DOCSIS channels double in 2014
Technology market research firm Infonetics Research, now part of IHS, has reported that DOCSIS channel shipments rose to record levels in 2014 — up 114 per cent to 4.8 million worldwide — as cable...
View ArticleAbertis buys Italian ‘towers’ business
Spanish infrastructure company Abertis, which holds stock in satellite operator Hispasat, has bought 90 per cent of the transmissions towers business of telco Wind, in Italy. Russia’s Vimpelcom holds...
View ArticleNetflix goes Down Under March 24
Australian and New Zealand consumers now have just three weeks to wait for the arrival of the online streaming service following confirmation that it will begin streaming in the two countries on March...
View ArticleSES CEO: ‘Satellite’s key role in future networks’
Satellite has a key role to play in the architecture of future networks and the acceleration of digitisation, according to Karim Michel Sabbagh, President and CEO of SES. Sabbagh’s comments came as he...
View ArticleTele Columbus revenues up 3.3%
Tele Columbus Group, the third largest German cable network operator, further executed its growth strategy in full year 2014 resulting in a strong performance according to preliminary unaudited...
View Article102m ‘connected things’ in Nordics by 2018
The Nordic region is in pole position to capture ‘Internet of Thing’ (IoT) opportunities, driving business innovation and improving quality of life across the region. A report by TeliaSonera and Arthur...
View Article2014 record year for broadband equipment
Technology market research firm Infonetics Research, now part of IHS, has reported that worldwide spending on broadband aggregation equipment rose 9 per cent in 2014, to $8.2 billion, driven by robust...
View ArticleDT’s €6bn Euro network push
Deutsche Telekom is to invest €6 billion in its multi-country network through to 2018, as it plans to offer a standardised platform for mobile, broadband and TV. Timotheus Hoettges, CEO, said at the...
View ArticleUS pay-TV subs down 125K
The thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing some 95 per cent of the market – lost about 125,000 net video subscribers in 2014, according to the Leichtman Research Group. Annual net...
View ArticleEU Net Neutrality ‘soft pedal’
The Latvian presidency of the EU has secured a compromise on net neutrality regulations among EU member states. Negotiations can now get underway with the European Parliament, which passed a different...
View ArticleItaly €6bn broadband plan
The Italian government has adopted a €6 billion plan to modernise its Internet network and boost broadband access by 2020 in compliance with EU objectives. However, the government did not impose a...
View ArticleAnevia ViaMotion chosen by Philippines cable operator
Telmarc Cable, a Philippines CATV and Internet service provider, has chosen Anevia’s ViaMotion Streamer as the core of a newly launched wireless multichannel television service being operated from its...
View ArticleBT powers Williams F1 comms
Grand Prix racing team Williams has agreed in principle a multi-year strategic technology partnership with UK telco BT. The Williams Martini Racing team will use BT’s high performance network services...
View ArticleUS pay-TV subs decline reversed
The top pay-TV operators in the US added 101,000 new subscribers during the fourth quarter to end a roller coaster year in 2014 according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics, Digital...
View ArticleStandardising virtualisation for broadband services
This week’s annual Broadband Forum meeting in Shenzhen, China, covered important work to bring practical deployment of virtualized solutions to the broadband network. “While the industry has been...
View ArticleFrance nears 1m FTTH
France was nearing 1 million FTTH subscribers at the end of 2014, according to the latest broadband figures from regulator Arcep. The number of FTTH connections rose 67 per cent last year to 935,000....
View ArticleNumericable-SFR revenues down
Numericable-SFR reported a 5 per cent slide in 2014 revenue emphasing the need to accelerate the fusion of the two businesses. Sales came in at €11.4 billion, France’s second-largest carrier behind...
View ArticleUS consumers urge Comcast/TWC merger rejection
US consumer advocacy body Consumers Union is heightening its opposition to the proposed merger of Comcast with Time Warner Cable by launching a new ad campaign in support of its efforts to see the deal...
View ArticleAPAC pay-TV $10bn boost
Pay-TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region (22 countries) will grow by $10 billion between 2014 and 2020, according to Digital TV Research. The Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts report estimates that...
View ArticleOptus offers unmetered Netflix
Following the announcement that online entertainment streaming service Netflix is to launch in Australia on March 24th, with leading ISP iiNet offering unmetered access, rival ISP Optus is offering a...
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