The state-owned Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) aims to break into the business of cable television and is bidding for the company Cablevision.

This was reported by the ICE Group and Cablevision, separately. In addition, two other companies have also submitted offers to buy the cable company, which mainly provides services in areas having low and middle economic strata, reported Nacion.com.

Leyda Lombana , manager of Cablevision, declined to specify the price of the offers. "Yes, the decision will be made before the end of February, said (Lombana)", states the article on the website.

Source: Nacion.com

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