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46% millennials plan to buy connected device this Xmas

Parks Associates’ holiday shopping research shows millennials will lead the smart home and CE (cosumer electrics) purchasing the holiday season, with 46 per cent reporting high intentions to buy at...

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CCS predicts Apple SVoD, enhanced Google AI in 2018

CCS Insight has revealed its predictions for the, media, Internet and enterprise and mobile sectors for 2018 and beyond. This year, the predictions cover a broad array of technology areas, with...

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TalkTalk sees TV, fibre growth

TalkTalk has reported 1.6 million customers now benefit from its Fixed Low Price Plans, a year after the telecoms company launched the packages. TalkTalk says it remains the first and only broadband...

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ISPs could overestimate broadband speed by 62%

Which? analysis suggests there can be big shortfalls in the average broadband speeds in some local authority areas when comparing estimates by providers against actual speeds reported using a speed...

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Euskaltel allies with Orange

Basque Country-based cable operator Euskaltel has entered into an alliance with Orange to use its symmetrical optic fibre and break into other Spanish Regions. The cable operator aims to become a big...

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The European Tour partners with Tata

The European Tour golf tournament has partnered with Tata Communications to build a best-in-class global technology platform that aims to underpin the digital transformation of the sport and attract...

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Argentina to liberalise satellite pay-TV

Reports out of Buenos Aires say that Argentina is expected to permit telephone companies to offer satellite-delivered TV services by the end of this year. Enacom, Argentina’s telecoms regulator, was...

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500 Mbps fibre for all Orange convergent subs

Orange Spain has extended its symmetrical 500 Mbps fibre offer to all its convergent subscribers to the LOVE package, claiming to be the first in Spain to provide the highest speed to all its...

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Amazon ditches cable bundle plans

Amazon has axed plans to launch an online streaming service bundling US broadcast and cable networks because it believes it cannot make enough money on such a service, according to a Reuters report....

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Layer3 launches Smithsonian Channel 4K VoD

After officially launching documentary-focused Smithsonian Channel in October 2017, cable network operator Layer3 TV is now the first MVPD (Multichannel video programming distributor) to carry the...

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BT, Huawei £25m research for Cambridge

In a sign of their ever-closer relationship BT and its main supplier Huawei are establishing a new research group at the UK’s University of Cambridge. The five-year initiative, backed by £25 million...

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SES rethink on C-band use?

Intelsat wants to modify how its C-band frequencies are used over the US. It has in mind using bandwidth over metropolitan areas for 5G activity.  Intelsat (and Intel) has submitted proposals to the...

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US pay-TV loses 1.2m subs in Q3

Legacy multichannel customer defections in the US accelerated in the quarter ending September 30th, coming in just shy of the 1.2 million mark to bring year-to-date losses to 2.9 million according to...

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SIRO, Sky partner for Irish gigabit broadband

Irish open-access wholesale broadband provider SIRO is partnering with multiplay operator Sky Ireland to deliver high speed fibre services to consumers. The partnership is the latest investment by Sky...

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Telco revenues for EU Top 10 €51bn in Q2

According to Dataxis analysis, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica, are the leading telecom groups in Europe in term of revenues for the second quarter of 2017. The revenues of the top 10 telecom...

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Spain: Optic-fibre price war

Spanish telco operators have entered into a price war to capture new customers with low cost optic-fibre offers. With their OMV subsidiaries Telefónica through Tuenti; Vodafone through Lowi; and Orange...

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Cable Europe: EU geoblocking decision ‘lets down consumers’

Trade body Cable Europe has levelled criticism at the European Parliament following a vote on the Copyright Regulation taken in the JURI Committee. The vote effectively excludes some technological...

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FCC proposes ‘Open Internet’ policy reversal

As trailed earlier in 2017, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has circulated a draft ‘Restoring Internet Freedom Order’ to his fellow Commissioners, which will be voted on at the FCC’s Open Meeting on December 14,...

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Tele Columbus Q3 up 4.3% YoY

Tele Columbus, Germany’s third largest cable operator, has published its financials for the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. Revenues grow by 4.3 per cent YoY to €123.3 million in the quarter. The...

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Facebook wants “stratobus” global connectivity

Facebook says it is pioneering new technologies by working with aerospace company Airbus to “bring affordable connectivity to more people, faster. This includes our work on the Aquila program, a...

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