Kabel Deutschland confirms Vodafone approach
Cable MSO Kabel Deutschland has issued a statement saying that it notes recent speculation regarding a potential offer for Kabel Deutschland Holding AG and confirms that it has received a preliminary...
View ArticleThomson eases Indian cable digital transition
Thomson Video Networks has unveiled a new range of headend solutions tailored to the specific requirements and capabilities of cable operators in India. Based on the common Indian channel line-up, each...
View ArticleTechnicolor leads DOCSIS 3.0 gateway segment
According to the latest Infonetics report, Technicolor is leading the DOCSIS 3.0 Gateway segment worldwide with over 30 per cent market share Technicolor has become a partner of choice for many major...
View ArticleUK needs to improve video buffering and quality
Despite 2012 being a year of great live content, UK video publishers and operators were only able to deliver a quarter of it (23.5 per cent) at optimal quality. This left online viewers with buffering...
View ArticleEffort still needed to meet EU superfast broadband challenge
The European Commission has updated its Digital Agenda Scoreboard, measuring progress with respect to the targets set out in the Digital Agenda. A new study completed by Point Topic shows that whilst...
View ArticleSatellite broadband for the last 5%?
The UK National Audit Office report into the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) rural broadband programme highlights a 2 year delay which could have been addressed by greater use of...
View ArticleSpain: Economy hits broadband market
The Spanish broadband market is experiencing a deep crisis and its near future looks bleak. The latest report from watchdog CMT reveals that broadband revenues are in free fall with a drop of 7.2 per...
View ArticleIndia allows 100% FDI in telcos
India has changed its rules regarding the percentage of foreign ownership allowed in its giant telcos. At present local ownership must limits foreign ownership to 74 per cent. Once ratified the new...
View ArticleLondon media and comms sector worth £125bn a year
A report from Deloitte reveals that the London technology, media and telecoms (TMT) sector generates an overall economic contribution of £125 billion (€147bn) a year to London and the rest of the UK....
View ArticleResearch: Superfast broadband reduces churn
Superfast broadband could reduce annual churn rates for fixed broadband by three percentage points. This conclusion is based on the reduced churn rates that higher-speed services bring, Analysys Mason...
View ArticleOvum: Telcos must compete less and collaborate more
Innovation is critical to telco survival, finds Ovum. Yet many operators miss the big picture, exaggerate the threat from OTT players, and misunderstand the broader benefits of innovation. New research...
View ArticleTalkTalk Big Free offer
TalkTalk is offering customers three months of free TV, broadband and phone. The offer, branded “The Big Free”, gives TalkTalk customers three months of free YouView TV, unlimited broadband use and...
View ArticleFrance drops ‘3 strikes’ piracy law
The French anti-piracy law that disconnected those suspected of illegal file-sharing after ‘3 strikes’has been overturned and replaced with a system of automatic fines. The “Hadopi law” succumbed to...
View ArticleOfcom liberalises spectrum for 4G
Ofcom has given the green light to MNOs, including O2 and Vodafone, to reuse 2G and 3G spectrum for 4G services. Ofcom said that networks can reuse spectrum for 4G services, following requests by 3 and...
View ArticleKroes outlines telecoms single market reform
Speaking at the EU parliament in Brussels, EU digital commissioner Neelie Kroes has claimed that having a competitive single EU telecoms market could boost the region’s economy by €110 billion a year....
View ArticlePlea from India’s MSOs to cut taxes
The Indian state of Maharashtra, which includes and surrounds Mumbai, levies a tax on each cable subscriber of about 75 cents on each and every cable subscriber as an “entertainment tax”. The Cable...
View ArticleLiberty Media eyes Airtel stake
Bharti Airtel is in talks with US telco giant Liberty Media to sell a stake in its unlisted DTH business, as compulsory digitisation and higher foreign ownership limit drive firms to seek capital and...
View ArticleTiming is right for satellite broadband in EU
The European Union’s Digital Agenda calls for every citizen and business to have access to broadband that provides at least 2 megabits per second by 2013. Today that’s largely possible. In fact more...
View Article1Gbit/s broadband standard from ITU
G.fast, a new ITU broadband standard, that promises up to 1 Gbit/s over existing copper telephone wires, is one step closer following a meeting of ITU-T Study Group 15. G.fast is designed to deliver...
View ArticlePremier League blocks illegal stream website
The English Premier League has secured a High Court order requiring ISPs to block football streaming site First Row Sports. The High Court ruled that the website, which didn’t host any live streams...
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