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Krause replaces Swantee as Sunrise CEO

The Board of Directors at Swiss telco Sunrise has announced that Olaf Swantee has decided to resign as CEO of Sunrise after almost four years with the company. André Krause, up to now CFO at Sunrise, succeeds Olaf as CEO, effective immediately. Krause joined Sunrise in 2011 and has been instrumental in its transformation. As […]

January 3, 2020

South Korea: Decline in mobile revenue to hit pay-TV market

The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in South Korea is expected to decline at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.3 per cent in between 2019 and 2024. Growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV segments’ revenues will however fail to offset steady decline in revenues from mobile voice, messaging and fixed […]

December 30, 2019

StarzPlay, Asiacell partnership targets Iraq market

StarzPlay, the SVoD service, has entered into a partnership with Asiacell – a provider of mobile telecommunications and data services with a subscriber base of over 14 million customers in Iraq. StarzPlay’s streaming service will be available to all Asiacell’s ‘Unlimited’ monthly package subscribers. Asiacell reaches some 99 per cent of the Iraqi population with […]

December 24, 2019

Former France Télécom execs jailed

The former boss of France Télécom and two former executives have been jailed over a restructuring policy linked to suicides among employees in the 2000s. Didier Lombard was jailed for a year, as were Louis-Pierre Wenès and Olivier Barberot, although eight months were suspended. The company, now Orange, was fined €75,000. The court examined 39 […]

December 20, 2019

MásMóvil reaches 100,000 TV subs

Spain’s fourth largest telco, MásMóvil, has achieved 100,000 customers through Yoigo to its TV service Agile TV. The reshuffle of its TV offer with the integration of OTT platforms like Netflix, Rakuten and Amazon Prime Video is bearing fruit, although far from the big numbers achieved by Movistar with 4.1 million TV customers, Vodafone with […]

December 20, 2019From David del Valle in Madrid

BT sells Spanish ICT services

BT has reached an agreement for the sale of its Spanish managed ICT services business including its domestic network infrastructure to funds managed by Portobello Capital. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in the first half of 2020. The sale is part of BT’s ongoing transformation of its Global […]

December 16, 2019

Euskaltel, Orange agree expansion deal

Basque-Country-based telco operator Euskaltel, owned by UK’s Zegona, has signed an agreement with Orange Spain to use its mobile and FTTH networks to cover the whole territory. With this move Euskaltel takes a major step in its national expansion since it will enable the telco to offer its convergent services across Spain, covering Orange’s 14 […]

December 13, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Seven, Optus 4K Olympics

Australia’s Seven Network has revealed plans to team up with multiplay telco Optus to develop a channel featuring Seven’s coverage of Tokyo 2020 in 4K Ultra HD, which will be exclusively available to Optus 5G Home customers via IPTV service Fetch. The intention is for Seven’s coverage of the Olympics to be available in 4K […]

December 9, 2019By Colin Mann

Blackrock buys up shares in MásMóvil & Movistar

Blackrock, the US investment fund, is fully breaking into the Spanish telco market with share acquisitions of over 5.2 per cent in MásMóvil, the fourth largest operator, and 5.3 per cent in Movistar. Blackrock has made several moves this week to gain strength in MásMóvil with a massive purchase of shares – the latest amounting […]

December 5, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Cellnex acquires 1,500 Orange towers in Spain

Spain’s largest broadcasting agency, Cellnex Telecom, has reached an agreement with Orange to acquire its 1,500 telecommunication sites for €260 million. The move sees Cellnex strengthens its position in Spain given that the towers and antennas are located in urban, suburban and rural areas across the country. Cellnex and Orange Spain have also signed an […]

December 4, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid