Ofcom: BT pay-TV complaints rise
BT was the most complained-about ISP in the first three months of the year, according to a report from Ofcom. The media watchdog, which publishes complaints data every quarter, also found BT to be the...
View ArticleDataxis predicts low fixed broadband penetration in Africa
Following the recent data published on broadband connectivity in Africa, Dataxis predicts that 20 million households and businesses will have wired internet connection by 2022 in Africa, compared to 11...
View ArticleCASBAA: Taiwan digital video still underperforming
A key meeting of government officials, political leaders, industry regulators, business heads and international and local experts in Taipei has called for removal of investment constraints in the...
View ArticleUK pledges £400m for ultra-fast broadband
The UK government has launched a £400 million (€455m) infrastructure fund to further investment in ‘full-fibre’ broadband. The aim is to offer speeds of up to one gigabit per second (Gbps) or more to...
View Article5G service revenues to reach $270bn by 2025
A report from Juniper Research has found that 5G operator-billed service revenues will reach $269 billion by 2025, rising from $851 million in 2019 – achieving 161 per cent CAGR (compound annual growth...
View ArticleTelefónica TV for all Fusión subs
Telefónica is adding its TV service to all Movistar Fusión packages as it seeks to migrate all its ADSL customers to optic fibre between now and 2020. The company has launched two new packages,...
View ArticleVirgin Media falling short on broadband speeds
Some Virgin Media broadband customers are receiving only a fraction of the broadband speed they were promised, according to a BBC Watchdog investigation. Watchdog findings revealed that the company had...
View ArticleThird time success for Intelsat 35e launch
Two aborted launch attempts are bound to raise heart-rates and blood pressure, but SpaceX successfully sent a giant Intelsat (I-35e) satellite on its way to orbit at its third launch attempt. The...
View ArticleC Spire TV launches streaming service
C Spire has launched a new in-home streaming TV service in the US that eliminates the need for set-top boxes. C Spire TV delivers the cable TV features that consumers love in a simple app designed to...
View ArticleAustralia: nbn roll-out reaches halfway
One in two Australians can now connect to the nbn network as the roll-out of the nation’s largest ever infrastructure project officially passed the halfway point. More than 5.7 million homes and...
View ArticleTop 50 operators dominate global pay-TV subs
Pay-TV subscriptions for 522 operators reached 839 million in 2016 – or 87 per cent of the 959 million global subscribers. The top 50 operators accounted for two-thirds of the world’s pay-TV...
View ArticleNetflix Speed Index sees new Spain leader
Netlfix has released June data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. Indonesia’s MyRepublic...
View ArticleMajor step forward for digitalisation in Africa
Multinational telecommunications company, Angola Cables, has announced that construction has begun on its South American data centre, located in Fortaleza, Brazil. The data centre is an important next...
View ArticleOfcom sets rules for mobile spectrum auction
Ofcom has revealed how airwaves will be released to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband, including new measures to safeguard competition. People and businesses increasingly need reliable,...
View ArticleIn-flight WiFi on most commercial aircraft by 2022
A report from Juniper Research has forecast that commercial aircraft adopting in-flight Wi-Fi services will reach 14,419 globally by 2022, up from an estimated 5,243 in 2017. This will mean that over...
View ArticleInternet giants protest ‘net neutrality’ roll back
A number of established US Internet giants have joined a protest against plans to roll back rules protecting ‘net neutrality’. Today (July 12th), the companies’ respective websites will display a...
View ArticleMicrosoft plans ‘White Space’ broadband strategy
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, has announced a strategy utilising so-called TV White Spaces spectrum – unused spectrum in the UHF television bands in the 600 MHz frequency...
View ArticleLatAm: Fibre reached 10% of broadband connections in Q1
According to research conducted by Dataxis, fixed broadband connections for Latin America in the first quarter of 2017 reached 68.11 million. The market recorded an increase of 5.9 per cent from Q1...
View ArticleGoogle builds London cloud data centre
Google has built a London data centre for the cloud computing services it rents to third parties. The facility is its second in Europe, after Brussels, and will provide faster access times to nearby...
View ArticleReport: APAC online video market $46bn by 2022
Online video consumption and broadband distribution continues to grow rapidly across Asia Pacific with content monetisation models steadily evolving, according to a new report, Asia Pacific Online...
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