TV viewers may be able to switch their DTH or cable service providers without changing the set top box (STB) by the end of this year, according to regulator Trai’s Chairman R S Sharma.
“Since last two years we have been trying to make STBsinteroperable. Large part of problem has been resolved. There are some businesschallenges (which) remain… We are looking at this to happen by end of thisyear,” Sharma told reporters at an event here Tuesday.
He added that interoperability in a product should not comeas an “after thought” but should be in place at the product planningstage itself.
“Open systems are going to be the future. Entire back-end of Aadhaar has been developed on open source software except biometric de-duplication system,” Sharma said.