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MásMóvil ups FY guidance

MásMóvil has published its results for the first nine months of the year in which the company increased profitability and continued leading the growth of the telco market in Spain. In this period, MásMóvil reached a net income of €57 million and an adjusted net income of €106 million. In response, the company has updated […]

October 29, 2018

Openreach full-fibre price-drop boost

Tens of thousands more new-build homes could be in line for a broadband boost after Openreach, the UK’s digital network business, is to reduce the price it charges developers for its future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) technology by more than three quarters. The new pricing means UK house builders will pay just a fraction of the current […]

October 26, 2018By Colin Mann

Netcomm: “Developing solutions comparable to FTTH key to connecting”

With 50 per cent of houses still connected to less than 100Mbps, a combination of solutions comparable to Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) is essential to efficiently provide the speeds required by end-users, according to NetComm Marketing and Communications Director Els Baert. Speaking on the final day of Broadband World Forum 2018, Baert said that although fibre assets […]

October 25, 2018

Eutelsat at risk from Sky Italia decision

Sky Italia, as reported yesterday, is to add fixed-line broadband as well as a mobile product in the Spring of 2019, according to equity analysts at Deutsche Bank, quoting Italian sources. “The fixed broadband aspect was known – Sky signed an agreement with Open Fibre in March to provide fibre to the home (FTTH) – […]

October 24, 2018By Chris Forrester

Analyst: Vast superfast broadband price differences

The provision of superfast broadband has increased by 25 per cent across OECD member states, according to the Teligen division of consultancy firm Strategy Analytics. Within a year, the number of providers offering the highest speed plans has increased from 49 in 24 countries to 62 in 28 countries. As superfast broadband becomes more prevalent, […]

October 24, 2018

Global fixed broadband subs exceed 1bn

There are now more than one billion fixed broadband subscribers worldwide, the Broadband Forum has revealed during Broadband World Forum 2018. The achievement – which has been confirmed by market analysis firm Point Topic – follows the release of Point Topic’s World Broadband Statistics Q2 2018 report which saw the number of fixed broadband subscribers […]

October 23, 2018

Survey: 69% network operators report growth

Respondents to the Broadband World Forum Survey are optimistic despite an industry undergoing rapid change. Some 69 per cent reported positive growth with 19 per cent reporting business had “rocketed” over the past 12 months. While market competition has propelled investment in gigabit broadband, trials leading to roll out of 5G services, fixed mobile convergence […]

October 19, 2018

Vodafone complains over Movistar fibre fees

The dominant position of Movistar in Spain’s fibre market is again under fire. Vodafone Spain has filed a complaint before the regulatory body CNMC against Movistar on the grounds that it is using its dominant position in the market to the benefit of its newly-launched O2 brand. Movistar’s O2 is distributing its convergent offer at […]

October 18, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

ETNO: “Let Europe craft an ambitious policy for digital leadership”

A group of leading telecom CEOs have gathered in Brussels, on the occasion of the annual FT-ETNO Summit, to put forward their vision for Europe’s next policy agenda. As Member States and European political groups start discussing the future EU digital policies, CEOs put forward their support for a new, strong industrial policy aimed at […]

October 15, 2018

Kagan: OTT trend spotlights fibre needs

After years of fibre inactivity across much of Western Europe, renewed efforts are emerging that will help plug the gap between the fibre haves and have-nots, according to a report from Kagan, the TMT arm of S&P Global Market Intelligence “The region’s broadband markets are approaching saturation on copper lines and operators are increasingly competing […]

October 12, 2018