Orange Spain had a difficult 2019. According to its latest figures, the company saw its revenues fall by 1.5 per cent to €5.2 billion and lost 120,000 convergent customers versus December 2018. In Q4 alone, Orange Spain’s revenues dropped 2.3 per cent to €1.3 billion. The company said that tough competition in the market and […]
Euskaltel has signed a trademark licence agreement with Virgin Group to use the Virgin brand in Spain to drive its National Expansion strategy. Euskaltel said the signing of this agreement represents a major milestone. With improved wholesale access agreements already signed in December 2019, the telco says it now has all the key elements required […]
Liberty Global has expanded its relationship with Smart Home Services specialist Plume to give consumers more control over devices connected to their home network. Liberty Global will roll out Smart Home Services from Plume across its footprint during 2020. A first selection of these services were made available to Virgin Media customers in 2019 and […]
Judge Victor Marrero of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has rejected a lawsuit to block the merger of telcos T-Mobile and Sprint. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said he was pleased with the district court’s decision. “The T-Mobile-Sprint merger will help close the digital divide and secure United […]
There was good news for the telecommunications & media sector in the UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKSI). Although the average customer satisfaction (CSAT) score across all sectors dropped by 0.8 points YoY to 76.9 points, the T&M sector saw an average rise of 0.4 points – the only sector to see an increase. The media […]
BT is making its 5G plans available for all customers. BT was one of the first UK mobile networks to launch 5G in November 2019, when it was exclusively available for those on its BT Halo converged plan. BT’s 5G service is available in 50 of the UK’s busiest places.Those opting for BT’s 5G service […]
Thaicom is suffering with revenue down 22.4 per cent for last year to THB 4,663 million (€136m) which it blamed on a decrease of revenues from satellite and related services due to customer churn. That churn, it says, mostly occurred in the first-half of 2019 and has since stabilized and been helped by new customers […]
Google Fiber, part of the Access division of Alphabet Inc, which provides gigabit fibre broadband Internet and IPTV to a number of locations in the US, will no longer be offering a traditional linear TV product to its new subscribers, saying it is happy to help everyone explore other options to get their favourite programming […]
Vodafone reports converged offers in markets where it merged with Liberty Global last year have added over 10 per cent to revenue. Excluding the VodafoneZiggo JV with Liberty Global in the Netherlands, Vodafone had 24.7 million fixed broadband customers, including 21 million ‘next-gen network’ customers, seven million converged customers and 22 million TV customers in […]
BT has hired over 900 apprentices and graduates over the past 12 months and has revealed it will hire a further 700+ for its September 2020 intake. BT has committed to creating many more digital roles in 2020 and is offering a range of apprenticeships which will develop into the cyber security experts, software developers, […]