Harmonic has announced that Millicom, a provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Latin America through the TIGO brand, has successfully launched XGS-PON fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) with Harmonic’s cOS broadband platform. This expands on Millicom’s previously announced use of the cOS platform to provide high-speed broadband services across nine countries in Latin America. “Adding fibre […]
Virgin Media O2 together with its shareholders, Liberty Global and Telefónica, have initiated plans to create a national fixed network company (NetCo) that that they say will “underpin full fibre take up and roll out; provide new financing optionality and a platform for potential altnet consolidation opportunities; and establish the biggest dedicated fixed network challenger […]
Spain is nearing the 15 million FTTH milestone after the country ended 2023 with over 14.8 million lines, according to the latest CNMC report. Movistar maintained its position as the market leader taking 36 per cent (5.3 million) of all FTTH lines. Year-on-year FTTH gained 1.1 million lines, up 7.3 per cent, versus a loss […]
Southwest England full-fibre broadband provider Truespeed is launching a partnership with Sky to offer Sky TV and Netflix to its customers. Truespeed customers will be able to subscribe to a Sky Stream package that offers both Sky Entertainment and Netflix in one combined package. The offer will start from £23 (€27) per month, for 18 […]
BT has issued a trading update for the nine months to December 31st 2023. Allison Kirkby, Chief Executive, commenting on the telco’s Q4, said: “BT Group has delivered another quarter of revenue and EBITDA growth, while rapidly building and upgrading customers to our full-fibre broadband and 5G networks, and we continue to be on track […]
Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of French viewers still use DTT to watch television – 58 per cent on the main TV set, and 4 per cent on a secondary device. According to a study conducted by Ifop for French radio and television transmission services provider, TDF, 35 per cent of viewers use DTT alongside […]
The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in New Zealand is poised to register a marginal compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent between 2023 and 2028, with continued decline in mobile voice service revenue denting the overall growth prospects, despite considerable revenue growth in mobile data and fixed broadband segments, according to […]
Parks Associates’ new consumer study, Home Internet Evolution: 5G Competition and Value-Added Services, finds that fibre and mobile services score the highest regarding consumer value perceptions of their Internet service, especially on cost. Sixty-six per cent of subscribers with a fixed wireless access (FWA) plan from a mobile provider – also known as 5G or […]
Broadband use across the UK increased by 9 per cent in 2023, according to digital infrastructure provider Openreach. Openreach’s annual update indicates that broadband traffic across the UK increased by around 9 per cent during 2023 to 94,722 Petabytes (PB) of data. Closer examination of the numbers shows that peaks tend to be focused on […]
A record 17 million UK homes have access to full-fibre broadband, with 4.6 million now taking it up, according to regulator Ofcom’s latest Connected Nations report. For the first time, full-fibre broadband is available to over half of homes in all four of the UK nations. Northern Ireland leads the way, with over nine in […]