Claiming a UK first, full fibre infrastructure provider and ISP Truespeed will start offering residential customers a future-proof, Active Ethernet 10Gbps-capable full fibre service later in 2019. Unlike 10Gbps PON-based networks where the fibre-optic beam is split between customers on a segment of the network causing contention, Truespeed’s Active Ethernet network delivers a dedicated 10Gbps […]
BT has signed a five-year deal with The FA, worth around £50 million (€56.3m) to become the exclusive lead partner for all England representative teams and home of the national game, Wembley Stadium. The partnership will see the BT logo appear on all training kit worn by the England senior men’s and women’s squads and […]
BT is aiming to create a single, cloud-based technology platform to bring various lines of business together and enable a more flexible, virtualised network infrastructure. It will use the platform for new converged services, combining mobile, Wi-Fi and fixed networks. Neil McRae, Chief Architect at BT, said: “With growing demand from our ultrafast broadband services […]
United Group, South Eastern Europe’s leading telecoms and media business, has agreed to acquire Tele2 Croatia for an enterprise value of €220 million. The transaction is expected to close before the end of 2019 and is subject to regulatory approvals. This marks the first transaction since international investment firm BC Partners’ March 2019 acquisition of […]
Research by satellite broadband provider bigblu, in partnership with Konnect Europe, reveals that people living in UK rural areas with low quality Internet must travel up to five miles to get connectivity. With more than a quarter of respondents unhappy with the quality of their current Internet provider, nearly three quarters (72 per cent) said […]
The FCC has concluded the bidding in Auction 102, the Commission’s second auction of millimetre wave spectrum suitable for 5G, which is providing licences in the 24 GHz band. With the closing of bidding in this auction along with the closing of bidding in Auction 101 for 28 GHz band licences, the FCC has now […]
Companies laying high-speed fibre cables for broadband and mobile networks will benefit from greater access to Openreach’s telegraph poles and underground tunnels, under draft decisions announced by communications regulator Ofcom. Openreach, which maintains the UK’s main broadband network, is already required to let rival companies use its telegraph poles and underground ‘ducts’ to lay their […]
Reflecting the rising importance of the telcos, IPTV is gaining subscribers in Western Europe at the expense of the other pay-TV platforms, according to findings from analyst firm Digital TV Research. IPTV overtook satellite TV in 2015 and will be approaching cable by 2024. IPTV will add 5.5 million subscribers between 2018 and 2024. “IPTV […]
Findings from analysis firm Leichtman Research Group indicate that the largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired about 945,000 net additional broadband Internet subscribers in Q1 2019, compared to a pro forma gain of about 815,000 subscribers in Q1 2018. These top broadband […]
Broadband, phone and TV customers must be told when their contract is coming to an end, and shown the best deals available, under new rules announced by UK comms regulator Ofcom. Ofcom wants customers to be able to take advantage of choice in broadband, phone and TV, and get the best deals for their needs. […]