MEDIAMIXX ’08 – ALBENA. Vestitel, the only fully operational IPTV service in Bulgaria, is to expand its activities beyond the capital, Sofia, to the cities of Burgas and Tarnovo in the next two months.
The news was provided exclusively to Broadband TV News by Alexander Vaglarov, the company’s CEO, who added that it is currently engaged in talks with four ISPs, with the first likely to start carrying its service by the middle of this month.
Vestitel is wholly owned by Overgas, which itself lists Russia’s Gazprom as a shareholder.
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