Tigo sets date for completion of cable digitalisation in Paraguay


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Juan Fernandez Gonzalez

| 02 May 2016




With only 6% of subscribers still using analogue, Millicom’s Tigo Star intends to complete cable services digitalisation in Paraguay before the end of 2017.



tigo logoAs the telco has recently acquired local operators with their own cable networks, Tigo Star has also been updating its pay-TV infrastructures to support digital broadcasting. According to Alicia Borja, subscriber manager at Tigo Star, speaking to the local newspaper Última Hora, every household should be digital in 2017.

“Our plan is to complete the migration to the digital network for mid-2017. That being said, this operation won’t have any cost to subscribers, not even regarding the new set-top boxes that we are installing,” she said.

With nearly 250,000 pay-TV subs, Paraguay is becoming one of Tigo’s strongest telecom operations in Latin America. Indeed, Millicom has announced a $2.5 billion investment through to 2020, looking “to improve connectivity and make Paraguay enter the worldwide digital economy,” according to CEO Mauricio Ramos.