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DNA launching TV & broadband in South Finland

DNA is launching faster broadband and next-generation television services for housing companies and householders across the Tampere region in South Finland. The company has agreed to purchase an extensive fibre network infrastructure used by ICT Elmo Oy (formerly Tampereen Puhelin) as well as Elmo’s consumer and housing company business. The sellers are ICT Elmo Oy […]

May 31, 2019

Research: UK digital divide is real

Research by satellite broadband provider bigblu, in partnership with Konnect Europe, reveals that people living in UK rural areas with low quality Internet must travel up to five miles to get connectivity. With more than a quarter of respondents unhappy with the quality of their current Internet provider, nearly three quarters (72 per cent) said […]

May 30, 2019

Spain most expensive European pay-TV country

Spain is the most expensive European country when it comes to pay-TV, according to a report from kelisto.es Taking a pay-TV package is 20 per cent more expensive than the average in the UK, France, Germany or Italy. A basic package with only TV and broadband Internet costs

May 22, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

UK public names Plusnet its favourite broadband provider

Plusnet has been named best broadband provider in the UK for the third year in a row. Research and analysis from UK broadband comparison website Broadband Genie found Plusnet scored well across all categories, comfortably winning the main award. Post Office Broadband was voted most trusted provider and Zen Internet picked up the award for […]

May 22, 2019

Belgium, Poland climb Netflix ISP Speed Index

Netflix has released April data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience. In speed increases this month, Turkey’s Türk Telekom continued its gains from March with the largest increase on the index. The ISP experienced an increase of 0.48 Megabits […]

May 13, 2019

Ofcom: UK broadband speeds up 20% in last year

UK households are benefiting from faster, more reliable internet as Ofcom research reveals average broadband speeds have jumped nearly 20 per cent in the last year. Ofcom’s annual home broadband performance report compares how different broadband packages perform, using data from monitors installed on people’s broadband routers. For the first time, the average download speeds […]

May 8, 2019

Virgin Media V.VIP bundle with 500Mbps broadband

Virgin Media is bringing all of its services together for the first time in one bundle. As part of the new bundle line-up, available immediately, new and existing customers can receive broadband speeds of up to 500Mbps, add a mobile SIM to any broadband bundle, and build their own personalised TV service with a choice […]

April 29, 2019

Dodds appointed Virgin Media UK COO

Virgin Media UK has confirmed the appointment of Jeff Dodds as their new Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will take over the position from Lutz Schüler on June 11th when Schüler steps up to his new role of company CEO. Dodds was appointed Virgin Media’s Chief Customer Officer and Managing Director of Operations in November 2018, […]

April 26, 2019

Spain: 92% of pay-TV subs have convergent package

Convergent packages are boosting pay TV subscriptions in Spain. Some 91.8 per cent of pay-TV customers access their service via a convergent package, according to competition and markets regulator the CNMC. Furthermore , eight out of ten are subscribed to a quintuple package (with five services: fixed and mobile telephony, fixed and mobile broadband and […]

April 25, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

INCA: ‘Full-fibre court ruling disappointing’

The UK High Court ruling against alternative provider of wholesale full fibre network infrastructure CityFibre in the challenge to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over fibre advertising is a disappointment to operators building full fibre networks, the Independent Network Co-operative Association (INCA) has said. The ruling dismissed CityFibre’s request for a Judicial Review of ASA’s […]

April 18, 2019By Colin Mann