French telecoms regulator Autorité de régulation des communications éléctroniques et des postes (Arcep) has published its scoreboard for the fixed broadband and superfast broadband market (services, rollouts and subscriptions) in France in the first quarter of 2016. It is also adding the first indicators pertaining to public initiative networks, which will be expanded in future […]
US cable operators, including Comcast and Charter are reaping the benefits of a growing broadband market, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, who note that they added 3.3 million new subscribers in the 12 months from April 2015 through March 2016, helping drive total fixed broadband household penetration to nearly 80 per cent. Cable’s market […]
After two years of declining customer satisfaction, the telecommunications sector has halted the slide, according to new data from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). The new ACSI results for the telecommunications sector, which includes subscription television service, Internet Service Providers, fixed-line telephone service, wireless telephone service and cell phone manufacturers, show a 1.9-per cent […]
TV service providers and Internet Service Providers received the lowest overall customer experience scores, according to the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, an annual ranking of companies based on a survey of 10,000 US consumers. Of the 20 industries covered in the 2016 Temkin Experience Ratings, TV service and ISPs tied with healthcare providers for the […]
Elemental Technologies, a specialist in software-defined video solutions, is providing the technology platform for a rush of new Ultra HD OTT and DTH services in South Korea. Market leaders telco KT and SK Broadband have both launched UHD services using Elemental HEVC software. KT is one of the leading telecommunications company in South Korea. It […]
Vodafone Spain has reported a fall of 3.5 per cent to €4.468 billion in service revenues in the full fiscal year to March, mainly due to the negative impact of mobile handset financing. EBITDA grew by 4.2 per cent year-on-year, though, controlling costs and increasing synergies at ONO. The company saw increases in the number […]
According to the Leichtman Research Group, the seventeen largest cable and telephone providers in the US – representing about 95 per cent of the market – acquired nearly 1.1 million net additional high-speed Internet subscribers in Q1 2016. These top broadband providers now account for over 91.5 million subscribers — with top cable companies having […]
Following the initial findings of UK regulator Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review in February an industry coalition of Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone, INCA (Independent Networks Cooperative Association) and the FCS (Federation of Communication Services) has written an open letter to Sharon White, Chief Executive of Ofcom setting out a ’10 Point Plan for a Better Openreach’ to […]
After the full consolidation of pepcom in December 2015, Tele Columbus published for the first time consolidated quarterly results of the combined Group. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2016, Tele Columbus reported revenues of €116.1 million with a pro forma increase of 5 per cent year on year. On March 31st 2016, the […]
BT’s investment in exclusive European football rights has been rewarded by increased viewing figures for its TV and sport channels. Reporting its Q4 and FY2016 numbers, the telco revealed that BT Consumer revenue was up 7 per cent reflecting a 20 per cent growth in broadband and TV revenue, helped by its investments in BT […]