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Eutelsat goes “full speed” for broadband connections

Later in 2021 Eutelsat will launch a large satellite, its Eutelsat VHTS (for Very High Throughput) Konnect craft. It will use this craft, with its 230 spot-beams and overall capacity of some 500 Gb/s throughput, to provide two-way broadband connectivity across Europe and much further afield. Eutelsat is already marketing a preliminary ‘Konnect’ service over […]

November 2, 2020

Spain: Orange and Telefónica fall

In the first nine months of the year, Orange Spain saw its revenues fall by 5 per cent to €3.7 billion with residential revenues even declining more with a cut of 6.5 per cent. The ongoing pandemic, along with the tough commercial battle in the market and the entry of new low-cost companies, has brought […]

October 29, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange France launches AI-powered recommendations

ironSource Aura, an engagement platform for mobile carriers and OEMs, has announced a partnership with Orange France, who will be utilising the ironSource Aura solution on its Android B2C handsets across France. Through the integration, Aura provides Orange France with the capability to optimise the device experience and provide valuable content, apps and services to […]

October 16, 2020

Blackpills to hit 15 countries in Q1 2020

French SVoD service Blackpills has announced its platform will be available in France before the end of 2020 on four additional IPTV platforms; SFR, Bouygues, Orange, Free as well as on OTT service Molotov, smartphones, tablets and STBs. An international roll-out into 15 countries is set for Q1 2021. Dedicated to short form content, the […]

October 15, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Orange collaborates with Smart Africa

Orange, a platinum member of the Smart Africa Alliance, supports the One Africa Network (OAN) project which has the aim of reducing the cost of communication and keeping the traffic generated and destined for Africa within Africa. The Smart Africa Secretariat has emphasised the need to collaborate effectively with the private sector and create synergies […]

October 9, 2020

France: 5G spectrum auction brings €2.8bn

The 5G spectrum auction by French telecom regulatory body Arcep has seen French operators spend €2.78 billion. Orange has won the highest quantity among the eleven 10MHz lots of 5G frequencies in the GHz 3.4-3.8 band, paying €854 million. Its total range of frequencies, (including previous allocations) total 257MHz, the largest on the market. SFR […]

October 2, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France: 5G spectrum auction starts

French telecom regulator Arcep has launched the country’s 5G spectrum auction which had been delayed as result of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown. Operators Bouygues, Orange, Free and SFR are the four players taking part to the bidding which will allocate the eleven 10MHz lots still available into the GHz 3,4-3,8 frequency band. The […]

September 29, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Orange Spain adds Eurosport 4K

Orange Spain has added a new channel to its UHD offering; Eurosport 4K. Fibre optic subscribers equipped with a 4K TV and a STB Orange TV WHD81 or  a 4K Android TV will be able to watch the channel on slot 102. Eurosport airs a host of top sporting events including Grand Slam tennis, Grand […]

September 24, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

SPI/FilmBox extends partnership with Orange Romania

SPI/FilmBox continues to expand its footprint in Romania through a new channel distribution agreement with Orange Romania for its flagship FilmBox channel. FilmBox, which reaches over 30 million households worldwide, will remain available to Orange Romania subscribers in the operator’s Orange World package. “We are delighted to offer Orange Romania subscribers an entertainment experience that […]

September 17, 2020

Orange delivers 1.75bn multi-DRM licences

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global player providing OTT and TV platforms, content protection, and advanced data solutions, has announced that 1.75 billion licences of its multi-DRM cloud service have successfully been delivered in the last 12 months by Orange, a tier-1 telecommunications operator with 253 million customers worldwide. Orange’s massive delivery across Belgium, France, Ivory Coast, […]

September 15, 2020