Cisco VNI: Live Internet video to increase 15-fold
Over the next five years (2016 – 2021), global digital transformation will continue to have a significant impact on the demands and requirements of IP networks according to the Cisco Visual Networking...
View ArticleIntelsat services for Dalkom
Intelsat has announced that Dalkom Somalia signed an agreement for satellite services that will expand its broadband enterprise and DTH services in East and Central Africa and the Middle East. Under a...
View ArticleFibre boosts pay-TV subs in Portugal to 3.7m
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Portugal reached 3.7 million in the first quarter of 2017, a growth of 135,000 subscribers (3.8 per cent) year-on-year. According to the National Communications...
View ArticleCable Europe urges investment-friendly regulation
Trade body Cable Europe is urging the prioritisation of an investment-friendly and predictable regulatory environment following discussions on the progress of the Electronic Communications Code which...
View ArticleBT releases ‘record’ capacity from networks
A new 400Gbps single-carrier based technology solution to transmit vast streams of data over core fibre-optic networks, the ‘motorways’ of the Internet, has been developed by researchers at the BT Labs...
View ArticleBT CEO: Brexit will damage R&D
Gavin Patterson, BT’s CEO, has expressed his fear that the UK’s exit from the European Union may have an adverse effect on the telco’s R&D capabilities. Noting that the telco is the third largest...
View ArticleResearch: Global pay-TV subs reach 969m
Based on its analysis of 138 countries, Digital TV Research estimated 254 million additional pay-TV subscribers (up by 35 per cent) between 2010 and 2016 to take the global total to 969 million....
View ArticlePrysmian invests $250m in optical cable and fibre
Prysmian Group, a player in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has inaugurated its new optical cable plant in Slatina, Romania. The new Slatina plant is part of a 3-year, €250 million...
View ArticleBCA approves Telenet’s SFR BeLux acquisition
The Belgian Competition Authority (BCA) has approved the planned takeover of Coditel Brabant SPRL and its subsidiary Coditel (together, “SFR BeLux”) by Telenet Group for €400 million. Under the brand...
View ArticleBroadband Forum launches Gfast Council
The Broadband Forum has launched the Gfast Council to centralise and disseminate the expertise and experience of the Gfast market in order to facilitate the rapid deployment of Gfast implementations....
View ArticleAustralia, Malaysia big movers in Netflix ISP Speed Index
Netflix has released May data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Several speed gains took...
View ArticleAltice USA launches IPO
Altice USA, the American cable-TV unit of Altice and fourth largest cable provider in the US, is seeking to raise $1.4 billion (€1.25bn) in its initial public offering (IPO), with some of the proceeds...
View ArticleHuawei CEO: “Europe’s broadband investment shortfall”
According to Ken Hu, Rotating CEO and Deputy Chairman of the Board at ICT firm Huawei, Europe has a shortfall of €345 billion in the €500 billion investment needed to reach its 2025 connectivity goals...
View ArticleSky Deutschland scores Champions League rights
Sky has built on its content offering with a new agreement to broadcast exclusively, with the Perform Group as sub-licensee, the UEFA Champions League in Germany and Austria. Sky Deutschland will...
View ArticleSpeedcast adds 350 ships for Global Xpress
Fast-expanding satellite facilities company Speedcast International says it is adding another 350 vessels, both passenger carrying as well as commercial cargo ships. Speedcast says it has entered into...
View ArticleTrump coverage boosts US cable news ratings
President Donald Trump’s non-stop Twitter messages, highly controversial management style and near-constant headline-making news-flow, has been wonderful for the USA’s cable news channels. Taken...
View ArticleEricsson: 1m new Mobile Internet users per day
Ericsson foresees continued rapid growth of mobile connectivity as global mobile data traffic increases to eight times its current level by 2022. This traffic is the equivalent of: The population of...
View ArticleCJEU: ISPs may have to block Pirate Bay
Sweden based Pirate Bay may have to amend its file-sharing after Europe’s supreme court said it may be breaking copyright rules by helping users download films, TV shows and music for free. The...
View Article4G subs in Africa to reach 296m by 2022
Research conducted by Dataxis highlights the steady rise of mobile internet connectivity in Africa. 4G mobile subscribers are expected to reach 296 million by 2022 compared to 24 million for 2016....
View ArticleGogo gets China approval
Airline In-Flight connectivity supplier Gogo has received regulatory approval to operate over China. The agreement means that Gogo-equipped aircraft can now supply Wi-Fi services to flights entering or...
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