Technicolor launches Wi-Fi XL
Technicolor has announced the global availability of its Wi-Fi XL solution for network service providers (NSPs) seeking to offer improved in-home wireless performance while managing the growing...
View ArticleIndian telco threat to DTH
Reliance-owned Jio Infocomm is a spectacular success. It announced its 4G service in December 2015 and launched in September 2016. It won its first 50 million subs within 83 days, topped 100 million by...
View ArticleMásMóvil buys Nowo
Spain’s fourth largest telecom operator MàsMóvil, together with GAEA Inversión, have acquired joint control of the owner of Portuguese communications operators Nowo and Oni. According to the...
View ArticleOptus to serve IoT demand over Australia
Australia’s Optus, the country’s second-largest telecoms company and a subsidiary of Singapore’s SingTel, is linking with Myriota on a nano-satellite scheme to provide coverage of Internet of Things...
View ArticleSpain: MásMóvil, Orange mull global network alliance
MásMóvil, the fourth largest telco operator in Spain, is reportedly negotiating a global 5G and FTTH network alliance with Orange. A deal would include sharing mobile networks in big cities, a discount...
View ArticleSSIMWAVE shows support for Dolby Vision
SSIMWAVE has revealed will be demonstrating publicly for the first time its capability to inspect Dolby Vision enabled content for file-based streaming environments. At its stand, SSIMWAVE will show...
View ArticleSpain: Euskaltel launches low cost convergent package
Euskaltel, Spain’s fifth largest telco, controlled by UK’s Zegona, has launched a low cost convergent package at €19.90 a month to boost subscriptions and take position in its forthcoming national...
View ArticleDAZN seeks multiple distribution deals in Italy
Premium sports streaming platform DAZN has partnered with Italian broadband operator Fastweb to launch a joint package of services. The package, ‘Fastweb Casa e DAZN’, combines the live and on-demand...
View ArticleUPC goes 1Gb throughout Switzerland
UPC is currently preparing for the introduction of a 1 gigabit offer which will soon be available throughout Switzerland. In doing so, UPC is making a fundamental contribution to digitisation in...
View ArticleIndia and France to build satellite constellation
The space agencies of India and France have signed an agreement to develop a constellation of broadband satellites. The constellation will carry telecommunications, radar, and optical remote-sensing...
View ArticleOpenreach connects up Outer Hebrides with full fibre
Two of the UK’s most westerly island communities are now among the best connected too – as new full fibre broadband networks go live in the Outer Hebrides/Na h-Eileanan Siar. Grimsay is a tiny island...
View ArticleIoT/M2M satetllite business worth $11.6bn over 10 years
A report from Northern Sky Research (NSR) predits that the market for satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connectivity will be worth $11.6 billion (€10.4bn) over the...
View ArticleEUTELSAT 5 West B delivered to Baikonur
Eutelsat Communications has announced the safe arrival of EUTELSAT 5 West B at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, where it is due for launch on a Proton Breeze M rocket on September 30th, overseen...
View ArticleKacific signs with ABS Subic Bay
Singapore-based (but Vanuatu-registered) Kacific Broadband is readying its Kacific1 which will be a high-throughput satellite operating over the Pacific and south-East Asia regions. Boeing is building...
View ArticleGogo improves liquidity
In-Flight Connectivity company Gogo has secured a $30 million revolving credit facility. Chicago-based Gogo took the opportunity to reaffirm its overall guidance for this year’s Free Cash Flow...
View Article300 MHz to be freed by FCC?
A report from analysts at New Street Research says that the FCC will rule in November on the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) proposal to reassign 180 MHz of C-band spectrum for use over the US in the thrust to...
View ArticleReport: DTH still leads direct pay-TV delivery, but in decline
From Q1 2014 to Q1 2019, the total subscription revenues of the direct pay-TV market has increased by 19 per cent, reaching €8.9 billion, according to figures from Dataxis. DTH remains the leading...
View ArticleSpain: Vodafone’s FTTH network for sale?
Vodafone Spain is reportedly seeking to sell its FTTH network to finance its operations in the country, accoridng to Expansion. The company would be looking at bids from investment funds and major...
View ArticleReport: Global telco equipment market up 6%
According to a report published by Dell’Oro Group, the worldwide telecom equipment market grew 6 per cent year-over-year (Y/Y) in the past twelve months. The majority of growth was driven by Mobile RAN...
View ArticleReport: US could save $30bn a year from satellite broadband
A report from Podium, written by Tyler Cooper from BroadbandNow, suggests that US broadband users could save hundreds of dollars a year, thanks to increased competition from satellite...
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