Virgin Media facing ITV blackout
ITV is threatening a blackout of its flagship channel in some 3.8 million homes served by Virgin Media unless the cable operator pays up to £80 million a year to host the channel. ITV threatened to...
View ArticleBroadcom bids $130bn for Qualcomm
The semiconductor sector looks set for further consolidation with the confirmation that Broadcom, a leading semiconductor device supplier to the wired, wireless, enterprise storage, and industrial end...
View ArticleAfrica: Mobile broadband subs to double in 5 years
Mobile data will be the main driver of growth in the African telecoms market, with the number of mobile broadband connections on the continent set to more than double over the coming five years, and...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Nokia, Vodacom 5G collaboration
Nokia and Vodacom have signed an MoU under which the companies will trial Nokia 5G technology to accelerate the launch of the new technology and enable Vodacom to drive digitalisation for the benefit...
View ArticleEs’hailSat to deliver Inmarsat L-band services in Qatar
Es’hailSat has announced a new partnership with Inmarsat, which will see the Qatar-based communications satellite operator complement its existing portfolio of fixed Ku and Ka-band services with...
View ArticleIntelsat, Coca-Cola African broadband partnership
Satellite giant Intelsat has linked with soft-drinks company Coca-Cola to promote satellite-delivered Wi-fi and broadband services across Africa. Intelsat and Coca-Cola have an interest through OneWeb...
View ArticleSpeedcast, SES Networks LatAm partnership
Speedcast, a specialist in providing fully managed, remote communication and IT solutions, and satellite operator SES have announced an agreement to provide several hundreds of Mbps of connectivity...
View ArticleViaSat taps into ESA help for ViaSat-3 scheme
ViaSat’s plan for its ViaSat-3 global scheme and which includes plans for a broadband satellite over Europe, in which Eutelsat is closely involved, is tapping into European Space Agency (ESA) funding...
View ArticleCanada: Digital platforms increasingly popular
Canadians are increasingly turning to platforms and devices connected to the Internet for their video and audio content, according to the 2017 Communications Monitoring Report from the Canadian...
View Article“Sell CNN” says US Dept. of Justice
The proposed sale of Time Warner to AT&T was thrown an unexpected curve ball November 8th when the US Department of Justice (DoJ), in its report on the deal, said that it would block the $85...
View ArticleUK mobile data usage could grow seven-fold by 2021
The average UK mobile subscriber could consume as much as 18 GB of data per month in 2021, according to CCS Insight’s latest UK mobile operator forecast. With consumers’ appetite showing little sign of...
View ArticleVodafone expands UK FTTP with CityFibre
Vodafone is expanding its UK fixed marketing FTTP services with the wholesale operator CityFibre. They plan to connect fibre services to one million homes by 2021 and up to 5 million by 2025, around 20...
View ArticleSpain: FTTH passes the 6m mark
The development of FTTH in Spain is speeding up with more than 6 million lines following the 173,974 rise in September, according to the CNMC. Movistar represented 54.5 per cent of the increase, with...
View ArticleAltice: Drahi back as Combes quits
Altice is reorganising its group management and governance in the wake of the resignation of CEO Michel Combes following a bad week on the stock market. The French media group says its new management...
View ArticlePansonic enhances Emirates’ IFE
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic), the inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) expert, and Emirates have unveiled a range of industry firsts that will be introduced on the airline’s...
View ArticleSpain: Euskaltel, Netflix deal
The Basque Country cable operator Euskaltel has signed an agreement with the streaming giant Netflix to make its content available to all its subscribers, as well as those who subscribe to R in Galicia...
View ArticleSmartone, EOLO-NGI, XFone climb Netflix Speed Index
Metflix has released October data for its Netflix ISP Speed Index, its monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Taiwan’s Taiwan...
View ArticleOrange selects AirTies for in-home WiFi
AirTies Wireless Networks, an international provider of premium in-home wireless systems and STB solutions, announced that Orange has chosen AirTies to deliver ultra-performance in-home WiFi solutions...
View ArticleSpain: Telefónica launches Plastic Optical Fiber
Spanish telco Telefónica is currently testing Plastic Optical Fiber (POF), a network made of plastic which, according to the company, is easy to install in households and guarantees a connection of up...
View ArticleResearch: UK driving European on-demand revolution
Research from global content services provider TVT Media shows the UK is at the epicentre of the explosion in over-the-top (OTT) video on demand (VoD) services across the European Union and Turkey, as...
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