Digicable, a cable and broadband distribution player in India, has signed a $83m, 10-year strategic outsourcing agreement with IBM.
As part of this agreement, IBM will support the integration of Digicable’s digital media content delivery and services applications with its business technologies and processes. It will facilitate the launch of Value Added Services such as Video-On-Demand (VOD), Push-VOD, interactive TV, internet service on TV, gaming and telephony.
IBM said that it will provide IT infrastructure services, network support, application maintenance and security services and will assess and help optimise operations for central/remote head ends and physical/digital assets.
In addition, IBM will also implement and manage applications and services including business-to-business/business-to-consumer and employee portals, voucher and credit management systems, electronic bill presentation and payment, intellectual property management and ERP.
Asif Khan, chief technology officer of Digicable, said: We believe in leveraging the latent advantages of the cable networks and latest technological innovations to derive new services to meet our customer expectations and facilitate our franchisee partners. The partnership with IBM will help us focus on our core business, reduce time-to-market for new services and adapt quickly to meet future market requirements at an optimum cost.
