SES: O3b a “top priority”
Satellite giant SES looks as if it is modifying its expectations. For a start it North America revenues are flat, according to its results released on Oct 31st. It is also suffering a downturn in its...
View ArticleAltice makes €7bn Portugal Telecom bid
Multinational cable and telecommunications company Altice has made a binding, fully-financed offer to purchase the Portuguese assets of Portuguese quad-play telco Portugal Telecom from Oi, the largest...
View ArticleTalkTalk halves triple-play prices
TalkTalk has cut the cost of its TV, broadband and calls packages to half price for 12 months. TalkTalk’s Essentials TV package will now be £4.25 a month plus line rental, while Plus TV – TalkTalk’s...
View ArticleErgen wins control over LightSquared
Charlie Ergen will get 60 per cent of new restructured equity in wireless company LightSquared, currently in Chapter 11, according to a deal agreed in the US Bankruptcy Court has announced....
View ArticleOTT viewing to raise bandwidth needs 31%
With the consumer shift from viewing TV over multichannel subscription video services to watching Internet video via a broadband or WiFi connection, as well as the growing popularity of watching video...
View Articleupc cablecom increases subs, revenues
upc cablecom has increased both its total number of subscribers and its revenue in the first 9 months of the year. The Liberty Global subsidiary now has almost 2.6 million subscribers across...
View ArticleLiberty Global completes tender offer for Ziggo
Liberty Global has completed its tender offer for Dutch cable operator Ziggo and will now own 100 per cent of the firm’s outstanding shares. CEO Mike Fries confirmed that Liberty will immediately begin...
View ArticleSwiss providers guarantee Net Neutrality
Swisscom, Sunrise, upc cablecom, Orange and the cable network companies’ association Swisscable have formulated a code of conduct on net neutrality. Standing up together for an open Internet, they are...
View ArticleTelcos ‘could lose half their customers next year’
Telecoms operators can be sure to keep only about half of their existing customer base over the next 12 months, according to Ovum’s major global survey, 2014 Telecoms Customer Insights. About a quarter...
View ArticleTelco gains offset US TV subs decline
The latest informitv Multiscreen Index shows that gains by telco providers in the US substantially offset subscriber losses among leading cable and satellite television services. In the third quarter,...
View ArticleSantos bid to derail Altice Oi-PT
Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of long-serving Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos, and a major shareholder in Portuguese pay-TV service provider Nos, has bid €1.211 billion for Portugal Telecom...
View ArticleRepublicans plan comms law update
Republican politicians are seeking to carry out a major overhaul of the rules governing the US phone, TV and Internet sectors after winning control of Congress in the midterm elections. Updating the...
View ArticleBT TV, Infinity and Netflix for £5.99
BT is launching a new package that brings together BT Infinity, Netflix, BT TV and a free YouView box, for a monthly fee of £5.99 (€7.63) for the first 6 months. Customers signing up to Netflix with BT...
View ArticleObama reiterates opposition to paid prioritisation
As the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) considers new rules for how to safeguard competition and user choice, the White House notes that the principle of net neutrality cannot be take that...
View ArticleCNN to quit Russia
BBC Monitoring is reporting that CNN is to leave Russia at the end of the year. Reportedly CNN’s local MD has sent a letter to assorted cable and DTH broadcasters saying: “With this letter we inform...
View ArticleObamacare for the Internet?
When prospective Republican Presidential nominee Ted Cruz was searching for an insult to describe President Obama’s clear support of the Neutral Netters he spat out “It’s Obamacare for the Internet”....
View ArticleIndustry reacts to Obama net neutrality call
Communications industry players, consumer bodies and legislators have lined up to offer their comments on President Barack Obama’s call for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement the...
View ArticleVodafone UK TV unveiled
Vodafone is launching UK TV services next spring using its Cable & Wireless business fibre network and BT’s Openreach network to provide its broadband and TV service. Pricing, and what TV content...
View ArticleVirgin superfast for 5,000 more Glasgow homes
Virgin Media is expanding its network to 5,000 more homes across Glasgow, providing Internet access at speeds up to 152Mb – eight times faster than the national average . Work is underway to connect...
View ArticleApax, Bain gatecrash PT bid
Private equity firms Apax Partners and Bain Capital have made a €7.075 billion offer for the Portuguese assets of Oi, the Brazilian telecoms group, rivalling the €7.025 billion bid from Altice, the...
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