The Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK’s lower legislative chamber the House of Commons has widened the scope of its inquiry into Broadband and the road to 5G, inviting evidence submissions on the impact of Coronavirus on the roll-out of full-fibre and 5G infrastructure, including any differences being experienced in different parts […]
The Euskaltel Group – comprising the Euskaltel, R and Telecable brands – has posted its Q1 2020 results, confirming both revenue and profitability growth and opening the door to its immediate national launch using the Virgin brand. These data confirm that the Euskaltel Group has kicked off 2020 on a strong footing, despite the impact […]
The FTTH Council Europe has revealed the 2020 Market Panorama and the latest figures outlining fibre deployment trends in Europe prepared by research institute IDATE. Market Panorama & key findings: The total number of homes passed with Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Building (FTTB) in the EU39 reached nearly 172 million […]
Successfully launching a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is pretty much routine these days. Even when it is carrying 60 satellites it stays routine. Then, bringing the launcher safely back and landing it on its floating landing stage is successful more often than not. SpaceX managed all those elements during the afternoon of April 22nd. But […]
South Africa’s media regulator ICASA is involved in a dispute with the nation’s main telco Telkom. The claim by Telkom – which operates both landline and cellular services – is that the regulator has “expropriated” a portion of its wireless spectrum assets. ICASA’s intention was to use the 2.3 GHz spectrum to help provide extra […]
Following on from its rival Global Eagle and its problems due to the Covid-19 virus, In-Flight broadband and connectivity supplier Gogo also announced staff cut-backs and salary reductions for senior staffers. Gogo, which has its services on thousands of aircraft, is laying off 600 staff effective May 4th. The salary reductions will begin at 30 […]
Irina Varlan has been appointed as Managing Director of GIGAEurope, the new industry organisation that brings together private operators who build, operate and invest in the gigabit communications networks that enable Europe’s digital connectivity. GIGAEurope’s members provide reliable and secure gigabit-speed connections to customers across Europe, offering world-class products and services, including converged fixed and […]
Western Europe’s pay TV subscriber total will slip below 100 million by 2025, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research. However, this is no US steep decline as subscriber numbers will drop by only 2.67 million between 2019 and 2025. The number of Western European pay-TV subscribers will fall
Multiplay operator and media group Altice Europe has established Fastfiber (formerly known as Altice Portugal FTTH), which it says is the largest FTTH wholesaler in Portugal with some four million FTTH homes passed at year-end 2019. Fastfiber comprises of all operator MEO’s fibre assets in Portugal including FTTH and dark fibre. Fastfiber is the result […]
In view of a high data consumption due to the Covid-19 lockdown, Movistar is offering free unlimited data capacity its 3 million+ Fusión covergent customers in Spain. Subscribers to Fusión Total and Fusión Total Plus will have unlimited data, calls and SMS messages at no extra cost as a way “to mitigate the effects of […]