The Tamil Nadu government will provide internet services, which will include IPTV through Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation (TACTV), which is the state’s cable TV operator, and implement BharatNet linking over 12,500 local rural bodies in the state, with an investment of Rs 3,000 crore ($451 million), reports NDTV. The services will be rolled out early next year. TACTV has received an ISP license from the Union IT Ministry, and signed a pact with Indian RailTel to provide high speed broadband services. The report states that 552 cable operators have been selected for this operation so far. The broadband will be provided by a newly formed company, the Tamil Nadu Fibernet Corporation. There’s a chance that the Corporation may later offer video on demand services as well. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister V Jayalalithaa said that since all village panchayats in the state were going to be linked under BharatNet (previously known as National Optic Fiber Network or NOFN), the state government would use the ISP license to provide internet to all households, according to this Hindu report. The government will procure bandwidth and equipment, to be installed in 2 lakh government buildings and later to households with TACTV cable subscriptions, from international companies. The Tamil Nadu Fibernet Corporation has supposedly hired Pricewaterhousecoopers to make the business plan and provide support services for internet and other value added services. TACTV reportedly has a subscriber base of over 70 lakh. A New Indian Express report stated that the internet services were being…
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