Bharat Electronics to supply 2 lakh STBs to Zee

Defence PSU Bharat Electronics (BEL) has bagged an order for supply of 2 lakh set top boxes (STBs) from Wire and Wireless India (WWIL), a Zee Group company.

According to a statement released by BEL, the boxes will be supplied with embedded conditional access software that enable subscribers to select and choose the pay channels from the bouquet offered by WWIL. The supplies are expected to start in December matching with the conditional access system (CAS) roll-out scheduled for January 2007.