Telenor has started negotiations with Serbia Broadband (SBB) about potentially leasing the latter’s cable network in order to offer fixed telephony services.
Novosti reports that talks between Telenor and the Telekom Srbije over access to the incumbent’s network have stalled, leading the regulator RATEL to propose a deal between Telenor and SBB.
Besides being the operator of the pan-regional platform Total TV, SBB is the leading provider of cable TV services in Serbia, with a network, particularly well developed in Belgrade and Vojvodina, which reaches some 700,000 homes.
It has been able to offer fixed line telephony services for five years but does not, unlike Telenor, have the licence to so.
