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 customer base are now subscribed to some sort of multi-play offer. The company has also increased the number of its broadband […]
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 reform, with the recommendation that it become a distinct company, with its own Board. Plans announced earlier in 2016 to deliver a step-change in telecoms services for […]
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. It believes these unprecedented changes, elements of which have been welcomed by Ofcom, can form the basis for a fair, proportionate and sustainable regulatory settlement. They can also […]
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 just over €10 billion. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation rose 0.1 per cent on a comparable basis to €3.34 billion. Sales are stuttering after […]
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission wants to see consumers provided with better information about broadband speeds, to improve competition and consumer outcomes in the retail broadband market. A discussion paper calls for views on how consumer information about broadband speed and performance can be improved. The ACCC is concerned about the current lack of […]
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 chairman Sir Mike Rake has said there will be a board and separate investment control for Openreach. Competitors and […]
For the second time in the two days following BT Openreach’s heavy criticism from MPs, BT and Plusnet users customers have suffered service outages because of power cuts at datacentres. BT said that connectivity returned to normal by 13:45 BST, though some larger businesses may still have had problems. There were reports of other organisations […]
A cross-party group of MPs says BT is “significantly under investing” in Openreach, its infrastructure subsidiary. Based on a report – Establishing world-class connectivity throughout the UK – commissioned from a panel of independent experts, the Culture, Media and Sport Committee concluded the shortfall in investment could potentially be hundreds of millions of pounds a […]
UK broadband ISP Entanet has published an open letter to newly-appointed Prime Minister Theresa May urging her to replace current Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, Ed Vaizey MP, with someone who has the ability to understand the communications industry from a technical perspective. May is currently in the process of allocating […]
Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and pay-TV – reveals strong gains for the major players amid further turmoil for TalkTalk. BT, Sky and Virgin Media have all seen year-on-year customer growth, with BT’s share up by 7.8 percentage points on last year thanks to strong […]