Steady growth in the consumption of mobile data, fixed broadband, VoIP and pay-TV services is set to help Malaysia’s telecom market remain viable through to 2021, according to analytics company GlobalData. The company’s report: Malaysia: Expansion of High-Speed Wireless and Fixed Broadband Networks to Drive Telecom Market Growth’ confirms that the sector, which has struggled […]
Orange Spain is performing well in the Spanish market. The company managed to increase the number of its TV subscribers by 29.6 per cent to 593,000 in the first nine months of the year. Orange Spain currently has 4,2 million broadband customers – 2.08 million through optic fibre, up 47.7 per cent from one year […]
Having recently expanded its availability of nbn (national broadband network) services Australian quad-play operator Foxtel has announced new pricing for its broadband bundling. Existing customers can access Unlimited Broadband + Home Phone for A$75 (€50) per month, with no set-up fees on a 24 month contract. HD Platinum customers get the same for A$65 per […]
The CEO of Mediaset Spain, Paolo Vasile, has accused telco operators – Telefónica, Vodafone and Orange- of distorting the TV market by inflating the prices for football TV rights. At a conference in Madrid, he expressed concern about the fact that pay-TV is controlled by telco operators. According to him: “This generates distortion in the […]
Industry trade body Cable Europe has once again called upon European Institutions to stand by the original goals of the proposed Electronic Communications Code, as the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee adopted a number of amendments October 2nd. The body commended the Committee for its work to date, but warned against the consequences of introducing legal […]
The Social Market Foundation (SMF) – an independent, non-partisan think tank – says that big companies in UK sectors such as broadband, mobile telephony and personal banking don’t face enough competition, meaning that consumers are hit with a lack of choice, higher prices and underinvestment, suggesting that part of the increased concentration seen in the […]
NOS and Vodafone Portugal have signed a national infrastructure development and sharing agreement, which will allow them to launch commercial offers on the shared network, starting from 2018. According to NOS, the agreement foresees the reciprocal sharing of dark fibre in about 2.6 million homes, with both company sharing the required investment equally. This partnership […]
Trade body Cable Europe has voiced concerns over the future of investment in telecommunications network infrastructure, as it responds to the Belgian consultation on levels of competition in the broadband and broadcasting markets. Submitting a formal response to a national consultation is a rarity for the association of cable operators. Cable Europe says it feels […]
Pay-TV subscribers in the US are growing increasingly satisfied with OTT streaming TV services versus traditional cable TV, but they also are spending nearly an hour more a week watching regularly scheduled television programming than they did two years ago. That increasingly complex consumer relationship with streaming and cable television is explored in detail in […]
The Board of Directors at Telecom Italia (TIM) have unanimously proceeded to co-opt Amos Genish onto the board, and to appoint him Chief Executive Officer, conferring executive powers on him. “We have a clear long-term vision: to return TIM to its rightful splendour, making a crucial contribution to the digitalisation of the Country, the creation […]