Seeking to differentiate itself from competing operators such as BT and Sky, UK quad-play operator Virgin Media has announced a new standard in ultrafast connectivity with the launch of Vivid 200Mbps broadband speed. Vivid will be used to brand all ultrafast broadband speeds and services of 100Mbps and above from Virgin Media. This week, the […]
Vodafone has confirmed that discussions with Liberty Global regarding a possible exchange of selected assets between the two companies have terminated. The pair revealed on June 5th that they were in the early stages of such talks. At the time, Vodafone said there was no certainty that any transaction would be agreed, nor certainty with […]
Scores for network performance and reliability have improved, the number of U.S. households connected to digital service has grown and satisfaction has increased across wireline offerings, according to three new US wireline studies: the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study; the J.D. Power 2015 U.S. Residential Internet Service Provider Satisfaction Study; […]
Content delivery network services specialist Akamai’s latest State of the Internet Report – which provides insight into key global statistics such as connection speeds, broadband adoption metrics and notable Internet disruptions – finds that global average connection speed increased 17 per cent year-over-year; in Europe, Sweden led at 16.1 Mbps. The global average peak connection […]
BT Chief Executive Gavin Patterson has unveiled the company’s ambition to deliver Britain’s digital future, cementing the nation’s future prosperity as the G20’s leading digital economy. The move follows criticism of the telco’s broadband strategy, with a number of competing players calling for the UK Competition and Markets Authority to undertake a full market investigation, […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has revealed its latest figures relating to the volume of consumer complaints it received against the major providers of telecoms and pay-TV services. The latest report covers the three-month period from April to June 2015 (Q2), and includes complaints made about 13 providers of fixed line telephone, fixed line broadband, pay […]
The UK will outperform other major European countries on a range of fixed telecoms measures for the next five years, and become one of the best performing countries worldwide by 2020, according to a new international benchmarking study by global telecoms adviser Analysys Mason. The report confirms that the UK is already ahead of its […]
Three of the UK’s leading broadband telcos have joined forces with industry bodies to call for the Competition and Markets Authority to undertake a full market investigation, claiming serious problems with the ownership of the national telecoms network by BT Openreach. In an open letter published in the Financial Times, they write: SIR– Every home […]
In a move that creates the number 4 cable operator in the US market, multinational cable, fibre, telecommunications, contents and media company Altice and Cablevision Systems Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement for Altice to acquire Cablevision. Under the agreement, Altice will deliver $34.90 (€30.82) in cash for each Cablevision share. The acquisition of […]
Traditional operators will need to keep a close eye on telcos’ rising interest in the TV space as operators make their mark both in Western Europe and other key regions. Following a number of false starts in Western Europe, IPTV homes are now a viable platform, hitting 27 million in 2014, 15 per cent of […]