Indiagames inks alliance with BSNL

Indiagames, a provider of online and mobile games, has tied up with Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL), to offer its online 'games on demand' service.

The partnership will be on a revenue sharing basis where the majority of the income from the games will go to the Indiagames, according to the official sources.

Vishal Gondal, CEO Indiagames said, "BSNL with its strong nationwide broadband network presence will help us to take our games out to a much wider audience which has been ever done before."

BSNL has over 8 lakh broadband customers spread in 700 cities and towns all across the country. By partnering Indiagames, BSNL for the first time is delivering content over broadband.

"In the near future, we are also planning to provide many other value-added services like Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) and video on demand (VOD)," said Anil K Sinha, chairman and managing director, BSNL.

The games of demand service will be available to all DataOne broadband customers throughout the country, under Rs 100 plan or Rs 200 plan.

The customer also has a choice to register for the games on demand service for a free trial period of 15 days on any chosen plan, at the end of which he can opt for regularising the services. This will be available to him on a post-paid tariff basis. DataOne customers can directly register online through the DataOne portal.

To begin with, the services will offer over 300 international titles including Age of Empires-II, Brian Lara's cricket, Lara Croft Tomb Raider, IGI-2 Covert Strike, Rise of Nations and Hitman among others.