The number of fibre to the home (FTTH) and fibre to the building (FTTB) subscribers in Europe increased by 19 per cent over the first nine months of 2015, reaching more than 35.9 million FTTH/B subscribers. Homes passed increased by 17 per cent, with nearly 127 million FTTH/B homes passed in European countries at end-September […]
AirTies Wireless Networks, an international provider of in-home wireless systems, has licensed the RDK (Reference Design Kit) to support the RDK community’s newest initiatives for broadband devices (RDK-B). “We’re excited to join the growing RDK community, especially as it turns its attention to new broadband equipment in the home,” said Bulent Celebi, Executive Chairman and […]
Cable MSO Liberty Global has no immediate plans to introduce 4K services on its networks, although it has confirmed that deployed set-top boxes would be 4K-capable. The remarks came during Liberty Global’s Q4 2015 Results Earnings Call, when CEO Mike Fries said that in terms of video pricing, he didn’t know whether 4K was going […]
Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat says it has reached a total of 6,000 channels on its fleet of satellites. Eutelsat is now carrying more than 2,200 free-to-air channels, on 50 pay-TV platforms. Eutelsat says it continues to register strong channel growth in fast growing markets, notably in the Middle East and Africa, with one out of […]
According to the ITU’s latest data some 43 per cent of the global population is online. This jumps to 82 per cent of the developed world, just under 80 per cent in Europe, and just over 60 per cent in the CIS.
Telecom Italia (TIM) plans to increase NGN coverage by the end of 2018 and reach 84 per cent of the Italian population with fibre optics and 98 per cent with the LTE (4G) mobile network. According to the 2016-2018 Three-Year Strategic Plan, approved by the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia, investments in Italy will […]
Global ICT firm Huawei has unveiled its five ‘Big Initiatives’ for the telecom industry to accelerate its digital transformation. Huawei also endorsed open platforms to enable collaboration so that shared success can be achieved in telecom industry. In addition, the company announced innovative solutions for 4.5G, Internet of Things (IoT), 2K/4K video, and Safe City. […]
Cable industry research consortium CableLabs has revealed details of a project that illustrates how DOCSIS 3.1 technology provides the basis for continued evolution of system capacities by supporting symmetric multi-Gigabit service over the cable network. According to Belal Hamzeh, VP Wireless, R&D and Dan Rice, SVP, R&D, building on state of the art technology, ongoing […]
BitSight Technologies has released a BitSight Insights report analysing Security Ratings of more than 35,000 companies across 22 different industries to uncover the vulnerabilities posed by fourth parties – the subcontractors of third party vendors. The report also addresses the risk associated with single points of failure, where one disruption from a key service provider […]
After months of ‘on-off’ speculation and recent confirmation that possible merger talks had recommenced, Liberty Global and Vodafone have confirmed they are to merge their Dutch operations in a 50-50 joint venture they say will create a national unified communications provider in the Netherlands with complementary strengths across video, broadband, mobile and B2B services. They […]