“I believe we will see consolidation as of the second quarter, because many small and medium-sized internet and cable operators are no longer able to support the extensive development. The question is at what price this consolidation will be made, because all assessments are currently very cautious,” Malacopol told Business Standard.
The company official said that, due to high tariffs, there is an unusual phenomenon on the television service market: clients are foregoing satellite television for cable services.
“The video market is at a pretty high level of saturation, and there is an interesting phenomenon at present, of replacing DTH (direct to home) with cable. Aggressive DTH offers were on two years, the first one very cheep and the second one very expensive,” said Malacopol.
