service providers." “Building a dedicated D2M network by earmarking spectrum specifically for the broadcasting infrastructure, providing competing or complementary services, would lead to a breach of level playing field. Offloading cellular networks also requires a close integration of broadcasting capabilities with cellular networks, so that the spectrum and infrastructure can be optimally leveraged for broadcasting and IMT services as per the demand.