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Spain: Orange TV adds 6 TV channels and reshapes offer

Orange TV in Spain has added six new TV channels to its programming line-up: Squirrel (cinema and TV series), BOM Cine (Cinema), Pocoyo TV (kids channel), Horse TV, Top Barça (dedicated to the Barcelona football team) and Flamenco Auditorio (Flamenco Music). In addition, Orange TV has launched new tariffs enabling subscribers to choose the platform […]

February 3, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

BT revenues dip

BT Group has reported Q3 Adjusted revenue of £5.2 billion (€6.2bn), down 3 per cent year-on-year mainly attributed to continued challenging non-UK trading conditions in its Global and Portfolio channels and weaker handset trading in Consumer, offsetting the impact of FTTP growth in Openreach and price increases. Allison Kirkby, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, […]

January 30, 2025

Telia announces changes to exec management; hits FY targets

Telia, the Swedish multinational telco, has announced the appointment of Bjørn Ivar Moen as Senior Vice President, Head of Telia Norway and member of the company’s Group Executive Management team, effective January 1st 2026 at the latest. Stein-Erik Vellan, currently Senior Vice President, Head of Telia Norway and member of the Group Executive Management team, […]

January 30, 2025

Tele2 to undergo “significant changes” in 2025

Tele2, the Sweden-based multinational telco, has announced its consolidated results for the full year and fourth quarter of 2024, with an Equity Free Cash Flow (EFCF) reaching 4.4 billion SEK (€0.38bn) during the full year. Consistent with Tele2’s financial policy, the Board of Directors proposes to distribute 100 per cent of the EFCF, corresponding to […]

January 29, 2025

Höttges remains CEO at Deutsche Telekom

Deutsch Telkom has announced that Tim Höttges will remain CEO of Deutsche Telekom. The Supervisory Board has extended his contract, which runs until the end of 2026, ahead of schedule until the end of 2028. At the same time, two managers are moving into new key positions: Srini Gopalan, previously responsible for Deutsche Telekom’s German […]

January 27, 2025

Full fibre reaches half of Scotland

Half of Scottish homes and businesses can now get connected to ultrafast, reliable broadband according to figures from UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach. The company has spent more than £435 million (€515m) on full fibre links for Scotland so far, with 1.45 million properties now able to upgrade and take-up at 38 per cent, ahead […]

January 24, 2025By Colin Mann

Report: AI can drive major sustainability gains for telcos

A report from Liberty Global and EY suggests that the strategic adoption of AI in the telco sector has the potential to drive major sustainability gains over the next decade. The report – Smarter networks, greener planet – takes an in-depth look at how the telecommunications industry can harness AI in the coming years to […]

January 21, 2025

Openreach ramps up copper switch-off

UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a record number of 163 new exchange locations, covering more than 960,000 premises across the UK, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast Full Fibre connection. The business […]

January 20, 2025By Colin Mann

Murtra replaces Álvarez-Pallete at Telefónica

Marc Murtra has been named Executive Chairman of Spanish telco Telefónica, replacing José Álvarez-Pallete who held the role for nine years. Alvarez-Pallete was asked to resign as at a board meeting on January 18th and complied. The Spanish government had a key role in the decision, which came after an investor shake up that began […]

January 20, 2025

Rivada partners with Vodafone Cook Islands

Rivada Space Networks, which does not yet have a satellite in orbit, has nevertheless signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vodafone’s Cook Islands “powering network expansion and digital transformation in the Oceania region and beyond”. Rivada has plans to launch 300 satellites. The International Telecommunications Union requires Rivada to launch its satellites by mid-2026. Rivada […]

January 20, 2025By Chris Forrester