Samsung France and Bouygues Telecom have announced the launch of the new Bbox Smart TV offer in France. The offer eliminates the need for a TV decoder in favour of the B.TV + app directly installed into a Samsung 4K Smart TV. Customers will find Bouygues Telecom services there and can also benefit from Samsung […]
Virgin Media won’t reopen its 53 UK retail stores when lockdown ends. The company say the 341 staff will be offered alternative posts – many as home-based customer care. Virgin Media had already cut down the number of stores it operates in the UK from 140 in 2016. In March, Virgin Media moved to employ […]
According to research from actionable intelligence firm The Diffusion Group (TDG), 7 per cent of US broadband households upgraded their service in April 2020, a rate that varies dramatically relative to the number of children under 18 living at home. Only 4 per cent of broadband households without children under 18 at home upgraded their […]
Germany’s Tele Columbus has reported flat year-on-year turnover of €115 million for the first quarter. But EBITDA was up 17 per cent to €55.5 million on lower non-recurring costs. Declines in TV subscribers were compensated by an increase in B2B revenue. Tele Columbus, which operates under the PŸUR brand, had 2.184 million cable TV subscribers, […]
Virgin Telco, Euskaltel’s brand for Spanish expansion, has launched its offer with ‘flexible’ and à la carte packages at low-cost prices from €6 to €89 a month, including all premium services. Subscribers can take just the mobile service with 20Gbytes at €6 a month or with unlimited data for €29 a month. If interested in […]
Virgin Telco will be the brand name of the new operator that will extend Euskaltel’s service across Spain. The Basque-country-based company, owned by UK’s Zegona, has announced the new brand which, will initially have access to some 13 million homes in the country, with plans to eventually reach 18.4 million households. Virgin Telco will take […]
Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay-TV services will reach nearly $1.6 trillion (€1.81trn) in 2020, a decrease of 0.8 per cent compared to 2019, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects the decline to continue in 2021, but at a somewhat lower degree. The telecommunications services industry is […]
In a move that signals a shift from its reliance on Huawei as a vendor, UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has selected next-generation open networking and subscriber experience solutions provider ADTRAN’s SDX Series of OLTs (Optical Line Terminals) and Mosaic Cloud Platform to help it achieve its ambition of making gigabit and multi-gigabit services available […]
MásMóvil Group has presented its results for the first quarter of the year in which the Company continues with strong performance in customer acquisition despite the restrictions imposed by Covid-19 and significantly increases both its service revenues and its profitability. As a result of the good performance of the Group, MásMóvil obtained a net income of […]
Findings from research and analysis firm Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that the largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 96 per cent of the market – acquired about 1,165,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in Q1 2020, compared to a pro forma gain of about 955,000 subscribers in Q1 2019. […]