UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is to pledge £1 billion (€1.17bn) to improve Britain’s broadband infrastructure, under an investment initiative to boost productivity. The plan, which is targeting giving two million further households access to full-fibre broadband, will be confirmed in Hammond’s Autumn Statement on November 23rd, giving the Government’s spending plans and […]
Deutsche Telekom has reported it enjoyed a successful third quarter in 2016, with strong figures from the US and a stable trend in Germany. Net revenue grew by 5.9 per cent compared with the prior-year quarter to €18.1 billion. At the same time, adjusted EBITDA rose 7.2 per cent to €5.5 billion. “These figures show […]
ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading providers of digital communications and services, has presented a new report on “Building the gigabit society: an inclusive path toward its realisation”, prepared by BCG – the Boston Consulting Group. A few weeks from the presentation of the European Commission Communication on the gigabit society and of the new […]
Italian broadband operator Fastweb ended the third quarter of 2016 with 2.3 million subscribers, up 5.7 per cent or 123,000 units on September 2015. Of the total subscribers, 33 per cent are connected to the Next Generation Network with speeds of up to 200 Mbps. The operator has 750,000 active ultra-broadband customers. The customer offer […]
The current Mexican telecommunication services market is still dominated by Telmex and its mobile arm Telcel, with the exception of the pay TV segment, where Televisa has the largest share. In this context, smaller competitors find it hard to capture market share and generate the much needed return on investment. OTT services providers and systems […]
Pay-TV channels, mainly those distributed via cable, have continued to gain in popularity in Portugal, hitting a 42 per cent audience share in 2015, according to a study by the Association of Independent Television Producers (APIT). The growth has been at the expense of the country’s three free-to-air broadcasters (RTP, SIC and TVI) that still […]
The mega-media- merger to end all mega… etc. That is until the next one comes along. Except – if it goes ahead – this really might be the last of this kind of deal. This takeover will be sold hard as a ‘traditional’ vertical integration play – a content owner and a pipes owner come […]
The number of pay-TV subscribers in Spain continues to grow with 5.6 million at the end of 2015, almost half a million more than the previous year, according to the latest annual report from CNMC. Most subscribers are enjoying a convergent package with up to five different services. These packages reached 3.6 million new customers, […]
Telekom Srbija is investing €150 million to transform its fixed telecommunications networks to an all-IP infrastructure. The three-year contract signed with Chinese company Huawei will enable 80 per cent of Telekom Srbija users to get speeds of up to 50 Mbps by 2020, while half will get 100 Mbps or even faster. Households in urban […]
Vodafone is launching a new convergent package branded ‘Vodafone One Total,’ with fixed and mobile telephony (3 mobile lines), broadband and all the 120 TV channels and football. The package will cost from €112 with FTTH distribution and up to 50 Megabytes (€120 with 300 Megabytes). The convergent offer is marketed through two types of […]