Paraguay round-up: Tigo to launch cable in four cities; Copaco plans 'digital city'; MNP take-up sluggish

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Paraguayan telecom provider Tigo is working to conclude its deployments of cable infrastructure in the cities of Lambare, San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora and Luque, according to comments from Tigo's Home Services unit manager, Raul Ibanez. The development marks Tigo's first activities in the sector since finalizing its takeover of Cablevision Paraguay from Argentina's Grupo Clarin, for an enterprise value of USD$150 million, on October 1, 2012. Following the Cablevision deal Tigo unveiled a full suite of cable broadband tariffs, spearheaded by a premium 10Mbps option, which is priced at PYG619,000 (USD$140.2) per month. It remains unclear whether the new infrastructure will be two-way capable, or whether it will solely utilized for cable TV at launch.