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OPTAGE launches next-gen Android TV and Netflix services with Amino

Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, is enabling OPTAGE, the Japanese telecommunications, cable TV, and FTTH broadband connectivity operator in the Kansai region, to launch modern Android TV and Netflix OTT services. Android TV enables OPTAGE to integrate streaming apps and deliver video services that provide richer experiences and a next-generation UI. […]

May 25, 2021

ANGA COM DIGITAL: 180 Speakers and over 70 digital Showrooms

Exhibition and Conference for Broadband, Television & Online – today published another preview for its new virtual event format ANGA COM DIGITAL from 8 to 10 June 2021. Participants can expect more than 40 conference panels and over 70 digital showrooms from leading companies of the broadband and media industry. The online congress will take […]

May 19, 2021

France: 14.9m FTTH subs

The number of French FTTH subscribers is set to surpass IPTV customers for the first time this year. According to the ninth edition of the National Observatory for High Speed Broadband (HSB), co-authored by Infra-Num, la Banque des Territoires and Avicca, the numbers of FTTH subscribers will reach 14.9 million in Metropolitan France in 2021, […]

May 17, 2021

Telefónica doubles profit, strengthens FTTH

Despite a nine per cent cut in its €10 billion revenues, Telefónica managed to increase its operating profit by 118.3 per cnt to €886 million in the first quarter of the year versus the same period last year. The Spanish telco also reached 25.7 million FTTH connections in the country, up 432,000 year-on-year, and 137.1 […]

May 13, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

FTTH in 182.6 million EU homes

The total number of homes passed with Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Building (FTTB) in the EU39 reached nearly 182.6 million homes in September 2020, compared to 172 million in September 2019. The main movers in terms of homes passed in absolute numbers are France (+4.6 million), Italy (+2.8 million), Germany […]

May 12, 2021

MásMóvil sells rural FTTH network to Onivia

MásMóvil, the fourth largest telco in Spain, has sold part of its rural FTTH network to local operator Onivia in an attempt to raise funds to complete Euskaltel’s acquisition. The company received around €400 million for the network that covers 1.1 million households. With the acquisition, for its part, Onivia doubles its presence in Spain […]

May 4, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

BT chose sport over speed and service

So, BT Sport is for sale. Or is looking for strategic partners, etc, etc – all code for “up for sale”. No real surprise. Does it ever work when telcos, or other technology driven organisations, try and run TV companies? Not often. Why did it get in to sport, or indeed TV of any kind? […]

April 30, 2021

Report: 21% lose money by not switching broadband providers

Compare Fibre research has uncovered that failing to switch providers at the end of a contract period can unnecessarily cost broadband customers millions of pounds collectively. Choosing the right broadband package is a choice with many facets: speed, customer service and price the main factors. However, an often-overlooked factor is the price post-contract. The difference […]

April 29, 2021

Harmonic boosts Otelco broadband speeds

Harmonic has announced that US cable operator Otelco is delivering gigabit speeds and superior broadband experience to rural subscribers with Harmonic’s industry-leading CableOS Cloud-Native Core Platform and CableOS Central analytics service. Benefiting from Harmonic’s pioneering virtualized cable access and distributed access architecture (DAA) solutions, and upgrading to DOCSIS 3.1, Otelco is delivering tenfold-faster broadband speeds […]

April 29, 2021

FTTH Conference 2021 goes virtual

With just over five months to go to the planned FTTH Conference 2021 in Berlin, it remains unclear when, and in what form, large international conferences and exhibitions will be permitted to run. Following consultation with multiple stakeholders, the FTTH Council Europe said it has reached the conclusion that the probability of being able to […]

April 27, 2021