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Plume reveals AI-driven security product

Self-optimising Wi-Fi specialist Plume, whose smart home platform serving millions of members around the world, is continuing its rapid growth by announcing its direct-to-consumer debut in the United Kingdom, a new and advanced IoT security service, and its latest piece of hardware, the PowerPod. Plume’s UK consumer launch comes less than a year after the […]

March 26, 2019By Colin Mann

Survey: UK ISPs still failing to connect with customers

The latest Which? broadband satisfaction survey reveals that customers with the UK’s largest providers are the most likely to be getting a bad deal. BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media supply almost nine in 10 broadband customers, yet year after year these are the providers that occupy the bottom of the consumer champion’s league table. […]

March 25, 2019

C-band anxieties affect SES, Intelsat

No sooner than one of the FCC’s Commissioners makes (slightly) positive noises about the possible reallocation of some satellite C-band frequencies over the US than the FCC’s chairman Ajit Pai tells a conference that it was important to get any decision right, and that the FCC wouldn’t be making a ‘right now’ decision. Asked when […]

March 25, 2019By Chris Forrester

Xfinity Flex for net-only Comcast subs

Comcast has launched Xfinity Flex, a new service that provides Xfinity Internet-only customers the ability to use their television and voice control to manage all of the connected devices in their home, and enjoy many of their favourite entertainment experiences on the big screen. Available to all Xfinity Internet customers across the country starting March […]

March 22, 2019

Openreach consults on ‘full-fibre’ broadband

UK broadband infrastructure provider Openreach has launched a consultation for the country’s leading broadband and telephone providers asking for their views on how it can upgrade consumers and businesses throughout the country onto next generation ‘full fibre’ broadband connections. Unlike the move to digital TV, the process of upgrading broadband connections to ‘full fibre’ will […]

March 22, 2019By Colin Mann

FCC to US cable: “C-band Concerns will be addressed”

FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly has told US cable operators that their concerns over the potential reallocation of C-band satellite spectrum over the US are being listened to. However, he also warned: “The entire government oversight model for video services needs a complete overhaul from top to bottom.” O’Rielly told delegates to a cable-sponsored conference (ACA […]

March 22, 2019By Chris Forrester

BT licenses cyber analytics to QiO Technologies

BT has announced the licensing of the company’s cyber security visual analytics technology, SATURN, to QiO Technologies, an advanced analytics and artificial intelligence software company. BT developed SATURN to ingest and analyse huge amounts of data using AI, and then present a real-time visual representation of a network to users, including cyber security engineers. As […]

March 22, 2019

Hispasat, GetSAT partner for SoTM services

Hispasat, the Spanish satellite-based telecommunications operator, and GetSAT, the manufacturer of satellite terminals for aerial, maritime and land-based applications, have signed an agreement to offer Satellite on The Move (SoTM) Services. By pairing GetSAT’s terminals and Hispasat’s satellite fleet, both companies strengthen their business opportunities in aerial, drone, maritime, and land-based emergency services for security […]

March 22, 2019

EU yellow card for Vodafone’s Liberty deal

Vodafone is set to receive a warning from EU regulators on possible anti-competitive effects from its $22 billion (€19.3bn) buy of Liberty Global’s German and eastern European assets. The warning – a statement of objections setting out the European Commission’s concerns – is expected to be spelled out to the companies shortly, reports Reuters, ahead […]

March 21, 2019

France : OTT viewing increasing despite streaming issues

Time spent watching OTT content in France has risen from 3 hours (per viewer) a week in 2016 to 5 hours a week in 2018 according to a study from audiovisual regulator CSA. However, the body also reports that despite the increase in popularity, the streaming quality of OTT content is an issue. “Live screening […]

March 21, 2019From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris