High-speed broadband connectivity for the entire UK has moved one step closer following the laying of legislation setting the design of the broadband Universal Service Obligation (USO) Comms regulator Ofcom now has up to two years to implement the scheme, meaning that by 2020, everyone in the UK will have a legal right to an […]
As part of its ongoing commitment to deliver better broadband to Australians, multiplay telco Vodafone is partnering with Netflix and launching Vodafone TV, its first-ever streaming media device. Starting immediately until June30th, Vodafone will offer customers a complimentary pre-paid 12-month standard subscription to the Netflix service on two of its 24-month nbn (national broadband network) […]
Croatia’s Hrvatski Telekom has become one the first operators in Europe to offer 1 Gbps symmetrical speeds to fibre customers thanks to the introduction of TeraStream technology. Fully based on the IPv6 protocol, the TeraStream technology combines network technology, data centre technology, and optical fibre infrastructure to enable the transmission of large data volumes at […]
New Zealand open access Internet network provider Chorus is undertaking a proof of concept trial using its fibre network to provide a direct broadcasting service to consumers’ homes. The service would run in parallel to any broadband service also provided over the fibre, using a second port on the Optical Network Terminal installed in homes, […]
Some of the UK’s biggest broadband providers are inadequately informing customers about speeds when they are buying a new broadband deal, research from UK consumer body Which? reveals. With communication regulator Ofcom introducing an updated Code of Practice for providers in March 2019, Which? mystery shopped broadband companies to see if they met the current […]
Israeli telco Bezeq has seen its CEO depart as the parent company issued a profits warning. Stella Handler has been running Bezeq, which includes the company’s YES TV pay-TV division, since April 2013 and will leave the company on July 1st. But as is often the case in Israeli politics, it may not be the […]
Altice, the Netherlands-based multinational telecoms company, said it was seeing signs of a recovery in the French market as it reported its annual results. The debt-ridden group is currently undergoing a restructuring to improve its numbers. The group posted revenue growth of 0.6 per cent year-on-year for the FY 2017. Dexter Goei, President of the […]
French telco Iliad missed market forecasts for its 2017 profit increase due to losses related to its planned launch in Italy. The company, majority-owned by its billionaire founder Xavier Niel, said annual sales rose 5.6 per cent from last year to around €4.9 billion in line with forecasts. However, its 2017 consolidated core earnings of […]
AT&T and Time Warner have argued in court documents filed on March 9th that competition with online media players would prevent prices from rising if the proposed $85.4 billion (€78.5bn) merger is allowed to proceed. “HBO faces greater competition than ever from other premium channels like Showtime and Starz, and from subscriber video on-demand services […]
Following the news that Comcast has made a bid for Sky, a number of industry observers have shared their thoughts on its implications for the pay-TV sector with advanced-television.com. According to MoffettNathanson’s Craig Moffett, for Comcast shareholders, there is a mix of good and bad in the announcement of a topping bid for Sky. “Unfortunately, […]