Ten days ago it was the threat of US sanctions that caused extreme jitters for the satellite launch industry and their valuable cargoes. Now it is the Russians who are flexing their space muscle. Widespread reports on May 13th state that on June 1st Russia would ‘ban’ work on American-controlled satellite Earth Stations on Russian […]
Belgacom has reported that while profit declined in the first quarter, it is on track to meet full-year guidance. Net profit at the company was €149 million for the first quarter of 2014, down from €171 million in the first quarter of 2013. EBITDA was €412 million, or 6.6 per cent lower than during the […]
In releasing its Q4 and Full Year 2013/14 results, BT has revealed it has around 3 million direct BT Sport customers and that including its wholesale deals, the service is in around 5 million homes. The telco also said its fibre roll-out was ahead of schedule, passing more than 19 million premises, around two thirds […]
Virgin Media has unveiled its new ‘Big Bundles’. For the first time, the UK’s fastest widely available broadband can now be combined with a mobile SIM as well as pay-TV and home phone services. Each Big Bundle can be tailored to suit a customer’s individual or family needs. This includes the flexibility to take more […]
Millions of UK homes will be able to watch BT Sport for free for another season following BT’s decision to continue offering the channels for free to new and re-contracting BT Broadband customers. BT has revealed that around five million homes now take BT Sport, just nine months after the channels went live last August. […]
Telecom Italia’s new NGAN (Next Generation Access Network) fibre-optic network, which provides speeds of at least 30 Mbps, is already available in 54 Italian cities, with more to be added in the coming months. According to Telecom Italia’s director of technology, Roberto Opilio, the goal is to cover over 50 per cent of the population […]
Sky and Telecom Italia have agreed a deal that will allow Telecom Italia customers to access the entire Sky Italia television offer through its ultra-broadband networks, using a My Sky HD decoder specially created for Internet TV. The pair say the partnership confirms the industrial importance for the two companies, leaders in their respective sectors, […]
Global investment management firm Sanford C Bernstein has downgraded BT, saying it may over-spend on TV sports rights and face more competition from rival Virgin Media. Bernstein, which reduced BT to ‘market-perform’ with a fair value of 385p, said “much good can be said” about BT and its investment case, although a good deal of […]
Vivendi has confirmed that its Supervisory Board has decided unanimously to accept a bid from Altice/Numericable for its SFR mobile unit. The definitive acceptance follows a mutually-agreed exclusive period signed on March 14th. The Board said it also carefully reviewed letters and documents that the Bouygues Group decided to send it during this exclusive period […]
The European Parliament has voted to adopt the EC’s Connected Continent package, albeit with some fundamental amendments. Although welcomed by European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes, who said the vote represented “the EU delivering for citizens”, particularly as it did away with roaming charges, a number of observers have suggested the reverse may be true. […]