Orange Spain is set to cut 485 posts, 15 per cent of its workforce in the country, as a result of a sharp fall in revenues following the negative effects of the pandemic. It is the first round of job cuts at the company since the acquisition of Jazztel in 2016. The company will negotiate […]
Spain’s Orange TV has added Acorn TV, the streaming service of AMC Networks offering TV series from Britain and other English-speaking countries. Acorn TV offers subscribers of Orange TV a wide range of drama, mystery and comedy series and miniseries from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and Canada, in both their Castilian dubbed and […]
Orange Spain is speeding up the deployment of 5G with coverage of 442 cities, from 38 provinces – using 5G NSA via DSS – covering 28 per cent of the Spanish population. The company plans to reach a 90 per cent coverage in 2022 and is getting ready for the forthcoming 700 MHz public auction […]
Orange group revenues were up 0.5 per cent to 10.3 billion in Q1 2021 thanks to the recovery of equipment sales and an excellent performance in fixed broadband and IT & Integration services. Growth was primarily driven by Africa & Middle East, which posted its best first quarterly performance in 10 years (up 7.1 per […]
Tough market competition, along with low cost offers and promotions, have driven Orange Spain to experience a 7.4 per cent fall in its revenues to €1.1 billion in the first quarter of the year. In retail services, the fall was even worse, with a 10.2 per cent decline to €818 million. ARPU in convergent packages […]
SoftAtHome, an independent software company for broadband, video, and analytics, has played a strategic role in the launch of Disney+ service on Orange France’s set-top boxes. After Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime, and OCS (Orange Cinema Series), Orange’s worldwide subscribers now have access to the newest version of the Disney+ app through their Livebox TV offer. […]
FTTH continues its rapid expansion in Spain adding 107,651 lines in February to reach a total of 11.7 million lines. In one year, the FTTH market has gained 1.3 million lines, according to latest CNMC data, versus a 0.7 million loss of DSL lines. Overall, 81.8 per cent of FTTH lines belonged to the three […]
SoftAtHome, an independent software company for broadband, video, and analytics, has played an active role in Orange France’s successful Wi-Fi 6 repeater launch. The new Wi-Fi 6 repeater, available at Orange shops in France starting April 8th, is backwards compatible with the two latest generations of Livebox. With it, Orange subscribers can easily extend their […]
During the Wake Up! Spain forum, Orange and Vodafone, the second and the third telco operators in the country, have asked the Administration to clarify the 5G regulation, reduce the price of 5G licences and alleviate the local taxes. “Spain is one of the countries with the least return of investment in Europe and this […]
Pay-TV in Spain has surpassed the 8 million subscriber mark for the first time, after a 13.6 per cent rise in one year reaching 8.2 million customers at the end of 2020. A report from the regulatory body CNMC reveals that 78 per cent of all subscribers are enjoying TV in a convergent package with […]