France-based multinational telco Orange has reported revenue growth accelerated in the 2nd quarter of 2017, rising 1.4 per cent (+€138 million) after rising 0.8 per cent in the 1st quarter (+€85 million) , on a comparable basis. Revenues were €20.276 billion in the first half of 2017, an increase of 1.1 per cent (+€222 million) […]
Firms providing TV and broadband packages did more than nearly any other sector to damage their reputations over the last year through poor customer service and increasing complaint levels. Pay-TV/broadband firms saw the biggest increase in customers citing them among the worst sectors for service – rising 3.3 percentage points to 33.5 per cent. Only […]
France’s Canal+ is interested in creating a joint venture with Italian telco TIM for the acquisition of audiovisual rights and the production of original films and series. According to Italian media reports, the president of TIM and the CEO of Vivendi, Arnaud de Puyfontaine, informed the Board of Directors of the Italian telecom operator that he […]
Following a statement of intent in February, UK communications infrastructure company Arqiva and Samsung Electronics have confirmed that the first field trial of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology in the UK and Europe is now live in central London. Powered by Samsung’s 5G network solution and customer premises equipment (CPE), and using Arqiva’s 28GHz […]
The Berkeley Group – one of the UK’s best-known developers of new homes – says access to ultrafast broadband is now almost as important to new home buyers as running water and electricity. According to Berkeley’s Chief Executive, Rob Perrins, owners expect it to be available from the day they move in and the company […]
Vodafone has committed to launching consumer IoT this autumn, with the solution being trialled by the Group’s CEO Vittorio Colao as its Q1 results were revealed. The operator first promised a consumer IoT play last November. Vodafone will be relying on the experience of its enterprise IoT solution, which registered a 15.1 per cent year-on-year […]
The number of fixed broadband lines in Italy with speeds higher than 10 Mbps has surpassed 16 million units (+770,000 year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2017. Data from the Communications Observatory, published by Italy’s Communications Authority (AgCom), show a drop of accesses in xDSL technology (-600,000). However, accesses in other technologies grew by 1.37 […]
French telco Orange has started legal action against broadcaster TF1 alleging an abuse of dominant power. The dispute is believed to focus on a long-running carriage fee dispute between the two. Reportedly, in April, TF1 issued something of an ultimatum to its distribution clients, including Orange and fellow-telco SFR, and issuing an alleged threat that […]
Mediamorph has been selected to automate contract management and programmer fee calculations while delivering enhanced flexibility and control of packaging models by Canadian telco TELUS – which has 12.7 million subscriber connections. Mediamorph’s advanced solutions will be used to more efficiently manage contract rights, support the functionality to offer enhanced technology, and improve the timing […]
Clive Selley, Openreach CEO, has said 10 million UK premises could access fibre by the mid-2020s. Selley has shifted the company towards FTTP since taking over last year, made the comments as he launched a consultation with its service provider customers. The company said it wanted to identify whether there is “widespread demand” for a […]