Cerillion, an innovator in digital monetisation and customer management solutions, has announced a 6-year extension to its agreement with OpenNet, a wholesale telecoms business connecting Denmark’s fibre infrastructure owners and service providers. OpenNet will upgrade its core BSS platform to Cerillion 21 and join Cerillion’s Evergreen Software Programme to continuously gain access to the latest […]
Never has capital investment been more top of mind for technology, media and entertainment and telecommunications (TMT) companies, according to the Global Capital Operations and Innovation Study (COInS) from advisory firm EY. The survey of 500 global TMT executives reveals that 87 per cent of respondents identified as ‘leaders’ believe recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Recognising the fact that bills for quad-play services can be a source of confusion and frustration for customers, negatively affecting the customer experience, and with communication service providers (CSPs) starting to innovate their bundles and experiment with new business models, electronic bill presentment (EBP) and telecoms expense management (TEM) vendor Calvi has announced the general […]
South Africa’s Openserve, currently a subsidiary of telco Telkom, and which looks after the operator’s wholesale business division, is to be given a listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE). This move is additional to the separate JSE listing of the spinning off of its Swiftnet masts and towers division – and a likely 20 […]
In a first of its kind move in the Irish ISP market, Irish multiplay telco Pure Telecom is launching TV services, aiming to improve its reach, ARPU and customer tenure through aggressively-positioned Fibre and TV bundles. TV-as-a-Service provider Netgem TV will be powering Pure TV, which will leverage Netgem’s smart solutions for ISPs. Netgem partners […]
BT Group has unveiled plans to curb its carbon emissions sooner than planned, by bringing forward its net zero target from 2045 to 2030 for its own operational emissions and 2040 for its supply chain and customer emissions. The new target comes as a landmark UN climate report has warned that global heating is irreversible, […]
Vodacom is part of a consortium that has won an operating licence for a cellular service in Ethiopia. The consortium is made up of acknowledged experts in the supply and operation of a telephone service and beat another applicant (MTN Grp) which was not successful. The Global Partnership consortium comprises includes Safaricom (in which Vodacom […]
Around one in four UK homes can now get faster full-fibre Internet, as broadband companies have extended their networks at rapid pace during the pandemic, according to findings from comms regulator Ofcom. New figures published in Ofcom’s Connected Nations summer update show that just under seven million (24 per cent) of all UK homes can […]
India’s Reliance Jio is 5 years old (it launched to the public on September 5 2016) and is – by any measure – a huge success. Data usage in India, on Jio and its rivals, has exploded by 1300 per cent during the 5 years, and some of the global content suppliers have publicly congratulated […]
MediaKind, a global specialist in media technology and services, has been selected by the Brazilian telco Oi to enhance the live events experience on its pay-TV subscription service. Oi has deployed MediaKind’s Cygnus Contribution solution to deliver live events across its IPTV service in high quality with low latency. Cygnus Contribution will allow Oi to […]