Sun Direct launches DTH services in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, Sep 11 (UNI) Sun Direct TV Private Limited, a leading direct-to-home (DTH) service provider in south India, has been launched in the city.

Sun Direct, a 80:20 joint venture between the Maran family of Chennai and the Astro Group of Malaysia, is also planning to expand to other parts of Gujarat.

Speaking on the occasion of launch, the Chief Operating Officer of Sun Direct Tony D'silva said, ''Going by what we have achieved in the four Southern states we are confident of replicating the same model in other parts of the country successfully and by the end of this fiscal, we would like to achieve a subscriber base of about three million plus subscribers.'' The company also plans to start ventures in the unexplored North East regions, Orissa, Maharashtra, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal.

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