According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telco, security, networks and data centre industries, telco operators scaled back wireless and wireline investments in 2024. The high-level relationship between carrier revenues, capex and telecom equipment was mostly stable, as both telecom capex and telecom equipment revenues tanked in 2024. […]
A consortium led by Actis, an investor in sustainable infrastructure, has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Swiftnet, a telecom tower portfolio in South Africa. The Actis-led consortium, which includes international and local investors including the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), a 100 per cent black-owned broad-based South African investment holding company, […]
Virgin Media O2 has created a new specialist team of more than 500 multiskilled and fully converged customer care agents to support UK customers with issues across both fixed (broadband, landline and TV) and mobile services. Comprised of around 250 new hires and 280 existing care agents who have received additional training, this new team […]
New Zealand’s mobile services revenue is poised to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6 per cent from $1.5 billion (€1.3bn) in 2024 to $1.8 billion in 2029, driven by the nationwide network expansion by operators to support the rising demand for high-speed connectivity and data-centric services and the subsequent increasing 5G […]
Fixed communication services revenue in Japan is forevcast to grow marginally from $25.4 billion (€23.3bn) in 2024 to $26.6 billion in 2029, maintaining a sluggish CAGR of 0.9 per cent. The decline in fixed voice services will continue, while broadband growth remains moderate, driven by increasing fibre adoption but offset by falling cable and xDSL […]
3 Screen Solutions (3SS), provider of software solutions for set-top boxes (STB), smart TV, multiscreen and in-vehicle entertainment, announces 3Ready Hero, a new product that leverages AI to enable natural and helpful ‘conversational’ interactions on Android TV STBs. 3Ready Hero was born from a co-innovation initiative with a 3SS customer in 2024. It since transformed […]
Deutsche Telekom has reported revenue up 3.4 per cent in 2024 to €115.8 billion. Adjusted EBITDA AL was up 6.2 per cent to €43 billion, and service revenues grew by 3.9 per cent to €96.5 billion. The German telco reports that financial targets were achieved and, in some cases, exceeded, with further growth expected. “Another […]
Bango has announced the launch of its all-in-one technology for Super Bundling, allowing any business to build and launch a subscriptions hub. The new technology is part of the latest Digital Vending Machine (DVM) product release from Bango, which is used by subscription hubs such as Verizon +play and Optus SubHub. The need for this […]
Utiq, the European adtech company with a fully consented, privacy-compliant, telco-powered first-party identifier, has confirmed their partnership and technical integration with Onetag, the next generation ad exchange built for buy-side curation. This collaboration means that Onetag customers in key European markets can activate Utiq’s Authentic Audiences, enabling scalable, privacy-compliant advertising. By leveraging Utiq’s telco-powered, consent-driven […]
United Group, the Southeastern European telco majority-owned by BC Partners, has reached an agreement to sell SBB doo Belgrade, a pay-TV, broadband and fixed telephone services provider in Serbia, to e& PPF Telecom. United Group has also agreed to sell Eon TV International (the holding company of the NetTV Plus business) and its sports broadcasting […]