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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...

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RDK 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...

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UK 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...

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Virgin 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...

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Bezeq 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...

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Spain: €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...

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Study: 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...

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NZ: 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...

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Survey: 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...

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Broadband 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,...

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Research: 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...

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Hrvatski 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...

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Analyst: 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,...

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Belgium: 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,...

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Australia: 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....

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5G 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...

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Serbia’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)...

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UK 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...

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Australia: 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...

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Sky 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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