Incognito: Just 34% would recommend their ISP
Incognito Software Systems, a global provider of solutions for communication service providers, has released its 2016 Incognito Broadband Consumer Quality of Experience (QoE) Survey, which explores...
View ArticleASA issues new broadband ad rules
From October, broadband providers in the UK must make sure adverts for their products are very clear about costs and contract lengths, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled. ASA research...
View ArticleBT Sport audiences up 45%
BT’s investment in exclusive European football rights has been rewarded by increased viewing figures for its TV and sport channels. Reporting its Q4 and FY2016 numbers, the telco revealed that BT...
View ArticleUS broadband and ICT sector worth $1 Trillion
For the past decade, the broadband and information and communications technologies (ICT) sector has fuelled enormous growth and development in the American economy, according to a new 20-page report...
View ArticleRecord broadband speed for DOCSIS
A record speed of 3.055 Gbit/s went live in an actual production network for the first time in Europe. The top speed was achieved using the latest Docsis 3.1 network technology. Finnish telco DNA broke...
View ArticleFCC approves Charter/TWC merger
With the briefest of announcements, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed May 6th that it had approved — with conditions — the Application filed by Charter Communications, Time Warner...
View ArticleEutelsat, Facebook choose Jupiter for Africa broadband
Eutelsat Communications and Facebook have selected Hughes Network Systems to supply its Jupiter System as the technology platform for satellite broadband services that both companies are preparing to...
View ArticleHong Kong, Singapore lead US in Netflix Speed Index
Netflix has released April data for its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime-time Netflix streaming experience. This month, Netflix...
View ArticleVirgin Media “record start” to new year
Virgin Media is on track to connect half a million UK homes access to its broadband network this year as part of the company’s Project Lightning rollout. The announcement comes as Virgin said it has...
View ArticleMediamorph secures Hulu, Millicom deals
Platform and data management services specialist has confirmed that premium streaming TV service Hulu has selected Mediamorph’s best-of–breed cloud-based software platform better to manage contracts...
View ArticleTurner, AMC, NBCU join Cable Europe and CTAM Europe
Cable Europe and CTAM Europe have confirmed the addition of three more global content providers to their membership line-up. Turner, AMC Networks International and NBC Universal are the latest...
View ArticleTele Columbus revenues up 5%
After the full consolidation of pepcom in December 2015, Tele Columbus published for the first time consolidated quarterly results of the combined Group. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, Tele...
View ArticleCoalition calls for Openreach reform
Following the initial findings of UK regulator Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review in February an industry coalition of Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone, INCA (Independent Networks Cooperative Association)...
View Article10 Gbps cable network first
Nokia has announced a significant breakthrough in the effort to meet surging data demand from consumers and businesses. In a world-first, the company showed it is possible to achieve 10 Gbps...
View ArticleSingapore: Prysmian develops ultra-high speed network
Prysmian Group, a specialist in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been chosen to support the development of the new broadband network in Singapore. Prysmian Group has been awarded two...
View ArticleUS broadband: 1m+ Q1 additions
According to the Leichtman Research Group, the seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired nearly 1.1 million net additional...
View ArticleVodafone Spain: Revenues down, subs up
Vodafone Spain has reported a fall of 3.5 per cent to €4.468 billion in service revenues in the full fiscal year to March, mainly due to the negative impact of mobile handset financing. EBITDA grew by...
View ArticleSckipio G.fast solution
Sckipio Technologies, a specialist in G.fast, has announced what it claims is the world’s first G.fast solution to deliver up to 1.5Gbps in combined upstream and downstream performance by dynamically...
View ArticleKaltura launches specialised cloud video service
Kaltura, a video technology provider, has announced the launch of the Kaltura Video Platform as a Service (VPaaS), claiming it to be the world’s first specialised cloud video service, enabling...
View ArticleUS pay-TV: 10,000 Q1 net adds
According to the Leichtman Research Group, the thirteen largest pay-TV providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – added about 10,000 net video subscribers in Q1 2016, compared...
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