From Branislav Pekic in RomeItalian broadband operator Fastweb plans to connect 4 million homes with fibre optic cable in four years time, according to CEO, Stefano Parisi.Speaking during a Parliamentary inquiry on the development of the telecommunications sector in the country, Parisi said that out of the E31 billion invested in the fixed networks from […]
Europe is leading the way in terms of broadband subscriber growth for the second year running, according to statistics compiled by the Broadband Forum. The report shows that the European region now has nearly 120 million subscribers, 32 per cent of the global broadband market.The stats also show that worldwide broadband subscribers have now surpassed […]
Telecom Italia has launched an online video service delivering live and on-demand streaming content, based on Cisco's CDS platform embedded with Adobe Flash Media Server. The announcement is the latest movement of a telecom service provider to offer its own content delivery network offering, in this case on a network-based platform able to also support […]
The proportion of its subscribers accessing Virgin Media's on demand service has passed 50% for the first time. Virgin announced that the number of views had increased from 34 million in January to 45 million views in August 2008. The figure compares favourably with other international providers such as UPC Netherlands, which has reached 40%.The […]
The fast growth of broadband has lead the European Commission to bring forward a review of the basic telecoms services Europeans can expect. Current statistics suggest about 36% of households in EU member nations have high-speed net access. When a majority of EU citizens are using a telecoms service, EC rules dictate that it becomes […]
From Colin Mann in FaroPredicting that telco network traffic requirements will increase 100-fold in coming years, Bernd Schumacher, Head of IP Transport at Nokia Siemens Networks told delegates at the NetEvents Press Summit that Carrier Ethernet – the extensions to Ethernet necessary to enable telcos to provide Ethernet services to customers and to utilise Ethernet […]
DirecTV Group has confirmed that AT&T has picked it to offer a co-branded package of video, home telephone, wireless phone and Internet service from February 1st, 2009.The news mean AT&T will not be renewing its five-year partnership with DISH Network raising new concern about future of the second largest satellite TV provider. DirecTV will begin […]
BT is about to start further trials of a controversial internet advertising technology. The Phorm Webwise system watches what people do online and shows adverts tuned to their interests. From 30 September, a sample of BT’s customers will be invited to "opt in" to a trial of the technology. Early trials ran without the consent […]
According to an ABI Research survey of online households in the US, the number of consumers watching video streamed through a browser has doubled over the past year, going from 32 per cent a year ago to 63 per cent today. ABI Research believes this is due to growth in the amount of rich content […]
The European cable lobby group Cable Europe has issued a cautious welcome for the EU's promotion of infrastructure based competition, (Daily News 25.09.08), but it has warned against mandating competitive access to ‘ducts' and is particularly resistant to any extension of ‘must carry' rules to include on demand material.Cable Europe says networks in Europe pass […]