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Com Hem Q4 revenue up 40%

Swedish cable TV firm Com Hem has reported Q4 revenues of SEK 1,780 million (€188.4m), up 40 per cent. Operating profits were at SEK 228 million, up 20 per cent. Com Hem reported strong volume growth in broadband, up 13,000 to 702,000 RGUs.cDigital-TV RGU’s totalled 644,000, with a continued growth of 6,000 TiVo customers (penetration […]

January 31, 2017

devolo joins FTTH Council

devolo Operator Solutions has become a new member of the Fibre To The Home (FFTH) Council Europe. The organisation supports the rapid installation of fibre-based access networks in order to enable consumers and businesses to benefit from powerful high-speed connectivity. FTTH Council Europe brings together companies with exceptionally innovative product portfolios and leading market solutions. […]

January 31, 2017

Welwyn Garden City goes gigabit

Bellway at QEII, a development of new homes in Welwyn Garden City, will be the first garden city housing development in the UK to offer its residents symmetrical gigabit speeds – 1,000Mbps – over 128 times faster than traditional ADSL services. Homes are already available for sale in the development, which compromises 163 properties including […]

January 30, 2017

FTTH Council reveals cost of deploying FTTH in EU

The FTTH Council Europe has made public the first results of its updated study on the cost of deploying FTTH throughout the EU as input to the ongoing legislative debate on the proposal for a European Electronic Communications Code. The cost model calculated the complete overlay of the EU28 countries with fibre (Fibre to the […]

January 25, 2017

Spain: Record FTTH deployment

Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) deployment in Spain has grown by 50 per cent over the last year, reaching over 3 million active lines agaistt 1.57 million 12 months ago. Active lines, with speeds of up to or over 30Mbps, grew by 82 per cent in a year. The figures from regulator CNMC reveal that the total amount […]

January 24, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Spain: FTTH up 50%

Installed fibre to the home (FTTH) connections in Spain have increased by more than 50 per cent during 2016 to 22.6 million according to the latest statistical data from the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) on fixed broadband services and deployment of new generation networks with geographic detail based on data […]

January 17, 2017

Huawei wins ONO network

Vodafone has selected China’s Huawei to upgrade ONO’s network – with the goal of offering 7.7 million residential and businesses units up to 2 Gigabytes speed in two to three years’ time. With an investment of €100 million, in an initial phase the download speed will reach 1 Gbps and the upload speed will hit […]

January 9, 2017From David Del Valle in Madrid

Sky launches UK’s “lowest priced” fibre

Sky has launched what it claims is the UK’s lowest fibre broadband and line rental offer exclusive for Sky TV customers and a brand new Sky Broadband Tech Team. Sky Fibre will be available for £20 (€24) a month, including line rental (usually £27.40), and a reduced one off set up cost of just £19.95, […]

December 21, 2016

Spain: FTTH lines surpass 4.5m

The deployment of FTTH network in Spain is speeding up with more than 4.57 million lines at the end of October. The latest CNMC stats reveal that FTTH lines are increasing every month with 155,180 new lines in October, and 1.8 million year-on-year, up 47 per cent. Movistar is the market leader with 2.9 million […]

December 21, 2016From David Del Valle in Madrid

Portugal pay-TV subs at 3.6m

Portugal ended the third quarter of 2016 with more than 3.63 million pay-TV subscribers, representing a growth of 44,000 customers (+1.2 per cent) on the previous quarter and 159,000 (+4.6 per cent) more than one year earlier, according to stats from Anacom, Portugal’s National Communications Authority. Growth was driven by fibre optic offerings (FTTH/FTTB), whose […]

December 20, 2016From Branislav Pekic in Rome