BT Chief Executive Gavin Patterson has unveiled the company’s ambition to deliver Britain’s digital future, cementing the nation’s future prosperity as the G20’s leading digital economy. The move follows criticism of the telco’s broadband strategy, with a number of competing players calling for the UK Competition and Markets Authority to undertake a full market investigation, […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has revealed its latest figures relating to the volume of consumer complaints it received against the major providers of telecoms and pay-TV services. The latest report covers the three-month period from April to June 2015 (Q2), and includes complaints made about 13 providers of fixed line telephone, fixed line broadband, pay […]
The UK will outperform other major European countries on a range of fixed telecoms measures for the next five years, and become one of the best performing countries worldwide by 2020, according to a new international benchmarking study by global telecoms adviser Analysys Mason. The report confirms that the UK is already ahead of its […]
Broadband Internet is failing to reach those who could benefit most, with Internet access reaching near-saturation in the world’s rich nations but not advancing fast enough to benefit the billions of people living in the developing world, according to the 2015 edition of the State of Broadband report from the UN Broadband Commission. Released in […]
Three of the UK’s leading broadband telcos have joined forces with industry bodies to call for the Competition and Markets Authority to undertake a full market investigation, claiming serious problems with the ownership of the national telecoms network by BT Openreach. In an open letter published in the Financial Times, they write: SIR– Every home […]
Sandvine has released its latest Global Internet Phenomena Report focusing on Asia-Pacific and Europe. The report is based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus communications service provider (CSP) customers. Highlights include: Netflix is making gains in the new European markets they entered late last year, with the service now accounting for almost 10 […]
Home Box Office (HBO) and Verizon have agreed a deal that includes the right for Verizon to distribute HBO NOW, HBO’s OTT service, to Verizon digital platforms, including to more than 100 million Verizon Wireless customers and other consumers with handsets and/or tablets. HBO NOW is immediately available to all Verizon standalone broadband customers, including […]
US telco AT&T has completed its $48.5 billion (€44.2bn) acquisition of pay-TV provider DirecTV following the Federal Communications Commission’s approval – with conditions – of the deal. The FCC determined that granting the merger application was in the public interest. The newly-combined company will become the largest pay-TV provider in the United States and the […]
BT has announced price hikes for its broadband and landline services. The telco has confirmed that broadband prices will also increase by 6.9 per cent from September 20th. BT said its price rises come on the back of similar increases by other telecoms providers, including Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media. Standard line rental is to […]
Improvements in the affordability and ready availability of online content in Australia are crucial ingredients to reduce online copyright infringement, Communications Alliance – the primary telecommunications industry body in Australia – has said in response to new research released by the Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull. Welcoming the research initiative, Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton […]