Salt launches low-cost fixed-line offering
Swiss mobile operator Salt has launched a low-cost fixed-line offering that features super fast broadband speeds as it looks to undercut established rivals. The former Orange subsidiary, acquired by...
View ArticleRDK adoption surges globally
At the 2018 Connected TV World Summit, RDK Management provided its annual update about the adoption of the RDK (Reference Design Kit) software used to power customer-premises equipment (CPE) from video...
View ArticleUK 5G auction starts
Bidding has started for the latest batch of UK airwaves as networks look to offer next-generation 5G services and improve existing 4G. The big four mobile networks (O2, Three, EE and Vodafone) will...
View ArticleVirgin Media rolls out “fastest ever broadband”
Virgin Media is now offering broadband services of up to 350Mbps. The company says the ultrafast connection is the UK’s fastest widely available broadband. Customers already taking VIVID 300 will be...
View ArticleBezeq CEO departs; issues profits warning
Israeli telco Bezeq has seen its CEO depart as the parent company issued a profits warning. Stella Handler has been running Bezeq, which includes the company’s YES TV pay-TV division, since April 2013...
View ArticleSpain: €525m boost for 100% optic fibre coverage
The Spanish Administration will invest €525 million over the next four years to extend optic fibre to the entire country with speeds of 300 Mbps. The cabinet meeting has now approved a first tranche of...
View ArticleStudy: ISPs coming up short on speed
Some of the UK’s biggest broadband providers are inadequately informing customers about speeds when they are buying a new broadband deal, research from UK consumer body Which? reveals. With...
View ArticleNZ: 4K fibre broadcast trial
New Zealand open access Internet network provider Chorus is undertaking a proof of concept trial using its fibre network to provide a direct broadcasting service to consumers’ homes. The service would...
View ArticleSurvey: Ireland embracing streaming, Smart tech
The 2017 Ireland Communicates survey was conducted by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) and its survey partner Ipsos MRBI. Over 1,500 Irish consumers and 500 SMEs were interviewed...
View ArticleBroadband Forum “holistic approach” to broadband development
A new conception of broadband is on target to be achieved as the industry experiences an era of unparalleled change and challenge, and networks transform to meet the opportunities of 5G,...
View ArticleResearch: QoE growth to be driven by churn reduction
UK analyst group Rethink Technology Research has published a five-year forecast on QoE Video Analytics entitled Video Analytics chases churn prediction to a $2.3 billion market. The forecast is based...
View ArticleHrvatski Telekom 1 Gbps offer; adds 4K content
Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom has become one the first operators in Europe to offer 1 Gbps symmetrical speeds to fibre customers thanks to the introduction of TeraStream technology. Fully based on the...
View ArticleAnalyst: W Europe pay-TV subs up, revenues down
Western European pay-TV will gain subscribers between 2017 and 2023. Although this only represents a 2.6 per cent increase, the Western Europe Pay-TV Forecasts report from Digital TV Research,...
View ArticleBelgium: Sandvine solutions for Telenet
Sandvine, a global player in network intelligence, has announced that Telenet, a provider of entertainment and telecommunications services in Belgium, is using Sandvine solutions in their cable, Wi-Fi,...
View ArticleAustralia: Vodafone TV with Netflix
As part of its ongoing commitment to deliver better broadband to Australians, multiplay telco Vodafone is partnering with Netflix and launching Vodafone TV, its first-ever streaming media device....
View Article5G won’t save wireless connectivity revenue growth
There will be 9 billion user-linked subscriptions to wireless services by 2023, up from 7.7 billion today according to forecasts from Strategy Analytics’ Service Provider Group. The report, Worldwide...
View ArticleSerbia’s SBB investigated for abuse of dominant position
Serbia’s Commission for the Protection of Competition has initiated the procedure for alleged abuse of dominant market position against the country’s leading cable TV operator. Serbia Broadband (SBB)...
View ArticleUK sets out high-speed broadband USO
High-speed broadband connectivity for the entire UK has moved one step closer following the laying of legislation setting the design of the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) Comms regulator...
View ArticleAustralia: nbn speeds ‘better than expected’
The first results from a broadband speed testing programme undertaken by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) suggest that nbn (national broadband network) broadband services...
View ArticleSky Italia, Open Fiber agree OTT deal
In a move designed to boost the take-up of fibre and pay-TV services across Italy, Sky Italia and fibre optic infrastructure provider Open Fiber have agreed a long-term deal to launch a fibre-only...
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