Lukup Media wins dual play license


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Rebecca Hawkes

| 24 December 2015




Indian on-demand and multiscreen TV service Lukup Media has been awarded the Unified Licence to launch data services across the country.



The Bangalore-based company will now be able to offer consumers Internet access along with television, video-on-demand (VOD) and other services through a single connection hooked up to the Lukup Player device.

Lukup Media is also running field trials on a gigabit wireless platform that operates outside the licensed spectrum and can be used to offer 1Gbps network connections to buildings and apartments, reducing Internet access costs for both operator and consumer.

“While we use optic fibre on the last mile managed by cable networks to reach homes now, the new gigabit wireless platform will enable us to reach consumers where we do not have partnerships with local networks and will enable us to operate in semi-urban and rural areas where telecom network infrastructure is poor,” said Kallol Borah, founder and CEO, Lukup Media.