Sky, Ruckus develop Wi-Fi access points
Ruckus Wireless, a Wi-Fi vendor in the service provider sector, has announced a collaboration with Sky to develop a new wireless access point (AP) solution to increase Wi-Fi connectivity and in high...
View ArticleHinduja Group to merge cable TV, HITs biz
In a bid to consolidate its media investments, the Hinduja Group has decided to merge its cable television business IndusInd Media and Communication, with its Headend-in-the-Sky (HITs) business of...
View ArticleBT concessions to try and keep Openreach
BT Group will form a separate board for its Openreach business in a bid to persuade regulator Ofcom the company should not be split off. Shaken by political criticism and the threat of break up, BT...
View ArticleWurl launches streaming cable TV network
Wurl, a specialist in streaming video services for pay TV operators, has confirmed the US launch of the Wurl Network – what it claims is the world’s first streaming cable TV network. The Wurl Network...
View ArticleUK takes a bullet for BT
A number of headlines today advise that BT has dodged a bullet as Ofcom has not forced it to sell Openreach. The market agrees, and BT shares picked up 3 per cent on the news. Meanwhile, shares in UK...
View ArticleOpenreach: BT and industry response
In response to Ofcom’s proposals to make Openreach more accountable, BT confirmed it had volunteered “significant” governance changes to further increase the independence and transparency of the unit....
View ArticleOpenreach escapes sell-off
Openreach, BT’s infrastructure business, has escaped being split from the telco under detailed plans proposed by regulator Ofcom to make digital communications work for everyone, but faces major...
View ArticleViaSat wins Air Force One broadband deal
The US presidential jet, Air Force One, already has all sorts of secure two-way air-to-ground communications, but a $73 million (€66.3m) order from the US Defense Department to California-based ViaSat...
View ArticleOrange Q2 sales stutter
Orange’s sales recovery stuttered in Q2 as competition in the French mobile-phone market weighed on wireless revenue, offsetting increasing demand for broadband services. Sales were little changed at...
View ArticleFrontier, AirTies partner for Wi-Fi enhancements
Premium in-home wireless systems specialist AirTies Wireless Networks has confirmed that its ultra-performance in-home Wi-Fi products are now available via Frontier Secure, a service of US operator...
View ArticleAPT in j-v with Chinese for global broadband
APT Satellite, of Hong Kong, is linking with mainland Chinese investors to start building a global broadband satellite system. APT already operates the Apstar broadband system which serves Asia and...
View ArticleConnected car infotainment 98% of M2M data by 2021
A study from Juniper Research has found that new in-vehicle infotainment services such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto will generate large amounts of new cellular M2M data traffic. Over the next five...
View ArticleAfrica: Over half a billion mobile broadband subs
More than half a billion people across Africa are now subscribed to mobile services as the continent continues to migrate rapidly to mobile broadband networks, according to a GSMA study. The report...
View ArticleDirecTV, Dish to offer 4K Olympics
AT&T-owned pay-TV broadcaster DirecTV and Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network, as well as some users of Comcast’s giant cable system, will be able to watch some of the NBC transmissions of the upcoming...
View ArticleFastweb, Telecom Italia partner on FTTH network
Italian operators Fastweb and Telecom Italia have entered into a strategic partnership to build an FTTH network with connection speeds of at least 1 Gbps. A joint venture will be set up, in which...
View ArticleSpain: Orange triples TV subs
Orange Spain has tripled its TV subscribers over the last 12 months to 381,000 as of June 30th, a rise driven by top-flight football offers and convergence packages. 83 per cent of its broadband...
View ArticleBT reaches 1.6m TV customers
The addition of 59,000 TV customers in Q1 has seen BT reach 1.6 million, with the telco reporting that BT Sport’s average audience figures increased 58 per cent, excluding Showcase and digital...
View ArticleAustralia’s nbn launches HFC services
Australian’s National Broadband Network (nbn) has launched its first commercial HFC services on the former Telstra HFC network in Ocean Reef, Western Australia. The Telstra HFC network will form the...
View ArticleBroadband Forum, ON.Lab collaborate on CORD
The Broadband Forum has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Open Networking Laboratory (ON.Lab), with the aim of accelerating the development of future broadband requirements and standards...
View ArticleOneWeb hires Beranger as CEO
Jersey-based super-constellation OneWeb has hired Eric Beranger as its CEO for its new manufacturing joint-venture with Airbus Defence & Space. The joint venture has to build up to 900 OneWeb...
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