Broadband
I-Spatial, Orca to deliver TV via b’band in 7 Indian cities
MUMBAI: Emblaze Ltd has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Orca Interactive Ltd has signed a licensing agreement with India’s I-Spatial Communications Pvt Ltd for its suite of middleware applications (RiGHTv).
The agreement will enable the delivery of services including Video On-Demand (VOD), Near Video On-Demand (NVOD), and Live TV Channels to an initial 50,000 subscribers in seven major cities in India with an intention to expand to other cities.
Orca will also provide system integration services for the video and interactive applications for TV, part of pre-integrated RiGHTv applications platform. The commercial launch over BSNL’s broadband network has already started on a trial basis in Bangalore and is scheduled to roll out commercially into other cities towards the end of this year.
I-Spatial Communications Pvt Ltd., a telecom and media solutions company based in Bangalore, is in the process of setting up CDN (Content Delivery Network) services. I-Spatial has the country’s largest network ready to provide rich media content and versatile services to customer. The interactive services will use the BSNL network that currently service over 40 million subscribers. Orca will deploy the services in cooperation with selected pre-integrated solution partners, utilizing video solutions for MPEG 2 and 4.
I-Spatial Communications chairman and MD M B Jagridar said, “We are delighted to be working with Orca in establishing the quality on demand service to our customers. They are the leading provider of open architecture applications software solution in the field of video on demand and their RiGHTv middleware is at the heart of our service. We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship. We believe that the integrated solution which can be deployed over the cable network in India as well, throws up opportunities for the cable industry to provide on demand services for their customers as an additional source of revenue.”
Emblaze Ltd business development head Doron Cohen said, “”I-Spatial’s vision marks the beginning of a new era in television viewing in India. When it comes to broadband services, India has a potential to grow faster than any other country in the region Orca is proud be a part of a quality team that is bringing the broadband TV over telephone lines to Indian viewers as well as VCR functionality with DVD quality pictures on their television sets.”
Orca’s RiGHTv applications are highly scalable solutions that facilitate the deployment of complete commercial iTV services. RiGHTv XVOD also allows operators to supply subscribers with video content on demand special features in an Interactive TV service. RiGHTv XBIP allows operators to create and manage live TV and NVOD channels over broadband networks.
Broadband
Tejas Networks names Arnob Roy as MD and CEO, overhauls top leadership team
The Bengaluru-based telecom gear maker reshuffles its entire top team even as quarterly revenue collapses by 83 per cent
BENGALURU: Tejas Networks is changing the guard at the top, and doing so at speed. The Bengaluru-headquartered telecom equipment maker has elevated Arnob Roy as managing director and chief executive officer, effective April 15, 2026, for a term running through to August 3, 2028, and in the same breath announced new appointments across operations and finance. The timing is pointed: the company is navigating one of the roughest patches in its recent history.
Roy steps up from his role as executive director and chief operating officer, a position he has held since March 2019. He brings more than three decades of experience in the high-technology sector across research and development, operations, and sales. His predecessor, Anand Athreya, resigned last year citing personal reasons and was relieved on June 20, 2025, leaving a gap at the top that has now been formally filled.
The numbers Roy inherits are sobering. Tejas posted a net loss of Rs 211.3 crore in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, a near-194 per cent widening year on year from Rs 71.8 crore in the same period a year earlier. Revenue for the quarter collapsed 82.6 per cent year on year to Rs 333 crore, down from Rs 1,907 crore. EBITDA swung to a loss of Rs 118.2 crore against a profit of Rs 121.5 crore a year ago. The culprit is not hard to identify: Tejas has derived the bulk of its revenue from BSNL’s fourth-generation network project, delivered as part of a Tata Consultancy Services-driven consortium, and that roll-out is now winding down.
Roy, speaking during a post-earnings conference call with analysts, was candid about where the company has been. “The BSNL 4G network went live across 100,000 sites. We deployed our largest indigenous router networks in the country through the BSNL MAN network, as well as in the BharatNet Phase 3 network,” he said, adding that Tejas had also successfully rolled out its 400G and 800G DWDM equipment in domestic and international markets, and continued the deployment of what it describes as the world’s largest satellite IoT network through its vehicle tracking system solution.
The pivot to new revenue streams is already under way. Tejas has partnered with Japan’s Rakuten Symphony and NEC Corporation to push deeper into international markets, with several Open Radio Access Network trials ongoing, one of which concluded recently. The company is also diversifying across equipment categories and geographies to sustain momentum as the BSNL chapter closes.
To prosecute that strategy, Roy needs a full team around him. Preetham Uthaiah has been appointed chief operating officer, moving up from his current role as vice president of product management for wireless products at Tejas Networks. Uthaiah brings nearly 30 years of global experience spanning engineering, product management, and business development across India and the United States. Before joining Tejas Networks, he served as executive vice president of product management, marketing, and strategy at Saankhya Labs, and held senior roles at Tech Mahindra on both sides of the Atlantic. He holds an MBA from Arizona State University and a degree in electronics and communications from Karnatak University.
On the finance front, AVS Prasad has been approved as chief financial officer, effective May 16, 2026, succeeding Sumit Dhingra, who has resigned. Prasad, currently serving as finance controller at Tejas Networks, brings over 27 years of experience within the Tata Group across telecom, aerostructures, and defence. A company secretary and cost and management accountant by training, he has spent more than 15 years in senior finance roles including CFO and financial controller positions, with expertise spanning corporate finance, treasury management, regulatory compliance, internal audit, and governance.
New chief executive, new chief operating officer, new chief financial officer — all installed in a single move, at a moment when the company’s largest revenue source is drying up and the next chapter remains unwritten. Tejas Networks has placed its bets. Now it has to deliver.
