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BT trials G-Fast broadband

BT is claiming to have made a “big breakthrough” with fibre broadband, which could see homes and businesses have access to speeds of 1Gbps. Speaking at the Huawei Ultra-Broadband Forum 2014 in London,...

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Netflix coming to Proximus TV

As Belgian telco Belgacom adopts its new identity as Proximus, it has revealed that it plans to add entertainment streaming service Netflix to its Proximus TV offering. Netflix started offering its...

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Fastweb NGN for 27% by 2016

Italian broadband operator Fastweb plans expand its Next Generation Network (NGN) to cover 27 per cent of the Italian population, or 7.5 million households and businesses in over 100 cities, by 2016....

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Celeno announces latest in over 75 design wins

Celeno Communications, a provider of high-performance Wi-Fi chips and software for home networking applications, and Compal Broadband Networks (CBN), has announced that Compal’s 24×8 DOCSIS 3.0...

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Akamai: Global average connection speed above 4Mbps

Akamai Technologies ha released its Second Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insight into key global...

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Virgin Media seeks Premier League rights review

UK quad-play operator Virgin Media has asked UK comms regulator Ofcom to open a formal investigation under the Competition Act 1998 into the arrangements by which the FA Premier League sells live UK...

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Entone wins at Home Telecom

Entone, a provider of Cloud TV and Connected Home solutions, has announced that Home Telecom has selected its Engage Service Assurance solution for their Hybrid TV services. Home Telecom is an...

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SES, Swisscom make Astra Connect agreement

SES has signed an agreement with Switzerland’s leading telecom provider, Swisscom, to provide the Astra Connect service in Switzerland. Swisscom provides nationwide broadband access as part of the...

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Public support for wireless net neutrality rules

The US Internet Association has released a nationwide survey demonstrating strong support for net neutrality protections for wireless Internet users. Nearly 90 per cent of respondents say they do not...

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Internet usage fuels rise of FOMO

Internet use and dependence has risen to a point where ‘Fear of Missing Out’ or FOMO, often associated with modern technologies and social networking services, has become a global phenomenon. Over 2.5...

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Huggers: ‘No long-term future for IPTV’

Erik Huggers, former SVP for Verizon and former President for OnCue, Intel Media’s intended Cloud TV service, has suggested that IPTV has no long-term future for telcos, recommending that rather than...

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Vizocom selects Eutelsat

Vizocom, a provider of integrated satellite broadband solutions, has selected the Eutelsat 21B satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications to implement a reliable and flexible connectivity service in...

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CNES to fund sat-broadband chipsets

French Space Agency CNES has signed a contract with STMicroelectronics and Thales Alenia Space to design new low-cost chipsets for use in consumer terminals looking to use satellite broadband.  The...

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France: Orange to market Netflix

France’s biggest telco Orange has agreed to offer Netflix on its set-top boxes from November, its chief executive Stephane Richard told Le Monde. Rival Bouygues Telecom was the first operator in the...

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Average cable broadband speed overtakes fibre

The average broadband speed delivered by cable services is now faster than that of fibre, according to Ofcom research. In the six months to May 2014, the average speed delivered by cable broadband...

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Vodafone fibre for Italian cities

Vodafone Italia will bring optical fibre to 25-30 Italian cities by the end of March 2015. Speaking at an event in Capri, CEO Aldo Bisio said Vodafone started in eight cities (Treviso, Vicenza, Novara,...

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Broadband in over 700m homes

The latest milestone in the relentless march of high speed Internet access was passed at the end of June this year as the total number of households with a broadband line came to 700.2 million,...

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Vodafone launches Dutch TV service

Vodafone Netherlands has launched triple-play packages (Internet, telephone and TV services) throughout the country via its DSL network. Packages are available with speeds of 20, 40, and 80 MBs, and,...

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ARRIS new broadband gateways

ARRIS Group is launching a new portfolio of broadband gateways—the NVG340 and NVG370 series—to deliver premium voice, video, and data services. These new NVG series gateways deliver the...

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Wananchi raises $130m expansion funds

African triple-play operator Wananchi Group, owner of the Zuku Fiber, Zuku pay-TV and Simbanet business services brands, has raised $130 million to fund its growth and expansion in East and Southern...

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