TransTeleCom plans TV growth

Russian service provider TransTeleCom, owned by the Russian state railways, now has a TV subscriber base of over 100,000, according to local reports.

According to head of access Svetlana Shamzon, the operator now has a TV base of over 100,000 out of an overall broadband base of about one million. The company offers TV services primarily in small and medium sized regional towns. TransTeleCom plans to triple the number of cities in which it is offers services this year and increase its TV base to about 300,000.