The two companies will set up a technology lab within Tech Mahindra''s facilities in Pune where they will jointly develop solutions for service providers such as telecom operators or cable TV operators to make their services interative and adaptable to a muiltitude of entertainment, commercial and education applications.

The alliance comes in the wake of the announcement of Sun Streaming System - the industrys'' first scalable video dellivery platform which enables cable and telecommunication service operators to offer new video-based services and personalised video streams.

These capabilities of the Sun platform will be enhanced by Tech Mahindra''s capabilities in systems integration as well as content management software.