Brian Roberts, chief executive of Comcast, said at NCTA he was not concerned about increased regulation from the Federal Communications Commission, which is seeking new authority to regulate cable and telecoms groups. The FCC is seeking to impose tougher regulations on high-speed Internet providers to guarantee that all content creators would be treated equally over […]

Strategy Analytics predicts that over 2 billion DLNA-certified (Digital Living Network Alliance) products will be installed in consumers' homes or pockets by 2014. “Strategy Analytics forecasts 59 per cent growth in unit sales – to 200 million DLNA-certified devices in 2010 – rising to nearly 1 billion devices sold in 2014,” said Peter King, the […]

Italian ISPs Fastweb, Vodafone and Wind have again proposed a single fibre network infrastructure for the country. They already announced they would cooperate to take on Telecom Italia. The CEOs of the three companies, Carsten Schloter, Paolo Bertoluzzo an Luigi Gubitosi, have lobbied the government to a single fibre infrastructure company. The three have also […]

One in five young adults don’t see why they could ever have to pay for content on the Internet – and a similar number admit to being confused about what can be downloaded legally and what can’t, according to a Microsoft survey. The results show that for many, the distinction between copyright infringing sources and […]

From Colin Mann in Cologne Unity Media, Germany's second largest German cable TV operator is seeking new takeover targets to compete more effectively with dominant telco Deutsche Telecom. “We expect a consolidation in the market,” said, Gene Musselman, the new head of Unity Media, who is also a senior European manager for Unity Media parent […]

Vodafone, Wind and Swisscom's Fastweb are collaborating to build a rival Italian broadband network to Telecom Italia's The three Italian operators are preparing to launch a E2.5 billion broadband network plan. Under the five-year plan, the telcos are aiming to replace the traditional copper network by building a superfast broadband network in 15 cities. The […]

The FCC considers broadband service a sort of hybrid between an information service and a utility and that it has sufficient power to regulate Internet traffic under existing law, despite recent court cases that say it doesn't. Last month, a federal appeals court ruled that the FCC had exceeded its authority by telling Comcast the […]

From Colin Mann in Cologne Manuel Kohnstamm, Managing Director, Public Policy and Communications at Liberty Global has revealed that the global cable operator's strategy moving forward is to concentrate on accelerating broadband cable's speed advantage over telco DSL and developing interactive digital television (iDTV) services. Recognising that the cable industry's success in rolling out high-speed […]

From Colin Mann in Cologne Investment in high-speed broadband networks should applauded, not punished, according to Thomas Braun, President of ANGA Association of Cable Operators. Delivering the welcome address at the opening of the ANGA Cable Trade Fair, Braun noted that although cable had perhaps been late in developing its networks, it had made great […]

Dutch ISP Ziggo, the country's largest, is facing court action for its refusal to block subscriber access to Swedish BitTorrent tracker site The Pirate Bay. It insists that it's simply a conduit to the Internet and shouldn't be forced to filter the results, especially considering there's no legal basis for such a request. “We are […]