NEW DELHI: Vision Digital Cable and Sun Distribution Services Pvt Ltd have been permitted by the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Arbitration Tribunal (TDSAT) to execute a fresh interconnect agreement adding 273 subscribers to the existing 1612 subscribers of Vision Digital Cable.

TDSAT chairman Justice Aftab Alam and members Kuldip Singh and B B Srivastava also accepted the plea that 57 subscribers whose premises were found locked during a joint survey by the parties should be included in the list of subscribers.

The joint survey, which had been carried out following orders of the Tribunal earlier, shows that Vision Digital has 216 subscribers, of which 168 are receiving signals apart from Vision Digital from some other local cable operator as well. Forty-eight subscribers out of 216 are receiving their signals solely from the petitioner. 

The Tribunal made it clear that Vision Digital will not add to its number of subscribers without giving prior intimation to Sun Distribution and getting its consent in writing. 

In case Vision Digital makes the request for any addition to its subscriber base, Sun Distribution must respond within two weeks from the date of receipt of the request, after making verification, if any, desired by it. 

In case Sun Distribution does not accede to the request of Vision Digital for adding of subscribers to its existing base, it will give reasons for not accepting the request.