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Malaysia: Mobile video data plans to drive growth

Supported by growth in mobile data, fixed broadband and pay-TV services, the total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Malaysia is poised to grow at a CAGR of 2.4 per cent over the forecast period 2017-2022, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData.  Mobile services market in the country will be primarily driven by […]

July 23, 2018

Data: England fans watching on terrestrial, mobile

Findings from UK mobile telco EE suggest that its network has seen broadband Internet usage drop drastically throughout all World Cup games. Mobile demand rose as fans streamed the match on the go or moved offline altogether and tuned in on terrestrial television – as well as sharing their reactions on social during half time, […]

July 6, 2018

O2, Netflix deal debuts in UK

Spain’s largest telco, Telefónica, has launched its global agreement with Netflix, signed last May, to offer the streaming service to UK subscribers. Netflix has been integrated into Telefónica-owned O2 for free for up to 12 months. New and current O2 customers can receive a free subscription to the service for 8 to 12 months. O2 […]

June 15, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Ericsson: 5G on a roll; cellular IoT ramping up

Commercial rollouts of 5G and larger than previously forecasted deployments of cellular IoT are focal points in the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report. The forecast for cellular IoT connections has nearly doubled since November 2017. It is now expected to reach an estimated 3.5 billion in 2023, driven by ongoing large-scale deployments in […]

June 13, 2018

Demand for mobile streaming to surge during World Cup

Independent research based on over 3,000 European subscribers on behalf of Openwave Mobility has found that 1 in 3 football fans (31 per cent) will watch the 2018 Russia World Cup using mobile data. This is nearly double the number of people that watched the 2014 Brazilian World Cup (17 per cent) using mobile data. […]

June 12, 2018

FCC releases high-band spectrum for 5G

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has taken steps to make additional high-band spectrum available for advanced wireless services, describing the actions as “building blocks of the nation’s 5G future” and critical to continued US wireless leadership. “Pushing more spectrum into the marketplace for the next generation of wireless connectivity will contribute to economic growth, […]

June 8, 2018By Colin Mann

EE set for UK 5G trial

UK mobile operator EE will switch on the UK’s first live 5G trial network in East London in October 2018, connecting real EE customers and businesses to 5G for the first time. The trial will see 5G switched on at 10 sites around East London in areas including City Road, Old Street, Hoxton Square, St […]

June 6, 2018

BT launches ‘BT Plus’ convergent package

Having signalled its intention to bring together the best of broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi to provide seamless connectivity for customers across the UK, BT has  revealed BT Plus, bringing together home broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi capabilities into one converged plan, with one simple bill. Claiming it as the UK’s first converged fibre and 4G plan, […]

May 23, 2018By Colin Mann

Telefónica launching O2 in Spain

Telefónica, the leading Spanish telco, is set to launch the O2 brand in the country this September, with a low-cost convergent package. With the launch, the company aims to compete with other low-cost convergent services from the likes of MasMovil, a firm that is increasingly gaining ground in the market to the detriment of the […]

May 23, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

BT unveils converged network vision

The ‘Consumer’ Business Unit of BT Group – comprising BT, EE and Plusnet – has unveiled a new converged network vision which it says will bring together the best of broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi to provide seamless connectivity for customers across the UK. BT also revealed a deal to carry Amazon Prime video on its […]

May 16, 2018By Colin Mann