Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network is moving forward with its plan to create a 4th cellular network in the US. A Dish official has reportedly confirmed to specialist news-site Light Reading that the DTH broadcaster will purchase about 9.3 million subscribers to Sprint’s Boost mobile telephony system. Boost uses capacity from T-Mobile, although Dish has obligations […]
Astro Malaysia Holdings and Allo Technology have announced a strategic partnership where Astro will offer its bundled broadband and content offering to new and existing residential areas connected by Allo. The offering, which will provide Malaysian residents with high speed broadband connections as well as Astro’s content, is part of Astro’s support of the Government’s […]
John Stankey will become AT&T CEO on July 1st replacing the departing Randall Stephenson. Stephenson has served as AT&T’s CEO for over 13 years and oversaw the acquisitions of Time Warner (now known as WarnerMedia) and satellite TV provider DirecTV. AT&T said that Stephenson will remain the company’s executive chairman until January 2021 “to ensure […]
The UK’s independent network sector has been praised for its significant contribution as the country was revealed as one of the fastest growers in Europe for delivering fibre networks to homes and businesses. The UK is revealed as one of five of the fastest-growing markets in Europe for making new connections in the FTTH Council […]
In a major change from its original plan, SpaceX is asking for FCC approval to operate more of its fleet of Starlink satellites at lower orbits. The original plan was for 4400 Starlink craft to occupy orbits at about 1200 kms (ranging from 1100-1325 kms) high. The FCC has already approved 1600 satellites to work […]
Sixty-four per cent of US households with at least one screen have cut the cord with cable TV, are planning to cut the cord, or never subscribed, according to a recent survey of more than 2,600 US consumers by advertising technology specialist The Trade Desk. The survey also highlighted major differences in cord-cutting behaviour by […]
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 […]