Ofcom has revealed the number of complaints against the largest telecoms and pay-TV providers in the quarter October 2015 to December 2015. This is Ofcom’s twentieth quarterly report. BT generated the highest volume of pay-TV complaints per 100,000 subscribers in Q4 2015. Complaints about BT mainly related to issues around fault, service, or provision; issues […]
Households subscribing to broadband packages would be exempted from the standing rental charge on their landline if they don’t use it, under proposals from the Culture minister, Ed Vaizey has said the charges of around £18 a month are “outdated.” He wants householders to only pay for the services they use, describing it as an […]
Ofcom has put forward strict new rules to improve BT’s performance in installing high-speed business lines and significantly reduce the wholesale prices BT charges for these lines. The plans are part of Ofcom’s Business Connectivity Market Review, published today. The new rules will be finalised at the end of April, subject to consideration by the […]
As part of its FL1 broadband offering, Telecom Liechtenstein’s has recently started giving its residential and corporate customers an All-IP solution based on KEYMILE’s MileGate multi-service access platform. As fixed-line and mobile telephony are merging, customers can use their smartphones as extensions of their telephone systems and communicate much more flexibly. With a fundamental switch […]
Deutsche Telekom continues to expand its international offerings for corporate customers. To this end, the company signed an extensive partnership agreement with Akamai Technologies, a global player in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services. Effective immediately, Deutsche Telekom can offer Akamai’s full solution portfolio to its corporate customers. Patrick Molck-Ude, who is responsible for network business […]
Altice, the French telco group in the midst of buying Cablevision Systems for $10 billion, said it expects an improving trend in revenue in 2016 after its home unit achieved subscriber growth in the final quarter of 2015. The company reported flat revenue year-over-year at €17.5 billion. Its French mobile phone and cable business SFR, […]
According to research and consultancy firm Ampere Analysis, the market for triple-play bundling is reaching saturation point. In mature markets such as North America and Europe the average communications subscription has almost two products to every customer, and some providers have upsold three. Bundling TV, fixed phone and broadband has been a key way for […]
RTL Group has reported that 2015 revenue increased 3.8 per cent to €6,029 million (2014: €5,808 million), mainly driven by increasing revenue at Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland, growing digital revenue and favourable exchange rate effects RTL Group said its revenue is well diversified, with 53.7 per cent from broadcast advertising (TV and radio), 22 per cent […]
PerceptionTV has announced that its Perception platform has been chosen by Baran Telecom as the preferred platform for a new IPTV service in Iran. The Perception platform delivers multiscreen TV entertainment combining live TV, catch up services, VoD and a cloud-based personal video recorder, through one programme guide. Baran Telecom announced the launch of the […]
The higher adoption of pay-TV and broadband services, provision of multiple-play bundles and value-added services (VAS), and investments to expand fibre-optics networks and mobile broadband networks have given a huge boost to the Brazilian telecommunications market. The wider range of innovative technologies, reduced network deployment costs and prices of entry products will especially aid the […]