Reliance Communications (RCom), the flagship company of Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, is in advanced talks to forge a technical alliance with Hyderabad-based Apalya Technologies to offer MobiTV services on its GSM network. “Under the tie-up, Apalya will offer its proprietary platform ‘Mimobi’, enabling RCom to offer mobile TV services on its GSM network. Besides, it will offer RCom a bouquet of about 25 TV channels,” the company said in a release .
RCom currently offers mobile TV services on its CDMA network with over 13 channels using its real-time streaming technology. To offer the mobile TV application on its GSM network and to increase the number of handsets that can support the mobile TV application, it is tying up with Apalya to enhance the width of usage.
