The total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in the Philippines is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4 per cent during 2021-2026, mainly supported by mobile data and fixed broadband segments, forecasts GlobalData, a data and analytics company. GlobalData’s research reveals that the mobile voice service revenue in the country […]
Telefónica is again under fire for breaking competition rules. CNMC, the Spanish regulator, has started legal proceedings against the company for obliging its subscribers to agree to a contract of up to 36 months under the Fusion+ smartphone promotion. That clause is against the legal conditions approved by the CNMC to authorise Telefónica’s acquisition of […]
The Orange group has announced the departure of Ramon Fernandez, Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Finance, Performance and Development, at the end of the first quarter of 2023. Fernandez, who has overseen the Group’s finances for the past eight years, has decided to take up a new professional challenge outside the company. Until […]
Brazilian telco operator Oi has announced the ending of its local version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A court in Rio de Janeiro announced the reconstruction proceedings on December 14th and said that Oi had met the key terms regarding debt payments. Its bankruptcy was Brazil’s biggest-ever (some 65 Brazilian Reals, about €11.2m) and 55,000 […]
BT Group is to combine its Global and Enterprise units into a single B2B unit, BT Business, suggesting the combined unit will enhance value for all its B2B customers, strengthen its competitive position, and deliver material synergies by: Leveraging the full scale and capabilities of BT Group to develop and deliver market-leading products and services […]
More than four in ten UK homes can now access faster, more reliable Internet connections, as the rollout of full-fibre technology continues at record pace. Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report, which measures the availability of broadband and mobile services across the UK, found that full-fibre connections are now available to 12.4 million households (42 per […]
EE has built or upgraded over 500 4G sites across the UK since December 2021, as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) initiative to extend coverage in rural areas across the UK. The investment constitutes the latest expansion of EE’s 4G coverage across remote parts of the UK. In total, EE has upgraded 1,362 […]
The European Commission has adopted a revised Communication on State aid for broadband networks (‘Broadband Guidelines’). The revised Broadband Guidelines set out the rules under which the Commission will assess State aid measures notified by Member States to support the deployment and take-up of broadband networks in the EU. The new rules contribute to the […]
More broadband traffic was carried across UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach’s network on December 11th 2022, than ever before. According to Openreach, 229 Petabytes (PB) of data was carried across the network, compared to the previous highest day (December 5th 2021) of 222 PB. It’s thought people getting into the festive spirit is behind the […]
SK Telecom (SKT) and NTT Docomo, the leading mobile operators respectively in South Korea and Japan, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding to team up on several aspects of their respective businesses, most notably on metaverse-related developments. Their collaboration could go as far as merging their two metaverses in the future (Ifland for SKT and […]