The fixed communication services revenue in Malaysia is predicted to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.7 per cent from $1.87 billion (€1.74bn) in 2023 to $1.94 billion in 2028, supported by the fixed broadband service segment, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Malaysia Fixed Communications Forecast (Q1 2024) reveals […]

Total Q1 2024 FTTH/P/B, FTTC, cable, FWA/satellite and DSL wholesale and retail connections in the UK saw a very slight increase during the quarter and stood at an estimated 28.9 million from 28.86 million quarter-on-quarter and similar to 28.89 million in the previous year, according to data from Point Topic. The fixed broadband retail market remained relatively […]

BT Group has implemented energy-saving ‘cell sleep’ technology across its EE mobile sites nationwide, following successful trials in each of the UK’s home nations. BT explains that cell sleep software works by putting certain 4G LTE capacity carriers to sleep when the capacity is not needed, based on predicted periods of low traffic which have […]

Staff at Vodafone Spain have been called on a general strike on July 9th and 11th, with additional partial stoppages planned on several days next month, in an attempt to stop Zegona’s redundancy plan affecting some 1,200 people. Zegona, which acquired Vodafone Spain in June, is negotiating with trade unions to reach an agreement with […]

Netomnia and Brsk, two fast-growing alternative networks (altnets) in the UK telecommunications industry, have announced a merger which they say will establish “the only scaled and capital-efficient retail, wholesale and consolidation platform in the market”. The new group will have a combined network footprint of 1.5 million premises immediately post-merger, with a target of reaching 3 million […]

Mexican billionaire businessman Carlos Slim has taken a 3.16 per cent stake in BT, Britain’s biggest telco, according to a stock market filing, in a boost to the company’s new chief executive Allison Kirkby. The stake bought by Slim, whose family controls US telco giant America Movil, has a market value in excess of £400 […]

Data from Omdia reveals that approximately 25 per cent of all paid SVoD subscriptions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) now originate from pay-TV and telco bundles. This shift highlights the growing importance of strategic partnerships in the region’s streaming landscape. According to Omdia’s research, indirect net additions – those through partnerships rather than direct-to-consumer […]

Soon after having completed the acquistion of Vodafone Spain for €5 billion, Zegona has launched a redundancy job plan that will affect 1,198 workers – equating to over 36 per cent of Vodafone’s staff. José Miguel García, former CEO of Euskaltel and Jazztel, will pilot the plan that has to be negotiated and agreed with […]

Grupo Televisa, the Mexican telco, has announced that the approval from the Federal Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones) has been received with regards to the acquisition by the company of the participation in Sky Mexico previously held by AT&T. The transaction, first announced in April 2023, has now been carried out. Consequently, Televisa now […]

BASE, the Belgian telco which has previously focused on its mobile offering, has added a fixed Internet offer (BASE Internet) and a TV offer (BASE TV) to its existing mobile offering (BASE mobile). ​ With BASE Internet, customers can choose between a limited or an unlimited offer. With limited Internet, BASE customers who surf moderately […]