Mumbai: Reliance Communications has joined forced with Microsoft for technological collaboration for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and software development toolkit for cellphones.

Anil Ambani, Reliance Communications Chairman and Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO are likely to make a joint declaration on Monday, when Mr. Steve is in India.

Reliance Communications would disclose IPTV services in Mumbai and Delhi by the end of the existing year. It had already finalised the technological backup for this.

IPTV is a technology that lets users to watch TV on PCs and cell phones.

State-run MTNL.and private sector Bharti Airtel have already launched IPTV services, whereas some other operators are in the process of rolling out these services.