Oregan joins RDK community
Oregan Networks, a specialist in pay-TV systems, has become a member of the RDK (Reference Design Kit), a pre-integrated software bundle that provides a common framework for powering customer-premises...
View ArticleOfcom: 4G for 98% of UK in 2017
Ofcom has published its first in the UK since the 4G auction in 2013. The research measured the performance of 4G and 3G services on smartphones from the four main mobile operators – EE, O2, Three and...
View ArticleMediapro lines up LatAm F1 channel
Spanish multimedia communications group Mediapro is to launch a 24 hour Formula One channel for the entire Latin American region (except Brazil) in 2015 devoted to everything surrounding and related to...
View ArticleUS Q3 pay-TV subs down 150K
Finding from Leichtman Research Group suggest that the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market –lost about 150,000 net video subscribers in Q3 2014,...
View ArticleTalkTalk goes quadplay
TalkTalk has struck an MVNO deal with Telefónica UK to launch mobile services over its network as it plans a quad play package. Dido Harding, chief executive, told the FT: “We see the market genuinely...
View ArticleKPN acquires remaining 40% stake in Reggefiber
KPN has reached an agreement with joint-venture partner Reggeborgh to acquire the remaining 40 per cent stake in Reggefiber and obtain 100 per cent ownership for €610 million. Joost Farwerck, Member...
View ArticleTele Columbus growth accelerates
Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, continues to deliver on its strategy of profitable and accelerating growth over the first nine months of this financial year....
View ArticleOfcom to investigate Premier League rights
UK comms regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into how the English Premier League sells live UK audio-visual media rights for Premier League football matches. The investigation will be carried...
View ArticleUPC Hungary: 80% YouTube STB take-up
The percentage of available subscribers accessing YouTube via existing STBs in UPC Hungary has risen substantially to 80 per cent, according to Arpad Jordan, CTO, UPC Central and Eastern Europe....
View ArticleBroadband equipment market flat Q3, PON grows
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its Q3 PON, FTTH, and DSL Aggregation Equipment and Subscribers report. “PON (passive optical...
View ArticleViaSat promises “unlimited bandwidth” over satellite
California-based satellite broadband operator ViaSat says it intends to offer an unlimited bandwidth service to subscribers once its upcoming ViaSat-2 is in orbit. Launch of ViaSat-2 is due in...
View ArticleOfcom opens up 700 MHz for mobile broadband
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced it is to make valuable airwaves available for mobile broadband services, suggesting it is also securing the future of digital terrestrial TV. The decision allows...
View ArticleNetflix still dominates Internet traffic
Findings from intelligent broadband network solutions specialist Sandvine’s latest latest bi-annual Internet traffic trends report – Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H 2014 – suggest that Netflix...
View ArticleInternet to reach 3bn users in 2015
The number of Internet users worldwide will surpass 3 billion in 2015, according to figures from eMarketer, increasing 6.2 per cent next year to reach 42.4 per cent of the entire world’s population....
View ArticleTelefonica to complete FTTH deployment by 2020
Telefonica is intensifying the deployment of its FTTH network in Spain with plans to replace its current ADSL network with FTTH by 2020. Over the next five years, the company will extend its FTTH...
View ArticleOver 3bn people online
Over three billion people are now online and information and communication technology (ICT) growth remains buoyant in just about every country worldwide, according to ITU’s flagship annual Measuring...
View ArticleBT considering mobile return
UK telco BT has responded to recent press speculation relating to a potential transaction involving cellco Telefónica UK (O2) in the UK, the business it sold to Spanish telco in 2005 for £18 billion...
View ArticleFCC spectrum auction breaks all records
November 21st saw the 27th and latest round of the FCC’s spectrum auction topping a spectacular $33 billion, and up from $24 billion just two days earlier. The ‘Advanced Wireless Services-3’ auction...
View ArticleFCC’s Wheeler: ‘Net neutrality suits expected’
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has admitted that major cable and telecoms industry players are likely to sue the Commission whatever rules it proposes following its consultation on net neutrality. Speaking...
View Article100m receive FTTH in AP
Over 100 million people in the Asia-Pacific region are now subscribed to Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) services. The major milestone, shown by analyst house Ovum’s statistics, was announced by the FTTH...
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