61% US young adults mostly watch OTT
The rise of online streaming services such as Netflix and HBO Go has dramatically altered the media habits of Americans, especially young adults. Over six-in-ten of those ages 18 to 29 (61 per cent)...
View ArticleDeutsche Glasfaser selects Media Excel encoders
Fibre-optics telecommunications company Deutsche Glasfaser is expanding its IPTV service offerings across Germany, with a particular focus on ensuring rural areas have access to best in class...
View ArticleDataxis: LatAm fixed telephony revenues to fall in 2022
By the end of 2016, there were only 101.7 million lines of fixed telephony in Latin America, representing almost five million (5 per cent) less than those recorded in 2012. However, the largest drop...
View ArticleHarmonic: Well-placed for OTT boom
Video delivery technology and services specialist Harmonic has declared itself well- placed to work with its broadcaster customers seeking to offer OTT services in addition to their linear services....
View ArticleVodafone Spain launches 1 Gbps optic fibre
Vodafone has become the first ISP in Spain to launch speeds of 1Gbps through its optic fibre network – significantly up from the previous highest speed of 300 Mbps. Starting September 25th, the company...
View ArticleHuawei Envision video solution for MSOs
ICT solutions provider Huawei has launched the Envision video solution for cable MSOs (Multiple System Operators) designed to enhance hybrid video service capabilities and implement all-IP...
View ArticleFTTH for 258 more Italian cities
Italian fibre-optic company Open Fiber has expanded its existing cooperation with telecom operator Wind Tre for the development of FTTH broadband services. The agreement, already active in an initial...
View ArticleLuster joins MoCA Board
Luster LightTech Corp., based in Beijing, China, is MoCA’s newest Promoter member and will take a seat on the MoCA Board of Directors. Luster was invited to become a Promoter member because of their...
View ArticleSpain: FTTH surpasses DSL
The rapid take-up of FTTH is changing the face of the telco distribution map in Spain, with FTTH surpassing DSL for the first time with 5.7 million lines versus 5.6 million, according to Spain’s...
View ArticleReport: GIGAWorld €250bn innovation wave
Research from consultancy firm Arthur D. Little (ADL) estimates that the GIGAWorld – the world enabled by widespread access to high quality, gigabit Internet in which people, machines and the...
View ArticlePortuguese regulator rejects Altice, Media Capital deal
Portugal’s National Communications Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações [Anacom]) has rejected the proposed acquisition by global telecom operator Altice of Portuguese media company Media...
View ArticleGlobal SDN and NFV market to reach €22bn by 2021
As part of IDATE DigiWorld benchmark on SDN and NFV, 28 additional projects have been identified between September 2016 and July 2017. Seven additional telcos have joined the move towards...
View ArticleReport: APAC pay-TV recalibrates
A broad recalibration in Asia Pacific pay-TV, triggered by the growth of broadband, has begun, according to Asia Pacific Pay-TV Distribution, a new report covering 17 markets in the region prepared by...
View ArticlePwC: Significant shifts in Africa’s E&M indutry
Significant shifts are underway in how Africa’s Entertainment and media (E&M) companies compete and generate value, as the quality of the experience they deliver to consumers becomes their primary...
View ArticleProcera completes Sandvine acquisition
Procera Networks, a global player in Network Intelligence, has announced the completion of the acquisition of Sandvine Corporation, a provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and...
View ArticleSurvey: Major broadband providers failing on service
The latest broadband survey from UK consumer body Which? finds again that some of the biggest providers are rated most poorly by its customers. The results, based on a survey of over 1,700 telecoms...
View ArticleSpain: Orange and Ericsson first 5G trials
Orange and Ericsson are carrying out the first 5G trials in Spain in a Madrid street with connection speeds of 15Gbps average (up to 17 Gbps maximum) through the 26 GHz band with up to 800 MHz. With a...
View ArticleNetflix offers bandwidth tech to airlines
Netflix is planning to partner with a number of airlines to provide them with its mobile streaming technology. According to a report in Variety, this partnership service will begin early next year. The...
View ArticleIHS: 75%+ EU homes have access to high-speed broadband
The Broadband Coverage in Europe 2016 study from IHS Markit found that at the end of June 2016, more than three-quarters of EU homes have access to high-speed broadband services and 4G LTE coverage was...
View ArticleGlobal pay-TV subs reached 1.05bn in Q2
According to the latest data published by Dataxis for the second quarter of 2017, the global pay-TV subscribers reached 1.05 billion after crossing the one billion marks for the year ending 2016. Based...
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