SugarBox awarded RailTel contract for providing access to digital entertainment

New Delhi, Jan 21 () SugarBox on Tuesday said it has been chosen to provide Content on Demand (CoD) services for the Indian Railways.

The Railway Board had entrusted RailTel with providing the CoD service to passengers in trains and RailTel has selected SugarBox (Margo Networks Private Ltd) as the Digital Entertainment Service Provider (DESP) to provide these services on trains and railway stations across the country, a statement said.

The project is expected to be completed by 2022 and will be implemented in trains pan-India, including suburban rail networks, it added.

Using SugarBox, passengers will be able to use OTT apps, games, news sites and e-learning platforms without any buffers or data cost, both in paid and unpaid formats, it said. SR RVK