Indian Cable Net Company Limited

Mr. Avnindra Mohan, age 50 years, is currently designated as President in Essel Group and is on board since 2005. He is a Chartered Accountant, Law graduate, Management Graduate from Faculty of Management Studies. In a career spanning over 29 years, he has served with various reputed companies and multi-national organizations, the last being M/s. Reliance Infocomm Ltd. where he worked as Head – Commercial & Legal. He is an expert in Broadcasting, Cable & Taxation Laws. As an astute financial and legal strategy, he has been instrumental in deepening of legal and financial framework of the company. He is handling all the legal & regulatory affairs of the Group, which inter-alia include Broadcasting, DTH Services, Cable Distribution etc.

He has been representing Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) in the discussions relating to WIPO & WTO treaties for Broadcasting Sector with Ministry of HRD and Ministry of I & B. He is a member of various task force and committees constituted by Ministry of I & B, Govt. of India for implementation of Digital Addressable Systems (DAS), Broadcasting Bill, Content Code etc.

Mr. Suresh Kumar, age 39 years, has been associated with the company since May 2005. He has been appointed as a director of the company at the time of acquisition of the company from the RPG Group. He is a qualified Company Secretary and holds Master Degree in Financial Management. During his career he has been associated with various companies of Essel Group as their company secretaries since 2001.

Mr. Avnindra Mohan, age 50 years, is currently designated as President in Essel Group and is on board since 2005. He is a Chartered Accountant, Law graduate, Management Graduate from Faculty of Management Studies. In a career spanning over 29 years, he has served with various reputed companies and multi-national organizations, the last being M/s. Reliance Infocomm Ltd. where he worked as Head – Commercial & Legal. He is an expert in Broadcasting, Cable & Taxation Laws. As an astute financial and legal strategy, he has been instrumental in deepening of legal and financial framework of the company. He is handling all the legal & regulatory affairs of the Group, which inter-alia include Broadcasting, DTH Services, Cable Distribution etc.

He has been representing Indian Broadcasting Federation (IBF) in the discussions relating to WIPO & WTO treaties for Broadcasting Sector with Ministry of HRD and Ministry of I & B. He is a member of various task force and committees constituted by Ministry of I & B, Govt. of India for implementation of Digital Addressable Systems (DAS), Broadcasting Bill, Content Code etc.

Mr. Suresh Kumar, age 39 years, has been associated with the company since May 2005. He has been appointed as a director of the company at the time of acquisition of the company from the RPG Group. He is a qualified Company Secretary and holds Master Degree in Financial Management. During his career he has been associated with various companies of Essel Group as their company secretaries since 2001.

He has been expertise in giving legal framework for the organization and drawing up framework of relationship with the partners and associates of the company. He has been instrumental in giving strategic direction to the companies’ expansion. He is also expert in Corporate Laws, laws relating to intellectual property rights, SEBI regulations etc.

We along with our holding company namely Siti Cable Network Limited (hereinafter to be referred as “SCNL”) are leader in the distribution channels of media and entertainment industry. We are providing our services to almost 2 million households and having our presence in Kolkata and its suburbs, Asansol, Cooch Behar, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Greater Noida etc. We along with SCNL hold approx 60% market shares of cable distribution in Kolkata. We provide cable signals to about 600 franchisees, covering more than 2000 cable operators. In November 2010, we have been selected among Top 500 brands of India by India Brand Equity Foundation (“IBEF”) and have been awarded with “Certificate of Excellence”. In 2011 we have been ranked 307 among the Top 500 brands of India by IBEF and were one of the fastest growing company of the year.

Our services include Analog Cable Television, Digital Cable Television, Broadband Internet Services, Lease line Services and Local Channels. Our company is providing analog cable television to almost 1.3 million households and digital cable television to around 0.1 million households. ICNCL provides a bouquet of 90 popular channels in Non CAS area and 400 digital and analogue channels in CAS area. The Company has been continuously striving for broad-basing and diversifying it revenue streams to de-risk its core business. Over the years apart from traditional revenue streams it has embarked on earnings from Dark Fiber Leasing to, and AMC of, Telecom and Internet. The company has been giving on lease to all telecom, its network and has de-risked its core business. Some of our clients are Airtel, Vodafone, Tata Tele Services Ltd, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, Sify, Aircel, etc. The company has a fully upgraded HFC overhead network of around 2000 km spread all over Kolkata City. This network is supported by all fully in-house capability of maintenance. The company is also providing Broadband Internet Services to retail customers. In F.Y. 2012, the broadband division of the company has achieved a turnover of Rs 32.6 million.