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Digi rolls out quad-play services in Portugal

Romanian low-cost operator Digi has entered the Portuguese market with a quad-play offer focused on “flexibility and affordability”. The company offers a range of fixed internet, mobile, TV, and landline services, allowing customers to create their own personalised packages. There is no loyalty contract for mobile services and a maximum of three months for fixed […]

November 5, 2024From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Apple reports record Q4 services revenue

Apple has reported financial results for its fiscal 2024 fourth quarter ended September 28th 2024. The company posted quarterly revenue of $94.9 billion (€87.3bn), up 6 per cent year over year, and quarterly diluted earnings per share of $0.97. Diluted earnings per share was $1.64, up 12 per cent year over year when excluding the […]

November 1, 2024

Virgin Media O2 Q3 revenue dips; sells Cornerstone stake

Virgin Media O2 has reported Q3 revenue of £2.7 billion (€3.2bn), down 2.7 per cent YoY – primarily attributed to handset revenue decline offsetting stable consumer service revenues underpinned by fixed ARPU growth. The telco’s total fixed customer base now stands at 5.8 million with 15,000 customer additions in Q3, showing a return to fixed […]

October 30, 2024

Netflix rolls out Moments mobile feature

Netflix has launched Moments — a new mobile feature available globally today on iOS and in the coming weeks on Android — which allows users to save, relive, and share their favourite Netflix scenes. If a user is, for example, watching the latest season of Bridgerton on their phone and wants to save the scene […]

October 28, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Survey: Europeans demand gigabit connectivity

Connect Europe, the association representing the leading connectivity providers in Europe, and market research  firm IPSOS, have released Europe’s Digital Pulse: connectivity trends and consumer insights, a new consumer survey examining the digital habits and expectations of consumers across 30 European countries. The main finding of the survey is that an overwhelming majority of Europeans […]

October 24, 2024

Report: 3.45bn still don’t use mobile internet

The benefits of mobile connectivity have yet to be fully realised as 43 per cent of the global population – equivalent to 3.45 billion people – still do not use mobile internet, according to the latest GSMA State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2024 report. While the proportion of the global population using mobile internet on […]

October 24, 2024

Ericsson, Telstra achieve 447 Mbps uplink speed in 5G SA network

Telstra, in partnership with Ericsson, has achieved a world-first 5G uplink speed of 447 Mbps in a sub-6GHz 5G Standalone (SA) on Telstra’s live commercial 5G network. The milestone was accomplished in the live commercial network at Telstra’s Southport Innovation Centre, surpassing the previous record by over 100 Mbps, setting a new benchmark for global […]

October 23, 2024

BT Group switches on self-powered mobile site

BT Group has switched on its first self-powering mobile site, located in the Shropshire Hills, with approximately 70 per cent of its energy needs expected to be generated by the on-site solar panels and wind turbine. The site was identified through an environmental assessment which calculated its viability for renewable power. Power is generated through […]

October 23, 2024

Spain: 650 MasOrange job cuts

Telco MasOrange and trade unions have reached an agreement over a workforce reduction, affecting 650 employees instead of the initial plan of 795. Both parties have been negotiating in recent weeks following protests from workers. MasOrange has undertaken not to reduce its workforce any further until at least June 2026. Following this move, the three […]

October 17, 2024From David Dell Valle in Madrid

Forecast: Taiwan mobile comms market to grow at 3.9% CAGR

Taiwan’s mobile service revenues is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.9 per cent from $6 billion (€5.5bn) in 2024 to $7.3 billion in 2029, driven mainly by the rising adoption of mobile data services, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Taiwan Mobile Broadband Forecast (Q2 2024) reveals […]

October 16, 2024