Tele Columbus Q3 up 60%
Tele Columbus, the third largest German cable operator, has reported that Q3 revenues grew by 59.9 per cent from €73.9 million to €118.2 million year on year due to consolidation effect of primacom and...
View ArticleAkamai: DDoS attacks up 71%
Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services, has released its Third Quarter, 2016 State of the Internet / Security Report. The report, using data gathered from the...
View ArticleTalkTalk profits jump
UK telco TalkTalk said recovery efforts after last year’s cyber attack were paying off as it posted a huge jump in half-year profits. The firm pointed to a “relentless focus” on retaining existing...
View ArticleSNL Kagan: Video erosion cuts into US subs totals
The US multichannel segment produced a drop in third quarter video customers that was slightly worse year-over-year (YOY), according to analyst firm SNL Kagan. SNL Kagan estimates the combined cable,...
View ArticleEricsson: Mobile video to grow 50% y-o-y
The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report forecasts that there will be 550 million 5G subscriptions in 2022. North America will lead the way in uptake of 5G subscriptions, where a quarter of...
View ArticleSurvey: Smaller providers give best customer service
The UK’s smaller broadband providers are ahead of BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk when it comes to customer service, a study has found. Cable.co.uk’s customer satisfaction study found that customers...
View Article625,000 US broadband adds in Q3
Leichtman Research Group (LRG) has found that the fourteen largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired about 625,000 net additional...
View ArticleISP ad rules to be revamped
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority published independent research into consumers’ understanding of broadband speed claims made in ads. It commissioned the research to test whether regulatory...
View ArticleSpaceX confirms 1600 satellite broadband scheme
Elon Musk has made no secret of his plans to launch a massive 1600 constellation of satellites to girdle the Earth and provide low-cost high-speed broadband to everyone. This week, Musk’s SpaceX rocket...
View ArticleAnevia powers Cablevisión Flow
Argentinian telco Cablevisión has confirmed it is deploying OTT and IPTV software solutions specialist Anevia’s technologies to enhance its Cablevisión Flow offering. Focusing on its multi-screen and...
View ArticleSpain: Vodafone 50% discount Black Friday
Vodafone Spain is offering new subscribers a 50 per cent discount on the convergent package Vodafone One until June 2017 between November 21st and 28th coinciding with the Black Friday promotion. In...
View ArticlePakistan cable operators strike
Some 4,200 0f Pakistan’s cable operators have suspended services. The ‘strike’ started during the evening of November 21st. BBC Monitoring says the action is over the refusal of Pakistan’s Electronic...
View ArticleUK set for £1bn broadband boost
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is to pledge £1 billion (€1.17bn) to improve Britain’s broadband infrastructure, under an investment initiative to boost productivity. The plan, which is...
View ArticleCablevisión Argentina selects Verimatrix
Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-network, multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, has announced a multi-year agreement with Argentinian telco...
View ArticleKorea tops ICT development for 2nd straight year
ITU’s annual Measuring the Information Society Report, reports that the world is getting more and more connected and reveals that there are still huge investment opportunities for the private sector to...
View ArticleTelefónica half price pay-TV packages for Xmas
Spanish pay-TV operator, Telefónica, is launching an aggressive Christmas campaign with discounts of up to 50 per cent when subscribing to its convergent package Fusión Contigo. From now and until...
View ArticleReport: Multiple technologies needed for Gigabit Society
The European Commission’s vision of a ‘Gigabit Society’ by 2025 will require investors in broadband networks to deploy a range of technologies when connecting homes and businesses to ultra-fast...
View Article3 Dutch content pirates sentenced
Following the 2013 raid of five homes in the Netherlands cities of Apeldoorn, Enschede, Vlagtwedde and the Hague which resulted in the 2015 convictions of two pirates, a further three pirates arrested...
View ArticleTDC, Nokia increase Danish broadband speeds
Danish Telecommunications provider TDC Group and Nokia are upgrading the Danish broadband network to deliver ultra-broadband speeds, new service bundles and a renewed customer experience to citizens...
View ArticleIndian broadcasters demand ‘Infrastructure Status’
The Indian Broadcasting Foundation – the industry association which represents and is dedicated to the promotion of television broadcasting in, to and from India – has called on the Indian Government...
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