Qlik, a specialist in data analytics has partnered with Openreach, the UK’s digital network business, to transform customer service by using a data analytics tool – Qlik Sense – that has helped halve the time it takes to connect up fibre broadband customers. The solution works by collating data from Openreach’s multiple systems and presenting […]
Israeli airline EL AL’s is using Viasat’s ViaSat-2 satellite to supply WiFi for passengers on its transatlantic flights. Passengers can access high-speed, high-quality internet to key EL AL routes flying to and from major North American destinations including: New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Miami as well as San Francisco and Las Vegas, when flights to […]
The ETSI Technical Committee on Cybersecurity (TC CYBER) has just released ETSI TS 103 645, a standard for cybersecurity in the Internet of Things, to establish a security baseline for internet-connected consumer products and provide a basis for future IoT certification schemes. As more devices in the home connect to the internet, the cyber security […]
OpenVault, a global provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators, has announced a major step forward in its Latin American market expansion with the signing of a long-term agreement with Ecuador’s largest cable operator, Grupo TVCable. Under the agreement, Grupo TVCable will roll out OpenVault’s cloud-based solutions to its more than 35 […]
Affordable worldwide Internet coverage is one step closer today, after £18 million (€20.55m) of UK Space Agency funding was awarded to OneWeb through the European Space Agency, to aid the development of its next generation satellite constellation. A global communications network in space, the system will be comprised of approximately 650 satellites initially and scale […]
A Luxembourg business event (EU Defence & Security) heard that just one year after its launch by SpaceX, GovSat has sold around 20 per cent of its military and government capacity. It launched on January 31st last year. There is a possibility that a second satellite could be bought. GovSat-1, itself a so-called ‘condominium’ satellite […]
In 2018, IPTV overtook DTH as the second-largest multichannel platform in the world by subscribers after cable TV, accounting for 23.4 per cent of the total market of 1.07 billion households. Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence, estimates that IPTV is projected to post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of […]
The UK government has set out its new strategic priorities for telecoms regulator Ofcom to support improved mobile coverage, broadband investment, and a better deal for consumers. The measures will be instrumental in helping to deliver the Government’s commitment to nationwide full fibre broadband coverage by 2033 and increasing geographic mobile coverage to 95 per […]
Brightcove is acquiring the online video platform (OVP) business of Ooyala for $15 million (€13.2m). Brightcove is buying Ooyala’s video content management and publishing platform Backlot, Analytics, Live, and its underlying IP and associated patents. It will also takeover much of Ooyala’s engineering, support, and sales staff, including the company’s Guadalajara, Mexico operations. The deal […]
A “milestone moment” in developing a converged 5G core network, addressing both fixed and mobile networks, has been reached after Broadband Forum delivered detailed recommendations to 3GPP. The proposals made by Broadband Forum were created at the request of carriers that participate in both Broadband Forum and 3GPP and were developed after a comprehensive cycle […]