MVIC forecasts 90% of 5G traffic will be mobile video
Openwave Mobility’s Mobile Video Industry Council (MVIC) meeting in London, which included Tier 1 mobile operators Deutsche Telekom, EE, KPN, MTS, Orange, Telefonica, Telus and Vodafone, expect that up...
View ArticleJansen new BT Chief Executive
BT Group has announced the appointment of Philip Jansen as Chief Executive. He will join the Company and be appointed to the Board as an Executive Director on January 1st 2019 and following a handover...
View ArticleReport: CommScope eyeing ARRIS acquisition
Telecommunications and cable equipment vendor CommScope is in talks to acquire entertainment and communications and CPE specialist ARRIS International, according to a Reuters report, which suggests...
View ArticleOpenreach full-fibre price-drop boost
Tens of thousands more new-build homes could be in line for a broadband boost after Openreach, the UK’s digital network business, is to reduce the price it charges developers for its future-proof...
View ArticleSES: Double digit growth in Networks division
SES saw its Video division revenues continue to be under pressure and fell back to -2.8 per cent, although its Networks segment grew impressively by 13.6 per cent in the nine months to September 30th....
View ArticleC-band Alliance gains strong support
The C-band Alliance (CBA) of Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat told the FCC on October 29th that a market-based approach represented the fastest way to repurpose C-band over the US, essential if a...
View ArticleSpain’s FTTH nears 8m homes
FTTH in Spain continues to grow with 146,295 lines added in August to hit 7.8 million customers, according to figures from regulatory body CNMC. FTTH already represents over 50 per cent of the total...
View ArticleUK Budget boost for rural broadband
The UK Government is to give rural areas a £200 million funding package as part of its full-fibre broadband pledge. The money – announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond as part of his...
View ArticleSurvey: Virgin Media customers largest complainers
Research from consumer body Which? into the UK’s biggest broadband providers has found that Virgin Media customers were the most likely to have experienced a problem with their broadband service over...
View ArticleReport: US TV maintains YoY revenue
Standard Media Index (SMI), a source for ad pricing and revenue data, has unveiled US television figures for the 2017-18 Broadcast Season. This month marks the start of the company’s updated version of...
View ArticleIntelsat: “200 MHz today; maybe more later”
Intelsat’s CEO Stephen Spengler told analysts during its Q3 conference call that the C-band Alliance’s (CBA) plan to free up C-band capacity for the USA’s speedy adoption of 5G would be limited to 200...
View ArticleEutelsat stumbles and disappoints market
Eutelsat unveiled its Q1 results (to September 30th) and warned of slower progress for the rest of its fiscal year. The results were issued after the market closed on October 30th. As the market opened...
View ArticleSpaceX pushing ahead with Starlink broadband
Elon Musk’s SpaceX project has a sister operation in the form of Starlink, a plan to launch around 4425 satellites in order to girdle the Earth and provide high-capacity broadband to every part of the...
View ArticleSwisscom adds 9k TV subs in Q3
In spite of pressure from competitors, Swisscom says it was also able to expand its TV business in Q3. The number of TV connections rose by 57,000, or 3.9 per cent over the last 12 months, to reach...
View ArticleBT Q2 revenues down
UK telco BT has reported revenue of £11.588 billion for its second quarter, down 2 per cent and adjusted revenue of £11.624 billion, down 1 per cent as growth in its consumer business was offset by...
View ArticleSingapore: StarHub ushering cable customers to fibre
As Singapore continues to rapidly digitalise, StarHub is assisting cable customers to get their homes onto fibre connectivity. Donovan Kik, Vice President of Segment and Marketing, StarHub, said, “We...
View ArticleIndia’s SITI Networks grows 24%
India’s giant MSO SITI Networks, with 55 million consumers and serving more than 580 cable communities across the nation, reported solid growth across all key metrics with its Q2 results. SITI is...
View ArticleCBA clarifies C-band re-versioning
The C-band Alliance (formed by Intelsat, SES, Eutelsat and Telesat) is stressing that its proposed restructuring of C-band frequencies for 5G usage over the US will not exceed 180 MHz (plus a 20 MHz...
View ArticleOfcom opens up Openreach infrastructure
Companies laying high-speed fibre cables used by large businesses, mobile operators and broadband providers will have greater access to broadband infrastructure provider Openreach’s ducts and poles,...
View ArticleGilat mobility and fixed broadband services for Japan
Gilat Satellite Networks, a global player in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, has announced that SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (JSAT) has awarded Gilat a multi-million US dollar...
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