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Nov 12, 2007 10:07

IPTV yet to take off in India

Posted by vcbothra
Poor broadband penetration and high priced set-top boxes are delaying the rollout and uptake of Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services in India.

This article gives an industry sources estimate, putting number of IPTV users much below 10,000!

Reasons for such a paltry subscriber base include lack of customer awareness about the benefits of the IPTV service, low broadband penetration, slow Internet access speeds and high set-top box cost.
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