March 2005

Tuesday, March 1, 2005 -- The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) entered into a partnership with Vanu Inc., a leading developer of software radio solutions based in Cambridge, for introducing, on an experimental basis, Vanu’s Anywave Software Radio GSM base station technology in communication programmes of rural India.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005	The Jagran Group launched its 24 hour free to air news and information channel called ‘Channel 7’.
Thursday, March 24, 2005	The I&B Ministry ordered cable TV Networks of the country not to transmit Mumbai based entertainment channel Cine World , for 30 days as an action under the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act 1995, for showing obscene English feature films.
Monday, March 21, 2005	The Madras High Court ruled that it was improper of the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) to channel the telecast rights awarded to Zee Telefilms in September 2004.
Monday, March 21, 2005	The Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) began suo moto proceedings against India Cable Net, the distributor of Star TV Network and SET India Pvt. Ltd by asking them to explain why action should not be taken against them for not recommencing their signals to a Kolkata based MSO Caluctta Communication, despite having received a reemptory order in this regard from TDSAT.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005	A significant ruling was made by the Supreme Court of India directing that MSOs will have to pay Entertainment Tax levied upon them by the state government, thus leaving the last mile operator out of the tax net. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice SN Variava, Justice AR Lakshmanan and Justice S H Kapadia.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005	Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV), a leading MSO and a sister company of popular channel Sun TV announced that it would offer set top boxes for less than Rs 3000 from April 1.
Monday, March 14, 2005	Sri Adhikari Brothers Television Ltd and its related assets were bought by Set Entertainment Television Satellite (Singapore) for a sum of $ 13 million, equivalent to Rs 57 crores.
Friday, March 11, 2005	The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) announced a cut in tariffs from 1st of April 2005 for international bandwidth prices by up to 70 %, thereby making international calls, internet access and broadband service cheaper.
Monday, March 7, 2005	The Rajasthan Education Minister G S Tiwqri and Jaipur Mayor Ashok Parnami inaugurated the first private radio network in the state, FM Radio 7 in Jaipur.
Sunday, March 6, 2005	Antrix Corporation, the commercial wing of ISRO informed the media that all 34 DTH transponders on INSAT satellites had been fully booked even before their launch making India a favoured destination for DTH plyaers.
Friday, March 4, 2005	As a mark of protest against the high-handed manner of Star TV which was forcing operators to sign subscription agreements that the operators believe was not fair, the Assam Cable TV operators Confederation (ACOC) decided to boycott the broadcaster’s TV package.
Friday, March 4, 2005	The Information and Broadcasting Ministry sought the opinion of the Department of Company Affairs (DCA) on Space TV, the DTH venture of Tata Sons and the Star Group. The Ministry said,” If the DCA has no objections, we will clear the application in a day.”
Friday, March 4, 2005	The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRI) issued directions asking all fixed wireless service providers to ensure that fixed wireless services are provided only through fixed wireless terminals in which the location of the network access point was fixed and the end user terminal was connected to it.
Tuesday, March 1, 2005	The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) entered into a partnership with Vanu Inc., a leading developer of software radio solutions based in Cambridge, for introducing, on an experimental basis, Vanu’s Anywave Software Radio GSM base station technology in communication programmes of rural India.

Source: http://cablequest.org/important-information/important-events/item/2376-march-2005.html