Spain’s largest telco Movistar is to raise its fee by between €3 and €6 per month for its Fusión convergent packages. The price hike comes at a time when its rivals Vodafone and Orange are bringing down fees with 50 per cent discounts and low cost offers to tempt new subscribers. Movistar’s premium packages Fusión […]
Telkom South Africa, which supplies wireline and cellular services to South African consumers and businesses, is laying off 3,000 staff. The company says the dominance of two of its rivals, Vodacom and MTN, as well as the fundamental changes taking place in the South African marketplace, plus the weak economy, has affected it decision to […]
Spanish telecoms multinational Eurona has renegotiated its existing capacity contracts with Hispasat and Avanti and in the process will save €9 million annually. Eurone says it is operational in more than 20 countries and has over 40,000 clients. The company specialises in offering satellite broadband services in small rural towns and municipalities with fewer than […]
Technicolor announced that Megacable, the Mexican cable operator and provider of internet and phone offerings, is delivering the latest cable access technology to meet growing demand for bandwidth-intensive offerings. Megacable is deploying the country’s first DOCSIS 3.1 services with gateway devices from Technicolor Connected Home. “Megacable is once again demonstrating its market leadership in Mexico […]
Despite the continued competitive onslaught from tech firms and over-the-top (OTT) providers, telco communication and data services will still command 50 per cent of the overall digital consumer services industry by 2023, according to data, research and consulting business Ovum’s Consumer Digital Revenue Opportunity Model. However, the telcos’ share is in steep decline, with a […]
Spain’s largest telco operator, Movistar, is finalising an agreement with Disney to integrate Disney+ into its offer when the streaming service goes live in the country on March 24th. Movistar has informed the regulatory body CNMC about the integration negotiations with the service following the same strategy as it did with Netflix. Other operators in […]
Nigeria’s Communications Commission (NCC) has granted OneWeb permission to provide satellite communications over and into the giant country. OneWeb isn’t alone and the NCC has granted similar access licences to Inmarsat, Eutelsat, SES, Intelsat, Avanti’s Hylas-2, and the UAE’s Yahsat. To date the NCC has not included SpaceX’s Starlink mega-constellation for access to the country […]
Skylo has just raised a total of $103 million (€92.9m) in Series B funding for its proposed Internet of Things satellite-based service. Skylo had been in ‘stealth’ mode and according to Skylo, the company will bring instant, affordable and ubiquitous Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity to millions of machines, sensors and devices, even in the […]
One of Mexico’s leading broadband and Cable TV providers, Gigacable, has selected Telia Carrier’s IP Transit and backbone services to provide dedicated Internet access to its consumer and enterprise businesses in Mexico. The partnership will give Gigacable access to Telia Carrier’s global network, supporting consumer demand for the increasing need for scalable, high performance connectivity […]
The Internet is an economic powerhouse that is driving the whole UK economy through jobs, businesses and output, new Internet Association (IA) analysis reveals. The research highlights the value the Internet brings right across the UK. The Internet economy contributes approximately 400,000 jobs, 80,000 businesses, and £45 billion (€53.01bn) in Gross Value Added to the […]