Spain: Record FTTH deployment
Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment in Spain has grown by 50 per cent over the last year, reaching over 3 million active lines agaistt 1.57 million 12 months ago. Active lines, with speeds of up to or...
View ArticleBT Euro boss out as shares dive
The boss of BT’s Continental European operation, Corrado Sciolla, is set to resign as the telco is forced to write down £530 million (€615m) after years of “inappropriate behaviour” in the Italian...
View ArticleFTTH Council reveals cost of deploying FTTH in EU
The FTTH Council Europe has made public the first results of its updated study on the cost of deploying FTTH throughout the EU as input to the ongoing legislative debate on the proposal for a European...
View ArticleConnected TVs in 74% of US broadband homes
According to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), the penetration of Internet-connected TVs among US broadband households has increased nearly 50 per cent since 2013, from 50 per cent to 74 per...
View ArticleReport: TalkTalk shows signs of recovery
The latest figures from consumer behaviour specialist Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the UK home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and paid television – hint at a long-awaited recovery...
View ArticleSky v Discovery: Russian Roulette
It’s like the 70s all over again, suddenly the world is all about brinkmanship. President Trump seems keen to confront all except President Putin, his only serious rival for biggest ego on the planet....
View ArticleWelwyn Garden City goes gigabit
Bellway at QEII, a development of new homes in Welwyn Garden City, will be the first garden city housing development in the UK to offer its residents symmetrical gigabit speeds – 1,000Mbps – over 128...
View ArticleNokia, Orange 5G collaboration
Nokia and the Orange Group are to collaborate on the development of services that will allow industries and consumers to take advantage of the efficiencies and business models made possible by 5G....
View Articledevolo joins FTTH Council
devolo Operator Solutions has become a new member of the Fibre To The Home (FFTH) Council Europe. The organisation supports the rapid installation of fibre-based access networks in order to enable...
View ArticleSES, Satcom Global partner for Ku-band network
SES has announced that Satcom Global, a provider of global satellite communications services to the maritime and land sectors, will become a key partner for SES. The differentiated mobility solution...
View ArticleQuansat on Intelsat EpicNG
Intelsat has announced that Quantis Global, a broadband service provider in Europe and Northern Africa, has signed an agreement to enhance and expand the Quantis network using services provided by...
View ArticleCom Hem Q4 revenue up 40%
Swedish cable TV firm Com Hem has reported Q4 revenues of SEK 1,780 million (€188.4m), up 40 per cent. Operating profits were at SEK 228 million, up 20 per cent. Com Hem reported strong volume growth...
View ArticleOpenreach appoints independent Board members
Openreach – the infrastructure arm of BT – has appointed Sir Brendan Barber and Edward Astle as independent members of a newly formed Board to oversee strategy, investment and service delivery at the...
View ArticleTalkTalk mixed TV growth; CEO departing
TalkTalk says its customers are reaping the rewards of the value for money provider’s radical changes to its business. Revealing its Q3 results, the UK telco said it made “an unquestionable return to...
View ArticleEutelsat for Taqnia Space Aero services
Streaming live content and using social media at 36,000 feet are poised to become reality at the end of this year for passengers connected to Taqnia Space Aero services’ platform following an agreement...
View ArticleCable CPE to drive broadband access market
According to market information specialist Dell’Oro Group, growth for the worldwide Broadband Access market, including PON, DSL and Cable, is projected to be driven primarily by Cable CPE device...
View ArticleSpain: TV and FTTH spur Vodafone growth
The rapid take-up of FTTH along with the success of new TV services like HBO and Netflix have seen Vodafone significantly increase its subscriber basis in the last quarter of 206. The company captured...
View ArticleIFE: Global Eagle soars, Panasonic is laid low
Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) is a specialist provider of aircraft-based In Flight Entertainment (IFE), of which more in a moment. However, GEE said February 2nd that 2016 had been a record year...
View ArticleV-Nova acquires video processing patents
In a move it says will expand and strengthen the breadth of existing patent portfolio and further improve the performance of its PERSEUS-based solutions, video compression solutions provider V-Nova,...
View ArticleSky posts Genuine Site FAQs
In common with other major UK ISPs, Sky is supporting the government-backed Get It Right from a Genuine Site initiative which aims to support Britain’s creative industry by informing people about legal...
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