BSkyB is adding to its range of subscriber services with the purchase of WiFi on-the-go business The Cloud from a group of VCs. The deal, reported in the News Corp owned Sunday Times, is likely to be announced along with financial results on Tuesday – Sky is expected to report a 25 per cent increase […]
The HomeGrid Forum, a global non-profit trade group promoting technologies based on the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU-T) G.hn standard, has announced that one of the largest global semiconductor companies – Marvell Semiconductor – has joined the HomeGrid Forum and has been appointed to the organization’s board of directors. Marvell will join BT, Intel, […]
Verizon is challenging the FCC order aimed at keeping Internet service providers from blocking access to content or applications, in the courts. Verizon has asked a federal appeals court to overturn the new rule. Verizon is arguing that the FCC exceeded its authority, and violated the company’s constitutional rights. The challenge, which was expected to […]
A report from the UMTS Forum predicts the global existence of one billion Consumer Electronics (CE) devices connected to mobile broadband networks by 2016. The study argues that while the market for connected devices remains embryonic, CE device connectivity will outstrip overall wireless market growth in the next five years. This trend is signalled by […]
Last year the European Commission approved 20 state aid packages for broadband, authorising more than €1.8 billion in subsidies for the development of these networks, four times as much as in 2009, says Europolitics, a Brussels daily news report. The figure is unveiled in a study published by the Commission on January 20th on state […]
The Carlyle Group plans to offload its 62 per cent stake in ETTV, a Taiwan cable TV operator in what would be the private equity firm’s latest Taiwan exit. Local press reports Chairman Gary Wang, ETTV’s second largest shareholder, is interested in the stake, which may be worth T$7.5 billion ($250m). Late last year, Carlyle […]
Satellite Broadband Ireland (SBI) has signed a commercial agreement with Eutelsat Communications to sell broadband services via KA-SAT. The initial 3-year broadband utility contract, worth more than €5 million, will allow SBI to sell Eutelsat’s next-generation Tooway satellite broadband service, with download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 4 […]
The BBC director general Mark Thompson, has signalled the Corporation will rigorously defend ‘its responsibility’ to distribute programmes freely to license payers by weighing into the Net Neutrality debate and coming out against paid tiers for delivery speed or quality. Thompson said that the continued success of online TV services such as the BBC’s iPlayer […]
Rural parts of the UK could be set for cheaper broadband under plans set out by Ofcom. The communications regulator has proposed reductions in the prices BT can charge ISPs in parts of the country where BT is the sole provider of wholesale broadband services. Ofcom wants BT to reduce its wholesale charges by between […]
The Tele Columbus Group, the leading German cable network operators, has successfully completed the financial restructuring process initiated in 2010. With expanded capital resources, the business is now better positioned in the competitive cable and telecommunication market. During the course of the restructuring agreement with lenders, debts were reduced by over €400 million. At the […]