French telco Altice-SFR has revealed plans to fibre the entire French territory with no public money, which it says will make it possible to achieve the French President and Government’s goal of giving access to high-speed broadband throughout France. Altice-SFR’s contribution to the State’s deployment programme is reflected in the creation of Altice Infrastructures, a […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced how infrastructure unit Openreach will be held to account, as it becomes legally separate from BT, to ensure it delivers for phone and broadband users. Ofcom expects the reformed Openreach to engage with industry to deliver widespread fibre networks, offering fast, reliable broadband. The new company should provide a […]
Online video consumption and broadband distribution continues to grow rapidly across Asia Pacific with content monetisation models steadily evolving, according to a new report, Asia Pacific Online Video & Broadband Distribution, published by independent consulting and research provider Media Partners Asia (MPA). The report indicates
According to research conducted by Dataxis, fixed broadband connections for Latin America in the first quarter of 2017 reached 68.11 million. The market recorded an increase of 5.9 per cent from Q1 2016 and reached 35.8 per cent household penetration. In the first quarter of 2017, DSL technology still dominates the market with 51.5 per […]
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, has announced a strategy utilising so-called TV White Spaces spectrum – unused spectrum in the UHF television bands in the 600 MHz frequency range – to bring broadband to some 23.4 million Americans in rural areas currently unserved. Speaking at a lunch sponsored by the Media Institute […]
One in two Australians can now connect to the nbn network as the roll-out of the nation’s largest ever infrastructure project officially passed the halfway point. More than 5.7 million homes and businesses are now able to order a service from their retailer as nbn continues to ramp-up the roll-out of the network by adding […]
Telefónica is adding its TV service to all Movistar Fusión packages as it seeks to migrate all its ADSL customers to optic fibre between now and 2020. The company has launched two new packages, Movistar Fusión #0 and Movistar Fusión Series, to boost subscriptions. With these packages all Fusión subscribers can watch pay-TV content. The […]
The UK government has launched a £400 million (€455m) infrastructure fund to further investment in ‘full-fibre’ broadband. The aim is to offer speeds of up to one gigabit per second (Gbps) or more to households and businesses by having fibre optic cables run right up to their properties, rather than relying on copper cables to […]
According to Dataxis, the growth for FTTx (FTTH/B) is coming mostly from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, particularly from Russia. In 2016, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries accounted for 69 per cent of the FTTx (FTTB/H) representing 37 million subscribers. Furthermore, Dataxis estimates that Russia accounts for almost 68 per cent of FTTx […]
Spanish households subscribed to convergent packages with five services (fixed and mobile telephony, fixed and mobile Internet access and pay-TV) are spending more money per month than those with four or fewer services. A report from the CNMC reveals