TP SA prepares to launch its digital TV subscription service

According to sources, the company might offer its services 20-30% cheaper than currently offered by the largest cable operators. "We might pitch our offer in Q2 2005, with a test phase probably beginning early next year," said Mariusz Gaca, director of the multimedia division of TP SA. A key advantage the phone company will have is its range, as it will be able to enter the homes of broadband internet subscribers. "The most important issue is to be able to offer customers an integrated package combining telephony, internet access and television [so-called "triple play"]," said Gaca. In the meantime, the operator of the largest Warsaw cable television, Aster City Cable, is planning to soon offer telephone services and will thus also offer "triple play" with the help of telecom company El-Net. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8) M.M.