Netgear is looking into the possibility of entering the Russian IPTV and OTT set-top box market.
According to AKTR and Comnews, the US network solution provider has been testing devices for Mostelecom, which is part of NKS, Russia’s largest cable operator.
Although sales of set-top boxes boomed in Russia in 2008 following the launch of the DTH platform Tricolor TV in Siberia and have since remained strong, they are expected to slow once connected TVs start to make their presence felt in the marketplace.
Netgear is understood to be developing LTE-based devices, which it has already trialled on the Scartel network in Novosibirsk.
