Eutelsat’s CEO Rodolphe Belmer, speaking to analysts following its results announcement, said there was – as yet – no agreement between the C-Band Alliance (CBA) partners as to how – or how much – cash could be “donated” to the US Treasury as part of the bargaining over the FCC’s decision to permit reallocation of […]
Openreach, the UK’s digital infrastructure company, has announced 36 new locations where it will be building its new, future-proof Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology over the next 12 months. Work will begin in towns and cities across the country including Newcastle, Doncaster, Chelmsford and St Albans over the coming months, whilst four new locations in Scotland […]
Paris-based Eutelsat says it is still suffering from a challenged operating environment which continues to weigh on the revenues of its core businesses. At June 30th 2019, the total number of channels broadcast by Eutelsat satellites stood at 7,092, up 2.4 per cent year-on-year (+3.9 per cent excluding the disposal of EUTELSAT 25B). HD penetration […]
UK-based rural broadband-by-satellite ISP Bigblu Broadband and Avanti Communications are in dispute, and Avanti has seemingly terminated connectivity allegedly “without notice” to Bigblu’s clients. The news comes just days after a highly positive story in the Investors Chronicle on Bigblu’s trading update for the half-year to the end of May, which reported that BigBlu added […]
Research institute Fraunhofer HHI is heading up a new EU consortium of businesses and academic partners for a three-year project, ELIoT (Enhance Lighting for the Internet of Things), aimed at developing mass market Internet of Things (IoT) solutions using LiFi, a next generation wireless communications network, travelling over light instead of radio waves. The consortium […]
Spain’s football TV war and its low cost promotions have hit Vodafone’s results in the first quarter with a 10.3 per cent fall in its revenues to €1.08 billion. Revenues per service also dropped by 9.3 per cent to €988 million. In terms of subscribers, Vodafone ended June with 1.29 million pay TV subscribers, losing […]
Spain’s fifth largest telco group, Euskaltel – owned by UK investor Zegona – saw its net profit fall by 20.5 per cent in the first half of the year to €23 million. Total revenues fell by 1.86 per cent to €342.8 million until June. The company, however, points out a change of trend in the […]
A few positive words on July 26th from SES CEO Steve Collar on the prospects for a favourable agreement from the FCC helped send share prices for the key member of the C-Band Alliance on a firm upward trajectory. For example, Intelsat – which would be a major beneficiary of an FCC agreement – rose […]
Technicolor’s Connected Home business has shipped more than 4 million units of DOCSIS 3.1 devices to cable providers in the EMEA, APAC, and Americas regions. In North America, the leading cable providers accounted for the deployment of 3 million units, with Latin America and Eurasia shipping an additional 1 million units. The company says the […]
Satellite operator SES has described its Half Year 2019 Results as “solid”, with continued revenue growth in Networks, strong control over cost and discretionary spending and important progress towards reshaping SES with the objective of delivering exceptional services and driving customer success. Reported revenue was €961.4 million, down 5.1 at constant FX, with underlying revenue […]