New Delhi, Jun 9 Reliance Communications (RCom) is believed to have finalised over 1.25 lakh retail outlets across 4500 towns in the country to give a BIG push to its DTH venture. Over 700 distributors have already been signed in to cater to the 1.25 lakh retail points across the country and over 500 Installation & Service partners have been taken on rolls to cater to 25-30 installations per partner, per day. Sources say a two-day meeting of all circle CEOs, marketing and sales heads of BIG TV was held at the headquarters of R Com at Navi Mumbai. The company which started its test launch in January with around 60 channels has increased its offering to over 190 TV channels and 20 radio channels. The company plans to offer over 250 TV channels on the BIG TV platform within a month of commercial launch including pay per view channels. It is also believed to have placed an order for 5 million set top boxes the delivery of which is expected over the next 16-18 months.
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RCom plans 1 lakh retail outlets for DTH venture
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RCom plans 1 lakh retail outlets for DTH venture
