Fastweb extends fibre optic services
Italian broadband operator Fastweb has launched fibre optic services in eleven new cities: Brindisi, Ferrara, Latina, Lodi, Novara, Parma, Potenza, Salerno, Savona, Settimo Torinese and Taranto. The...
View ArticleOfcom implements BT margin rule
UK regulator Ofcom has confirmed it will push ahead with plans to monitor the price BT charges rivals to access its superfast fibre network after taking on board concerns from the European Commission....
View ArticleTelecom Italia returns to profit
Telecom Italia has returned to profit for the first time in three years as Italy’s largest telecoms group begins its biggest investment to date to modernise its mobile and broadband networks. The group...
View ArticleBT resists Ofcom margin rule
BT has criticsed Ofcom for taking a ‘lopsided approach’ to the UK broadband market. On March 19th Ofcom confirmed it was going ahead with a new pricing rule, coming into effect on April 1st. The rule...
View ArticleHBO, Sony, Showtime want fast lane
HBO, Sony and Showtime all want special treatment from ISPs to avoid congestion and data caps for their online streaming services. “Instead of putting their Web traffic on the public Internet’s main...
View ArticleBT preps 4G network
BT is preparing to launch its own 4G network, even before it has completed the £12.5 billion takeover of EE. The telco will reportedly unveil its 4G service by this week, according to a report in The...
View ArticleTelefonica to triple FTTH speed
Telefonica is going to triple the Internet broadband speed, from 100 Mpbs to 300 Mpbs, before thr summer in an attempt to take the lead in the increasingly competitive broadband market, and widen its...
View ArticleThuraya up for sale
The UAE’s broadband and sat-phone operator Thuraya is up for sale. There’s even a prospective buyer lined up in the shape of satellite giant Inmarsat. The problem is the two are very wide from reaching...
View ArticleHome buyers hate slow broadband
Nearly half (42 per cent) of UK broadband customers would think twice about purchasing a property if it had poor broadband, according to a survey of 2,000 UK broadband customers by telecoms advice site...
View ArticleGuangdong Cable selects NAGRA anyCAST
NAGRA, a Kudelski Group digital TV business and provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, announced today that Guangdong Cable has selected NAGRA anyCAST content protection...
View ArticleVivacom stake sold for €1
A Luxembourg-registered group has bought company stakes owned by fugitive Bulgarian tycoon Tsvetan Vassilev for €1, including 43 per cent in Bulgaria’s biggest telco Vivacom. Vassilev was at the centre...
View ArticleBT launches 4G mobile data deals
BT has moved back into the consumer mobile market with deals offering bundles of 4G data, minutes and texts for as little as £5 a month for its existing BT Broadband homes. The telco has unveiled three...
View ArticleEC: ‘Yes net neutrality, No geoblocking’
The European Commission has reiterated its call for strong net neutrality and an open market for digital media with an end to geo blocking. EC VP and digital single market commissioner Andrus Ansip...
View ArticleReport: Cord-cutting could get worse
Analysis from MoffettNathanson asks the all-important question as to the position of US cable & satellite if so-called ‘cord-cutting’ turns out to be actually worse than expected. MN reports that...
View Article75% abandon poor streaming within 4min
Conviva, a specialist in OTT video experience optimisation, has released the findings of its inaugural report, which found that stream interruptions, inadequate picture fidelity and other poor...
View ArticleJudge: UPC Ireland ‘must enforce 3 strikes policy’
The High Court has ordered UPC Ireland, the country’s second largest ISP, to take measures to stop illegal downloading. Justice Brian Cregan granted three music companies an injunction requiring UPC...
View ArticleConvergence clash as Voda-ONO launches
Vodafone-Ono is finalising its first combined convergent package in with unconfirmed plans for very discounted prices. The group plans a heavy marketing campaign to promote the service in direct...
View ArticleIndia cable & satellite subs 175m by 2019
Last week’s FICCI event in Mumbai heard KPMG’s ‘state of the nation’ report which forecast that India’s massive cable and satellite sector would see huge benefits from the on-going digitisation of the...
View ArticleAccusations fly as Netflix slows Australia Internet
ISP iiNet has blamed Telstra – Australia’s main telco – for the slower Internet connection speeds that have hit some of its customers since the arrival of Netflix in the country. The online streaming...
View ArticleDigital pay-TV revenues rocket in Eastern Europe
Despite the incessant gloomy economic and political news from the region, pay-TV revenues in Eastern Europe will be 45 per cent higher in 2020 ($7,269 million) than in 2010 ($5,029 million), according...
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