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New Delhi: In a move to fast track mobile television (TV) technology services, the government has accepted the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for a composite foreign investment limit of 74 percent in mobile TV services.

The acceptance to TRAI's recommendations is likely to pave way towards government’s plans to pursue mobile television technology on a fast track basis.

TRAI’s recommendation that the service provider should be allowed to choose the technology for mobile television services also received government’s nod. The Ministry suggests that the chosen technology should be digital and should be in line with the norms issued by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Telecom Engineering Centre of India (TEC).

The ministry also informed the regulator that the issue with regard to news channels that the mobile television licensees should broadcast would need to be addressed accordingly and permitted satellite TV channels may require re-packaging to suit mobile TV service. This was in response to TRAI’s suggestion that the mobile television licensees should broadcast only those news channels which are permitted by the ministry.