Indian CATV operator ready for Triple Play

Ortel Communications Ltd, better known as cable TV service provider under the brand name SkyView has announced the commercial launch of its Internet telephony services. Till now it was providing only cable TV and broadband Internet services for homes and commercial establishments and by launching Internet telephony it has come into the league of elite triple play service providers of India and will be directly competing with telecom companies atleast in the long distance calls. It will be interesting to watch cable TV operators competing with telecom companies in triple play space especially when Bharti, MTNL, BSNL and Reliance have already announced their plans of launching IPTV and VoD services by the end of this year. Ortel's internet telephony services refers to communication facilities like voice, facsimile or voice messaging applications transported via broadband rather than traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN). This new service will most probably available to Ortel customers in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Khurda, Puri and Paradeep.