When the whole nation is witnessing the test of democracy through election, Bharti Airtel, the prominent telecom operator of India is busy in its own job and has introduced two new entry packages for Digital TV, its direct-to-home (DTH) service. The packages have been priced at Rs.1,850 and Rs.2,000 and do offer a three-month free subscription to an assortment of bouquets of channels and interactive services.

Bharti Airtel, known as Bharti Tele-Ventures LTD (BTVL) in the past, is India’s largest cellular service provider with more than 92 million subscribers as of February 2009. It offers fixed line services and broadband services along with its TELECOM services under the Airtel brand and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal. The company, apart from this, does provide telephone services and Internet access over DSL in 14 circles. It also acts as a carrier for national and international long distance communication services. The company has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore.

It should also be mentioned that the businesses at Bharti Airtel have been structured into three individual strategic business units (SBU’s) - Mobile Services, Airtel Telemedia Services & Enterprise Services. The mobile business is known for providing mobile & fixed wireless services making use of GSM technology across 23 telecom circles while the Airtel Telemedia Services business offers broadband & telephone services in 95 cities and has recently launched a Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, Airtel digital TV. The company provides end-to-end data and enterprise services to the corporate customers through its nationwide fiber optic backbone, last mile connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international bandwidth access through the gateways and landing station.

Let’s talk of the packages again. As far as the Rs.1,850 package is concerned, it brings forth three months free subscription for ESPN sports channel and a new value pack of 77 channels and five interactive services. On the other hand, Rs.2,000 pack enables subscribers to perceive 121 channels and nine interactive services.

If you desire to opt for either offer, you will get the option of changing your pack choices just after the free preview period of three months.