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Forecast: PON equipment market revenue $7.3bn by 2023

According to a report by Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data centre IT industries, global PON equipment market revenue is forecast to reach $7.3 billion by 2023, driven by spending on new 10 Gbps EPON and XGS-PON deployments, and on maximising existing 2.5 Gbps GPON networks. Telecom […]

July 26, 2019

Virgin Media plans gigabit roll-out

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has unveiled what it describes as a “bold boost” to UK broadband with plans that will bring next-generation gigabit connections to its entire network by the end of 2021 – which it says will make it the UK’s largest and fastest widely available residential gigabit connectivity provider. Providing nearly 15 […]

July 25, 2019

Orange Spain: Subs up, revenues flat

Orange Spain’s revenues remained flat in the first half of the year reaching €2.6 billion, down 0.4 per cent versus the same period last year. EBITDA grew by 2 per cent to €787 million and CAPEX amounted to €529 million, down 7.8 per cent. Orange has over 3 million fibre optic customers, up 19.7 per […]

July 25, 2019From David Del Valle in Madrid

Telesat wins “digital divide” contract

Ottawa-based satellite operator Telesat has won a hugely valuable contract from the Canadian government. The overall value of the contract, designed to fill the “digital divide” for Canadian citizens and wider audiences, is worth some C$1.2 billion (€0.82bn) over a 10-year period. This revenue stream includes a contribution of up to C$600 million from the […]

July 25, 2019By Chris Forrester

Research: 22% US broadband homes have Wi-Fi network extender

Parks Associates research from the 360 View: CE Adoption & Trends report finds 22 per cent of US broadband households have a Wi-Fi network extender and 11 per cent have a Wi-Fi mesh networking product. The firm notes that just over 30 per cent of computing and entertainment device owners report experiencing loss of wireless […]

July 25, 2019

Ofcom: TalkTalk most complained about pay-TV in Q1

Ofcom has published the latest league tables on the complaints it receives about the UK’s major home phone, broadband, mobile and pay-TV firms. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to the media regulator between January and March this year about firms in the home broadband, landline telephone, mobile and pay-TV markets. All […]

July 24, 2019

T-Mobile/Sprint merger: Dish Network role

Charlie Ergen’s DTH pay-TV Dish Network definitely has a role in the success of the T-Mobile/Sprint giant merger. Dish will pay in $5 billion for certain wireless assets, including Boost Mobile, and this has opened the door for a Dept. of Justice approval for the merger. Dish’s funding is reportedly split two ways, with $1.5 […]

July 24, 2019By Chris Forrester

CenturyLink expands fibre network across US and Europe

As customer demand for extreme high-capacity, low-latency data transport continues to grow, hybrid networking and cloud connectivity specialist CenturyLink is utilising its global multi-conduit infrastructure to expand the company’s intercity network by 4.7 million miles of fibre, which it says makes it the largest ultra-low-loss fibre network in North America. “Our newly built intercity fibre […]

July 23, 2019

Amazon Prime on Virgin TV

Some six years after it agreed a similar deal with Netflix, customers of UK multiplay operator Virgin Media can now access Amazon Prime Video for the first time directly through Virgin TV. The July 22nd launch gives Virgin Media customers the ability to search for and watch Prime Video content seamlessly through their V6 box. […]

July 22, 2019

OneWeb opens factory

OneWeb will today start producing the first of its massive fleet of almost 700 satellite. The factory, to be officially opened today, is itself is a joint-venture between OneWeb and Airbus Space and will utilise some of the skills and experiences achieved in the production earlier this year of a batch of 10 satellites at […]

July 22, 2019By Chris Forrester