Free Stream Technologies (incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur), Lava International, and HMD have announced their launch plans to meet the growing consumer demand for direct-to-mobile (D2M) phones ahead of large-scale field trials in India.
Aligned with the government’s vision for Viksit Bharat, D2M is a broadcasting technology that uses terrestrial TV broadcast airwaves to deliver live TV, video, audio, and text messages (multimedia content) of public and national importance, such as entertainment, sports, educational programming, and emergency alerts, directly to phones without requiring Wi-Fi or internet services.
Supporting the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Design in India’ initiatives, low-cost feature phones, smartphones, and tablets are powered by Tejas Networks’ (Saankhya Labs) SL-3000 D2M chipsets, as previously announced.
Additionally, Tejas Networks has developed a comprehensive suite of infrastructure hardware and software products for D2M deployment in collaboration with Sinclair, Inc. The technology has been undergoing live network testing over the past several years by Prasar Bharati, in partnership with IIT Kanpur and Tejas Networks.
