French telecoms regulator Autorité de régulation des communications éléctroniques et des postes (Arcep) has published its scoreboard for the fixed broadband and superfast broadband market (services, rollouts and subscriptions) in France in the first quarter of 2016. It is also adding the first indicators pertaining to public initiative networks, which will be expanded in future […]
US cable operators, including Comcast and Charter are reaping the benefits of a growing broadband market, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, who note that they added 3.3 million new subscribers in the 12 months from April 2015 through March 2016, helping drive total fixed broadband household penetration to nearly 80 per cent. Cable’s market […]
Satellite giant Intelsat has an operation underway where it is seeking to repay some of its ‘Senior Note’ debts by an early redemption and at a significant discount to their face value. In total Intelsat is happy to pay up to $625 million in total for a batch of Notes originally due for redemption in […]
The OneWeb broadband satellite constellation has started issuing its ‘build and construct’ orders for its constellation of a planned 900 orbiting craft. The orders come via OneWeb Satellites, a 50/50 joint-venture owned by OneWeb and Airbus Defense & Space. The first trio of top-level sub-contractors include MacDonald Dettwiler & Assoc (MDA), the Canadian aerospace company, […]
After two years of declining customer satisfaction, the telecommunications sector has halted the slide, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The new ACSI results for the telecommunications sector, which includes subscription television service, Internet Service Providers, fixed-line telephone service, wireless telephone service and cell phone manufacturers, show a 1.9-per cent […]
Video and broadband technology specialist Teleste is to supply the latest DOCSIS 3.1 network technology-based network cable network products in addition to its network service expertise to cable operator and pay-TV provider DNA’s network upgrade project in Southern Finland. The upgrade embraces nearly 1,500 network sites. “We want to offer our clients an excellent customer […]
TV service providers and Internet Service Providers received the lowest overall customer experience scores, according to the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual ranking of companies based on a survey of 10,000 US consumers. Of the 20 industries covered in the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, TV service and ISPs tied with healthcare providers for the […]
According to the Leichtman Research Group, the seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired nearly 1.1 million net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in Q1 2016. These top broadband providers now account for over 91.5 million subscribers — with top cable companies having […]
Following the initial findings of UK regulator Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review in February an industry coalition of Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone, INCA (Independent Networks Cooperative Association) and the FCS (Federation of Communication Services) has written an open letter to Sharon White, Chief Executive of Ofcom setting out a ’10 Point Plan for a Better Openreach’ to […]
Virgin Media is on track to connect half a million UK homes access to its broadband network this year as part of the company’s Project Lightning rollout. The announcement comes as Virgin said it has experienced “record customer growth” in the UK in the first quarter of 2016, adding 55,000 customers. Virgin’s £3 billion Project […]