ISPs ordered to ditch misleading speed claims
A new ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) ruling means broadband firms will no longer be able to advertise their fast net services based on the speeds just a few customers get. Currently ISPs are...
View ArticleAustralia: nbn HFC roll-out on hold
NBN Co, the body responsible for the roll-out of Australia’s national broadband network has temporarily paused all new orders over its Hybrid Coaxial-Fibre (HFC) network access network. This pause will...
View ArticleSingapore: Telcos’ pay-TV subs down 4%
The pay-TV segments of Singapore’s telcos are all plagued by piracy and increasing OTT content service providers, such as Netflix and Hulu. OCBC Investment Research reports that the total number of...
View ArticleMoCA joins Broadband Forum
MoCA has joined the Broadband Forum. MoCA will work with the organisation to utilise its data modeling and management standards for integration into MoCA Access. Broadband Forum also represents a...
View ArticleEurope anxious over threat to Arianespace
Rocket company Arianespace is the pride and joy of Europe’s space agencies, and in particular the French government which sees the Ariane rocket as a pinnacle of its engineering prowess. But...
View ArticleAT&T/TW: Merger ‘pro-consumer’
AT&T and Time Warner have submitted a joint court filing arguing that their proposed $85.4 billion (€78.5bn) merger is “pro-competitive” and “pro-consumer”, seeking to refute claims by the US...
View ArticleEricsson predicts 1bn 5G subs in 2023
Ericsson forecasts there will be 1 billion 5G subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by 2023. This prediction is among the key statistics presented in the November edition of the Ericsson Mobility...
View ArticleFAST.com a success for Netflix; Goes social
FAST.com, a broadband speed checker website launched by streaming giant Netflix, reports that it has now generated over quarter of a billion speed tests from around the world. To mark the milestone,...
View ArticleYahSat-3 and SES-14 readied for launch
The Al Yah 3 satellite has been delivered to Arianespace’s French Guiana launch site. Built by Orbital ATK for owners Mubadala Development, Abu Dhabi’s strategic investment business. Al Yah 3...
View ArticleTelcos 7% of data monetisation market by 2021
The main advantage for telcos is the high quality of data according to an iDate report, particularly real-time location data collected through the mobile, a precious data source unavailable to the OTT...
View ArticleMobile services 80% of telco growth over next 5 years
The contribution of mobile services to the growth of the global telecommunications services market over the 2016-2021 period is predited to be 80.4 per cent (+€ 64.1 billion in 5 years out of a total...
View ArticleCable Europe: ‘Close US-EU investment gap’
As Telecoms Ministers meet in Brussels, trade body Cable Europe is renewing calls for a regulatory framework which fosters private investment in high-speed broadband networks and improves the...
View ArticleEU cable industry hits €23.5bn
The European cable industry continued to show resiliency and steady growth in 2016, increasing 4 per cent from the prior year, with gross revenue of €23.5 billion, according to the latest findings from...
View ArticleSatellite-based Euro-broadband to roll out
UK-based Satellite Solutions Worldwide Grp Ltd (SSW) has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Eutelsat and ViaSat joint-venture for a European-focused broadband-by-satellite service. The...
View ArticleAnalyst: European cable growth potential limited
As research firm IHS Markit and Cable Europe released a report suggesting that the European cable industry continued to show resiliency and steady growth in 2016, Mohammed Hamza, Senior Research...
View ArticleTop 10 EU telco revenues at €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...
View ArticleLiveU highlights huge growth in live IP video traffic
LiveU has published new insights into the massive growth in live IP video traffic in the broadcast market, reflecting the transition away from traditional satellite transmission towards cellular. Based...
View ArticleStreaming primary viewing method for 31% of US
Figures from financial services company Raymond James reveal that 31 per cent of Internet users polled in November named a streaming service such as Netflix or Hulu as their primary method of consuming...
View ArticleVIAVI launches Nitro platform
VIAVI Solutions has unveiled what it claims is the first intelligence platform that automatically delivers real-time test and measurement data from network instruments directly to software-based...
View ArticleFinland is Europe’s most data hungry country
Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, estimates that 4G adoption in Finland reached 56 per cent of total mobile subscribers in 2016, with customers in the Nordic...
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