Movistar Plus leaves Hispasat
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar Plus has ceased distribution through Hispasat after more than 20 years. Over recent months, the platform has been migrating its near 900,000 subscribers via...
View ArticleT-Mobile targets TV with Layer3 acquisition
US mobile telco T-Mobile – which styles itself as the Un-carrier – has unveiled the next phase in its mobile video strategy, planning to enter what it says is the $100+ billion pay-TV market in 2018...
View ArticleSES drives 5G satellite demo testbed initiative with ESA
SES is expanding its efforts to support 5G developments as part of ESA’s ARTES project, SATis5, where it will be enabling demonstrations of satellite-terrestrial integration for 5G networks. The...
View ArticleSwiss ELSE to build 64 satellites for M2M/IoT
A Lausanne, Switzerland-based start-up business ELSE (Elegant Systems Engineering) has raised $4.16 million in extra funding in order to build a planned constellation of 64 mini-satellites to serve the...
View ArticleNetherlands: T-Mobile and Tele2 partnership
Deutsche Telekom AG and Tele2 have reached an agreement under which T-Mobile NL will acquire Tele2’s Dutch business for a combination of cash and shares. The enlarged company will continue to operate...
View ArticleSES ‘SATis5’ experiment could be worth billions
On December 14th, we reported on a fascinating test, the ‘SATis5’ project, being run by satellite company SES, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Fraunhofer IIS, Newtec, Technische Universität Berlin, Universität der...
View ArticleOfcom: Still no decent broadband for 1m
Around one million homes and offices still cannot get a decent broadband connection, Ofcom has found, though coverage is steadily improving. The finding is part of Ofcom’s Connected Nations 2017 report...
View ArticleFCC ends net neutrality
As anticipated, the US Federal Communications Commission has voted three-to-two along party lines to restore what it says is the longstanding, bipartisan light-touch regulatory framework that has...
View ArticleMovistar launches Fisión Ocio Total package
Telefónica’s pay-TV platform Movistar has launched a new package combining movies and TV series branded ‘Movistar Fusión Ocio Total’. The package is available at €125 a month and also includes a...
View ArticleCom Hem deploys Harmonic’s CableOS
Harmonic, an expert in video delivery technology and cable access virtualisation, has announced that Com Hem, Sweden’s leading provider of television, Internet and fixed-telephony services, is using...
View ArticleGogo’s 2Ku aircraft utilises SES-15 capacity
Gogo, a global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation, has announced that it has more than 200 aircraft equipped with its 2Ku inflight connectivity technology which are...
View ArticleStudy: Socio-economic impact of FTTH
The FTTH Council Europe released the findings of its new study carried out by WIK on the socio-economic benefits of fibre. The study explores further the fact that fibre-based connectivity is...
View ArticleFTTH Conference: 20% growth in fibre subs
At the FTTH Conference 2018, the latest figures of the FTTH Market Panorama prepared by IDATE for the FTTH Council Europe were released. The number of fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the building...
View ArticleFCC to approve SpaceX broadband application
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has proposed that the agency approve an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellite technologies in the United States and on a global basis. “To bridge...
View ArticleVirgin lifts Liberty with “its best performance”
Liberty Global has announced its Q4 and full-year 2017 financial results. The international telco reported full year revenues of $15 billion, $3.9 billion of which were generated in the 4th quarter....
View ArticleUnicomAirNet chooses Eutelsat for IFC services
UnicomAirNet has signed a multi-year agreement with Eutelsat Asia, an affiliate of Eutelsat Communications to address the fast-growing in-flight connectivity (IFC) market in the Asia Pacific region....
View ArticleGermany: FTTH, vectoring trend in telco market
KEYMILE has identified five prevailing trends on Germany’s telecommunications market: rising bandwidth demand due to new online services, fibre to the home, hybrid solution scenarios, vectoring and...
View ArticleVirgin Media to boost download speeds
Virgin Media has revealed it will boost the speed of its fastest networks to 350Mbps from spring 2018. “Our top speed has increased 15x over the past decade – up from what now seems a ludicrously slow...
View ArticleEutelsat wants to join SES+Intelsat 5G consortium over US
Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer says he wants his Paris-based company to join with the proposed Intelsat and SES (and Intel) scheme to use C-band capacity to help promote the roll-out of 5G in the US....
View ArticleChurch spires to boost UK digital connectivity
Church spires across the UK will be used to boost digital connectivity in rural areas following an agreement between the Government and the Church of England. The accord, signed by the National Church...
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