Amdocs Media, a division of Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has announced two new appointments that further strengthen its successful sales team in Europe. Michael Ritchie joins Amdocs Media from System 73 as Head of Sales for Western Europe and Africa, and Emil Umetbaev joins the business from MediaKind […]
The UK’s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2. Both Virgin and O2 provide certain wholesale services to other mobile network operators in the UK, as well as retail services to consumers. The CMA was clear at the outset of its in-depth inquiry […]
WrestleMania, the WWE’s annual flagship PPV, returns this weekend and will be available to watch in the UK and Ireland via BT Sport Box Office. WrestleMania 37 will be a two night event taking place in the early hours (1am start time) of April 11th and 12th with both nights airing on BT Sport Box […]
Although the planned merger combining Virgin Media and O2 is still subject to approval by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in the UK, Liberty Global and Telefónica have announced their intention to appoint Lutz Schüler as Chief Executive Officer and Patricia Cobian as Chief Financial Officer of the proposed 50-50 joint venture. Schüler joined […]
Mobile operators will begin bidding in the UK’s next spectrum auction from Friday March 12th, comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed. A total of 200 MHz of spectrum is being released through the auction, which will help improve existing mobile services and also support the continued rollout of 5G across the UK. After a pause in […]
Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries has revealed during an analyst call that pursuing mobile deals in Europe was “high on our list” of priorities. Liberty already has about one million cable and 120,000 mobile subscribers in Ireland through its Virgin Media unit. In Poland, its UPC Poland operation has about 3.3 million video, internet and […]
Mobile network benchmarking firm Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has released the results of its latest nationwide drive test assessing mobile network performance of the four major operators. The national test – the first conducted by GWS which incorporates 5G network performance into the company’s OneScore rankings – reveals that good progress is being made in […]
Liberty Global has announced Full Year financial results. Revenue increased 3.8 per cent on a reported basis and decreased 1.5 pr cent on a rebased basis to $11.9 billion (€9.7bn). Q4 revenue increased 14.9 per cent on a reported basis and decreased 0.5 per cent on a rebased basis to $3.4 billion. CEO Mike Fries […]
Research from UK multiplay telco O2, conducted online with YouGov, found that people are relying on their mobile data more than ever to stay online during the day, with over a third (36 per cent) of Britons regularly switching to mobile data to stay online. Sixty-one per cent of Brits also agree that being able […]
2020 was a challenging year for the live performance industry, but two different gigs captured by camera mount specialists Cammotion at The O2 on AGITO bookend it superbly. They paint a fascinating picture of live life both before and during lockdown, as well as highlighting the versatility of the AGITO and how it helps performance’s […]