Netflix has released February data from its ISP Speed Index. The Index is a measure of prime time Netflix performance on a particular ISP and not necessarily a measure of overall performance for other services/data that may travel across the specific ISP network. Highlights include: In Austria, A1 nearly doubled their average monthly speed to […]
A report on the outlook for the UK telecommunications sector from global source of critical information and insight IHS suggests that new players in the high-speed broadband market will boost connections in the UK by 70 per cent over the next five years, from almost nine million at the end of 2015 to more than […]
According to research and consultancy firm Ampere Analysis, the market for triple-play bundling is reaching saturation point. In mature markets such as North America and Europe the average communications subscription has almost two products to every customer, and some providers have upsold three. Bundling TV, fixed phone and broadband has been a key way for […]
Satellite Internet, a specialist satellite ISP, is seeing a growing level of interest in the supplementary element of BDUK’s Basic Broadband For All scheme which aims to provide affordable broadband services of at least 2Mbps to all UK premises. Satellite Internet has been an approved provider under the Supplementary Scheme since its launch last December, […]
Calls by industry competitors for BT’s network subsidiary Openreach to be spun off have been resisted, but UK comms regulator Ofcom has decided it is necessary to overhaul Openreach’s governance and strengthen its independence from BT. Ofcom has set out how it plans to improve telecoms quality and coverage, so that UK consumers and businesses […]
With UK comms regulator Ofcom set to announce the conclusions to its Digital Communications Review later in the week, UK multi-play operator Sky has renewed its call for the watchdog to implement what it describes as a “simple quick fix” that can take Britain out of broadband’s slow lane. Writing an opinion piece in The […]
Integrating Netflix into traditional pay-TV has had a net positive impact on operator KPIs, according to a survey of service providers conducted by IHS. The SVoD offering has generally been found to benefit operators’ business, while co-existing well with more-traditional parts of the bundle. In a Client Report – Netflix on pay TV: A marriage […]
Britain is ignoring true FTTH solutions which are available now without going through BT, according to a report from Anglo-Italian cable manufacturer and global supplier Tratos. The Report – Britain’s Broken Broadband – presented to MPs – points out how Britain could solve its broadband connectivity and download speed problems now. Working around BT/Openreach, Tratos […]
Following two meetings held with the Federal Communications Commission on February 5th, the Stop Mega Cable Coalition – a diverse group of public interest groups, media and telecommunications businesses, programmers, labour and other concerned parties united in the belief that the merger of Charter Communications, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks presents significant harms […]
Donuts, the largest operator of new domain name extensions, and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have agreed an initiative they say will help ensure that websites using domains registered with Donuts are not engaged in large-scale piracy. Under the terms of the agreement, the MPAA will be treated as a ‘Trusted Notifier’ for […]