Vodafone “misleading” broadband ads banned
Commercials for Vodafone broadband have been banned for misleading customers over speeds and potential reductions intheir bills. The TV and radio ads, featuring Hollywood actor Martin Freeman, stated:...
View ArticleOneWeb facing extra problems?
OneWeb, founded by Greg Wyler, is planning to circle the planet with a mega-constellation of hundreds of satellites in order to reach unserved, or underserved, broadband consumers. It has just swapped...
View ArticleBBC R&D solves iPlayer World Cup ‘lag’
Football fans have reason to cheer – BBC Research & Development (R&D) has managed to solve the problem of delays when people watch live Internet streams rather than a TV broadcast. In a new...
View ArticleBrightcove, Evergent team with BBC to expand TVE feature
Brightcove, a provider of cloud services for video, and Evergent Technologies, a provider of cloud-based, user lifecycle management solutions for video service providers, has announced its engagement...
View ArticleConviva unveils Ecosystem Module
Conviva, the real-time measurement and intelligence platform for streaming TV, has launched its Ecosystem Module, an enhancement to the company’s Video AI Alerts technology that will enable publishers...
View ArticleLimelight unveils Realtime Streaming
Limelight Networks, a provider of edge cloud services, has introduced Limelight Realtime Streaming, a globally scalable, sub-second live video streaming solution that’s natively supported by major...
View ArticleOptimism high for C-band restructuring
Key Intelsat and SES staffers spent time earlier this week with equity analysts from investment bank Jefferies, and expressed their optimism that their joint strategy remains strong as far as the...
View ArticleSony exec: “Next living room is the car”
Markus Zumkeller, Director of Technology and Engineering, Sony Europe, has suggested that the advent of autonomous driving will give road users more time which could be filled by entertainment...
View ArticleSpain: 7.6m FTTH subs
FTTH in Spain continues to grow with almost 154,000 lines added in June to hit 7.6 million customers, according to figures from regulatory body CNMC. FTTH already represents 50 per cent of the total...
View ArticleEltrona 1Gbps for Luxembourg with ARRIS
ARRIS International and Luxembourg’s cable incumbent, Eltrona, have joined forces to launch the first ultra-high-speed 1GBps broadband service in Luxembourg. The Eltrona network uses ARRIS R-PHY...
View ArticleReliance Jio ups subs 5% in July
Reliance Jio has continued adding subscribers to its Indian talk/video 4G/LTE telephone system at a phenomenal rate. July saw another impressive growth of 5 percent (month on month) to 227 million...
View ArticleAvanti wins Intersat capacity service
London-based satellite operator Avanti is supplying Intersat with capacity for a new Ka-band broadband service to East Africa. The service will use Avanti’s Hylas-2 satellite, and beam high throughput...
View ArticlePanasonic links with Inmarsat for aircraft broadband
Inmarsat has signed what it describes as a major 10-year agreement with Panasonic Avionics to provide in-flight broadband and entertainment for commercial airlines. The pair say the partnership would...
View ArticleVodafone targets 1k 5G sites in UK by 2020
Vodafone UK has plans to switch on 1,000 5G sites by 2020, as it seeks to position itself as leading the country towards the next generation of mobile technology. Vodafone reiterated its intention to...
View ArticleSmart home integration key to smart TV success
In a joint presentation with Statista Research and Analytics at IBC last week, FFalcon Technology, a part of TCL Group, revealed that the TV market has entered a new generation, where smart TVs are set...
View ArticleBaikonur to be upgraded prior to OneWeb launches
There are significant improvements planned for the Baikonur launch facility (in Kazakhstan, but controlled by Russia) ahead of the planned series of launches for the ‘mega-constellation’ of OneWeb...
View ArticleReport: Telco revenue to pass DTH
A major report from Paris-based Euroconsult says that the satellite industry will see revenues shift more towards telco and data-based traffic and revenues, and away from video and DTH income. Based on...
View ArticleStudy: MPO Network deployment to grow 20% in 3 years
Viavi Solutions has released the results of a global study that examines the rise of parallel optics and multi-fibre connectivity in service provider networks, enterprises and data centres. According...
View ArticleBoost for rural superfast broadband
Connecting rural areas with superfast broadband should be easier thanks to the CLA, the membership organisation for owners of land, property and business in rural England and the NFU, the...
View ArticleTelefónica to pull out of Mexico & Central America
Spanish telco Telefónica is reportedly finalising the sale of its subsidiary firms in Mexico and Central America in its plans to pull out of those markets to reduce its debt. Newspaper El Economista...
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