Numerous reports suggest that John Malone’s Liberty Global is in talks with Spanish telco Telefónica about merging its UK multiplay operator Virgin Media with Telefónica’s O2 mobile business. Bloomberg and Reuters are reporting that Telefónica has been weighing options for the mobile business since 2016 when a previous £10.3 billion deal takeover of O2 by […]
Orange Spain has seen its revenues fall by 2.4 per cent YoY to €1.28 billion, due to the price battle with rival operators launching promotions of covergent packages at cheap prices. The company has announced that it will now launch low cost offers through its brands Amena, Symio and República Móvil. The company has over […]
Edge cloud platform Fastly has released analysis of Internet performance within median income brackets in the US which uncovers a clear stratification of download speeds, indicating households with lower incomes experienced lower download speeds compared to households with higher incomes. In the weeks since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, more and more people around […]
Swisscom has reported group revenue in line with expectations, with operating income (EBITDA) stable at CHF 1,111 million, and minimal impact from Covid-19 on financial results in the first quarter. Bundled offers are still in demand, with 68 per cent of private customers using inOne mobile communications services. Corporate business segment grew in solutions business […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media suffered a major network failure on the evening of April 27th. Intermittent outages began just after 17:00 UK time, leading many frustrated users to take to social media to vent their displeasure. The Downdetector service recorded more than 30,000 reports, with some suggesting that service resumed quickly but others reported […]
Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is moving forward with its plan to create a 4th cellular network in the US. A Dish official has reportedly confirmed to specialist news-site Light Reading that the DTH broadcaster will purchase about 9.3 million subscribers to Sprint’s Boost mobile telephony system. Boost uses capacity from T-Mobile, although Dish has obligations […]
John Stankey will become AT&T CEO on July 1st replacing the departing Randall Stephenson. Stephenson has served as AT&T’s CEO for over 13 years and oversaw the acquisitions of Time Warner (now known as WarnerMedia) and satellite TV provider DirecTV. AT&T said that Stephenson will remain the company’s executive chairman until January 2021 “to ensure […]
The Euskaltel Group – comprising the Euskaltel, R and Telecable brands – has posted its Q1 2020 results, confirming both revenue and profitability growth and opening the door to its immediate national launch using the Virgin brand. These data confirm that the Euskaltel Group has kicked off 2020 on a strong footing, despite the impact […]
The FTTH Council Europe has revealed the 2020 Market Panorama and the latest figures outlining fibre deployment trends in Europe prepared by research institute IDATE. Market Panorama & key findings: The total number of homes passed with Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Building (FTTB) in the EU39 reached nearly 172 million […]
South Africa’s media regulator ICASA is involved in a dispute with the nation’s main telco Telkom. The claim by Telkom – which operates both landline and cellular services – is that the regulator has “expropriated” a portion of its wireless spectrum assets. ICASA’s intention was to use the 2.3 GHz spectrum to help provide extra […]