India: Netflix partners with Hathway Broadband
Netflix has partnered with Indian cable broadband provider Hathway to provide consumers access to its content through the Hathway set-top box. The set-top box will come with a remote that has a...
View ArticleCable Europe: EC ‘not objective’ on Dutch broadband market
A draft decision from the Dutch regulator, endorsed by the European Commission , identifies cable operator VodafoneZiggo and incumbent operator KPN as having collective significant market power (SMP)...
View ArticleCisco spin-off named Synamedia
The company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds is unveiled as Synamedia, preceding the transaction...
View ArticleSpain: Financial aid for new DTT migration
The Spanish Government will finance DTT migration with grants – to be specified in 2019 – to citizens and TV operators. State Secretary for Digital Advance, Francisco Polo, said the grants will be...
View ArticleUS, Asia most active mobile video markets; Europe lags
The move to active mobile video offerings will grow as entertainment bundling with mobile services becomes a must, according to the 2018 Economics of Mobile Programming Report by Kagan, the media...
View ArticleKagan: 17% of US homes are OTT only
The number of wireline broadband homes not subscribing to traditional multichannel in the US reached a new record high in the second quarter, according to a Kagan report. Overall, an estimated 16.9 per...
View ArticleNavarino, SES deliver global connectivity to ships
Navarino, the maritime communications and technology company, has revealed it will be offering SES Networks’ global managed mobility service, based in Ku-band, to support its delivery of high quality...
View ArticleAsia: 4G remains main broadband driver
According to Dataxis research, almost 40 per cent of households in 17 Asian countries will be connected to fixed broadband by the end of 2018. But the levels of penetration remain significantly...
View ArticleGoogle’s Loon to supply broadband over East Africa
Project Loon, the Google-backed high-flying balloon, is in discussions with the governments of Kenya and Uganda to supply WiFi connectivity over the countries. The Loon concept, now a stand-alone...
View ArticleIntelsat “cash windfall” from C-band reworking
Intelsat’s proposal (with SES and Eutelsat) to see some of its C-band frequencies re-worked over the US to help propel 5G cellular growth has rarely been out of the news. A report from equity analysts...
View ArticleTelefónica speeds up FTTH deployment in Brazil
Spanish telco Telefónica is replicating Spain’s FTTH model with a massive deployment of networks in Brazil. The company already covers 100 cities with plans to extend the network to 20 cities more...
View ArticleWar of words between TIM and Vivendi
Corporate statements tend not to be quite so brutal, and rarely can one read phrases such as “disastrous management” – in this case uttered by Vivendi – towards Telecom Italia (TIM), with Vivendi...
View ArticleSpain: Vodafone, MasMovil share FTTH
Vodafone and the Spain’s fourth largest telco MasMovil have reached an agreement to share FTTH networks covering some 1.9 million households in the country. With the deal Vodafone will add up to 1...
View ArticleJamaica, Singapore fall in Netflix ISP Speed Index
Netflix has released August data from its ISP Speed Index, its monthly update on which ISPs provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. The largest speed gain on the index this month was...
View ArticleEutelsat: Other nations could switch C-band to 5G
Eutelsat, while a minor player in the USA’s probable switch of some satellite C-band capacity to 5G usage, nevertheless used a US financial roadshow to say it is possible that other nations would...
View ArticleHuawei: ‘Ultra-broadband industry booming’
Ryan Ding, Huawei’s Executive Director and President of Carrier BG, has suggested that the global ultra-broadband industry is booming and that new service models such as ultra-HD video, interactive...
View ArticleReport: Fixed wireless access will widen broadband market
The advent of 5G, additional spectrum and advances in network equipment and CPE are transforming the fixed wireless access from a ‘last resort’ broadband option into a viable competitive alternative,...
View ArticleCenturyLink gives content providers access to AWS
CenturyLink has announced that its Vyvx suite of fibre-based broadcast services now provides secure connectivity into Amazon Web Services (AWS), including AWS Elemental Media Services, via AWS Direct...
View ArticleMobile Viewpoint launches 5G-ready wireless video link
Mobile Viewpoint, a specialist in IP contribution solutions, has announced the launch of 5GXLink, a 5G-ready bonding device to enable fast transmission of live content from the latest Apple iPhone 8...
View ArticleLeoSat hits $1bn sales target
LeoSat is a proposed Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) fleet of satellites offering business users what it describes as “the fastest, most secure and widest coverage data network” available. The service is...
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