Telecentro’s plans after the sale of Mezon

As VŽ wrote, AB Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos centras (Telecentras) and UAB Bitė Lietuva signed the transaction completion documents on the penultimate day of the year (Wednesday), according to which Telecentro’s Internet, data transmission and IPTV business was is developing with Mezon. brand, from 2021. On January 1, Bitė Group UAB Mezon will be transferred.

Telecentras is exiting the telecommunications retail market. The sale of the Mezon business, which took almost 2 years and required the full commitment of the company’s management team, opens an opportunity for Telecentras to focus on core activities and take on new strategic areas ”, says Vidas Danielius, Chairman of the Telecentro Board .

TV has radio

Company representatives have added that since 2016. The number of free-to-air terrestrial television programs in the country increased by a third – Telecentras currently transmits 25 national and regional TV programs and 28 national and regional FM radio programs through its networks . In addition to broadcasting radio programs in a similar way, the company’s plans are to gradually introduce digital audio technology (DAB) in the country, which, like digital terrestrial television, will improve the quality of the radio signal and allow a more rational use of frequency resources.

State infrastructure

In the field of telecommunications services, the company focuses on wholesale services and telecommunications and IT infrastructure projects of state importance: construction and operation of data centers and a critical communication network for the needs of state special services. It is stated that these projects will allow consolidating and beginning to use ITT’s state resources in a much more rational way.

Telecentras has already started designing the first of the 4 planned state data centers. It will be established on the company’s territory in Vilnius. The design and certification phase of the facility is expected to be completed in 2021. In the second quarter, the operation is scheduled to begin in 2022. Second quarter. Until 2026 3 more data centers are planned to be built in Vilnius and Kaunas.

The State Critical Communication Network (NCC) project has also been launched, which should provide reliable voice and data transmission services from anywhere in Lithuania in 24/7 mode to selected state institutions. The inter-institutional working group of representatives of the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Defense and the Telecentre reached the unanimous conclusion that the hybrid network model VKRT, which is used in Sweden, Finland and other countries, it should be applied in Lithuania. Its essence is that the physical basis of VKRT consists of a separate state-operated mobile communications network, which is combined with the networks of commercial operators.

Reconstruction of the television tower

Telecentras has also launched a project to rebuild the Vilnius television tower, according to which the tower’s facilities and infrastructure networks will be reviewed, as well as the interior and exterior of the tower will be prepared for tourism activities, leisure and restoration. In the first stage of reconstruction, on the current restaurant “Paukščių takas”, it is planned to install and open an open observation terrace with a café-bar next year, to review the technological and evacuation facilities at the top of the tower .

Solar power plants

As a major energy consumer, Telecentras also launched a solar power plant development project this year. The energy produced in them will be used in the nearby facilities of the company. Currently, Telecentras consumes around 12 MWh of energy per year for its customers, and in the future, due to the growth in business volumes, this demand will increase to 23 MWh. Calculations show that investment in solar power plants will allow the company until 2040. Save more than 15 million. Expenses in euros for the purchase of electricity.

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