ETB prepares for IPTV launch

October 1, 2008 - Colombian telco ETB has revealed new details of its plan to launch an IPTV service in the country during a meeting with the press, in which it said that it aims to commence trials in 2009 and start commercial operations in July of that year.

The telco reports that it is currently building its business model for the service, and aims to have a trial service in operation by the second quarter of next year. ETB will start the service in Bogotá, and aims to have around 18,000 subscribers for the service by the end of next year. The telco has been optimising its network in Bogotá and claims it can now offer speeds of up to 15 Mbps across almost all of the capital.

ETB plans to offer distance learning, online gaming and opportunities for remote working on the service, and stated that Colombia's Television Regulation Commission has started a process to begin granting licences for the operation of IPTV service in the country.