Fierce competition amongst cable operators is providing residents of such cities as Bucharest, Budapest and Warsaw with much faster internet access speeds than in many Western European cities, according to Manuel Kohnstamm, MD public policy and communications, Liberty Global.
Speaking at the Digital TV in Central and Eastern Europe conference in Bucharest and quoted in ZF, he added that Liberty Global would continue investing in technology in CEE, enabling it to eventually offer internet access speeds of up to 400 Mbps.
Although UPC is currently behind both RCS/RDS (100 Mbps) and Romtelecom (50 Mbps) in terms of its internet access service in Romania, it plans to upgrade it from 24 Mbps to 100 Mbps in the near future.
It nevertheless remains at the forefront in the rollout of DOCSIS 3.0-based services in its other markets in the CEE region, being the market leader in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
