Kabel Deutschland, Germany’s largest cable network operator, has reported that its Q3 revenue grew 6.8 per cent to €548 million from last year’s €513 million, mainly on strong growth in Internet and Phone Business revenue. Net profit, however, fell 9.9 per cent to €66 million from last year’s €73 million. In Premium TV, Kabel Deutschland […]
As part of its move to evolve its network to provide converged communications, Telefónica Spain has chosen cloud applications and platform services provider Oracle as a supplier of session border controller and will use the Oracle Communication Session Border Controller for its full portfolio of services which include residential services, mobile rich communication services (RCS), […]
German cable MSO Tele Columbus has revealed that German Internet services company United Internet has acquired a stake of 9.8 per cent in Tele Columbus’s issued share capital, and signed an agreement to acquire a further 15.31 per cent stake, subject to antitrust approval. If approval is granted, United Internet would hold a 25.11 per […]
February 9th saw a major announcement from Eutelsat and California-based ViaSat which sees the two satellite operators coming together in a strategic partnership designed to promote and develop satellite-delivered broadband over Europe. One well-placed analyst thinks it could be the harbinger of even greater co-operation between the two, and even mentions the possibility of a […]
The Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTEUS) and the Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTEUK) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that is intended to increase the ability of both organizations to further engineering excellence in the cable telecommunications and broadband industries. The MoU underscores the desire of both parties to address marketplace confusion between […]
A nationwide survey conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of TVfreedom – a coalition of local broadcasters, community advocates, network television affiliate associations, multicast networks, manufacturers and other independent broadcaster-related organisations committed to helping protect consumer interests – suggests that most Americans are fed up with their pay-TV service. The poll of more than […]
ViaSat of California is the hugely successful high-speed satellite broadband service with some 660,000 paying subscribers. It owns and operates the Exide Internet service provider. It has linked with Paris-based satellite operator Eutelsat in a partnership which will combine Eutelsat’s current European broadband business with ViaSat’s broadband technologies and consumer Internet Service Provider (ISP) business […]
Findings from a survey by CSG International, a global provider of interactive transaction-driven solutions and services, reveal that projecting over the next three years, the majority of Communications Service Providers (CSPs) said that offering digital services and transforming their business to become a Digital Service Provider (DSP) had the most potential to increase top-line revenue, […]
The Spanish telco Telefónica has created Telxius, a new global company which brings together its fibre optic and aerials network aimed at providing services to other operators. The move forms part of a new Telefónica ‘s strategy to manage its asset portfolio and open new business opportunities in the industry. Telxius will manage around 15,000 Telefónica […]
Italian broadband operator Fastweb has reached 1 million homes and businesses in Rome with broadband access speeds of up to 100 Mbps. To achieve this result, according to CTO Mario Mella, Fastweb has invested a total of 220 million in Rome to roll out 2,200 kilometres of optical fibre. The implementation of the project started […]