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Tele2 Q1 boosted by Baltics

Tele2, the Sweden-based multinational telco, has published its consolidated results for the first quarter 2025. The telco reported end-user service revenue of SEK 5.4 billion (€0.49bn), up 1 per cent organically compared to Q1 2024 driven by the Baltics. Total revenue of SEK 7.2 billion remained unchanged organically compared to Q1 2024. Further Q1 highlights […]

April 23, 2025

Data: Consumer media usage grew 2.4% in 2024

Global consumer media usage, including digital and traditional media channels, increased 2.4 per cent in 2024 to an average of 57.2 hours per week, following a sharp deceleration in time spent with media growth in 2023, according to a market intelligence report from media econometrics specialist PQ Media. Growth in consumer media usage, including all […]

April 17, 2025

Vodafone, Vantage Towers in Germany antitrust probe

German antitrust body the Bundeskartellamt has sent Vodafone Group, Vodafone GmbH and Vantage Towers AG its preliminary legal assessment relating to the shortcomings in providing antenna sites to 1&1. Previously in 2021, Vodafone’s group company Vantage Towers had contractually agreed to provide the sites. However, massive delays have occurred since then. Vodafone and Vantage Towers […]

April 15, 2025By Colin Mann

Forecast: India multiplay revenue to grow at 4.2% CAGR to 2029

Multiplay service revenue in India is predicted to grow at a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2 per cent from $2.4 billion (€2.1bn) in 2024 to $3 billion in 2029, in line with the continued growth in the number of multiplay households, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. The ongoing fibre-optic network […]

April 11, 2025

Forecast: Telco capex to decline at 2% CAGR

According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telco, security, networks and data centre industries, telco operators scaled back wireless and wireline investments in 2024. The high-level relationship between carrier revenues, capex and telecom equipment was mostly stable, as both telecom capex and telecom equipment revenues tanked in 2024. […]

April 11, 2025

Vodafone hits 200m IoT connections

Vodafone reports that it has connected its 200 millionth Internet of Things (IoT) device, part of a secure worldwide network of smart devices and machines that monitor people’s health, protect endangered animals, thwart vehicle thefts and detect fires, floods and earthquakes. The device that achieved this milestone is a healthcare monitor connected by Vodafone to […]

April 8, 2025

Free Amazon Prime membership for eir TV customers

eir, the Irish telco, has announced that all eir TV customers are now upgraded to full Amazon Prime membership at no extra cost, making eir the only provider in Ireland to offer this benefit. This follows the recent launch of Amazon’s dedicated Irish platform, Amazon.ie. Previously, eir TV customers had access to Prime Video, but […]

April 1, 2025

Spain: Movistar’s O2 adds TV, Netflix

Movistar’s low cost O2 service in Spain is adding Movistar Plus+ and Netflix in an integrated offer that also includes broadband at 600 Mbps for €45 a month in an attempt to boost subscriptions and compete with the likes of Digi and other low cost platforms. The news comes as Pepehone, a brand owned by […]

April 1, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Vivendi sells majority of TIM shares

French media giant Vivendi has signed an agreement which will see the sale of the majority of its shares in Poste Italiane’s TIM equal to 15 per cent of the company, for €684 million. Vivendi will hold onto a small stake in TIM, of 2.51 per cent of the telco’s ordinary shares which come with […]

March 31, 2025By Chris Forrester

Actis-led consortium acquires Swiftnet

A consortium led by Actis, an investor in sustainable infrastructure, has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Swiftnet, a telecom tower portfolio in South Africa. The Actis-led consortium, which includes international and local investors including the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), a 100 per cent black-owned broad-based South African investment holding company, […]

March 28, 2025