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FilmBox extends agreement with PR-Telecom

SPI / Filmbox Hungary and PR-Telecom have extended their long-term cooperation contract for two more years. The deal takes the agreement into its 9th year. The signed partnership is for the period between January 1st 2019 and December 31st 2020. The provider makes available FilmBox Basic, FilmBox Premium, FilmBox Plus, FilmBox Family, FilmBox Extra HD […]

November 26, 2018

Vodafone Spain to axe 1,000 staff

Vodafone Spain plans to dismiss 1,000 staff from its current 5,000 workforce as it seeks to stay afloat in the country’s competitive pay-TV market. According to El Pais, the redundancy plan will be negotiated with the trade unions. To this end, the company will set a negotiation committee to implement the plan. The redundancy plan […]

November 23, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Huber+Suhner boosts railway broadband

With consumer needs for on-board connectivity changing the landscape of rail across the world, Huber+Suhner has developed its five-port antenna to aid passenger experience and enable them to work, play and communicate seamlessly. The offering also benefits operators, allowing them to boost their data transmission by using fewer antennas, while also enhancing the flexibility of […]

November 23, 2018By Chris Forrester

Spain: Telcos support consolidation for 5G

Spain’s largest telco operators – Movistar, Orange and Vodafone – have given their support to consolidation moves in the market for the development of 5G. At a meeting organised by trade union UGT, the top managers of the companies said that the number of operators should be reduced with also changes in the regulatory framework. […]

November 22, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

FCC extends CBA timeline by 2 weeks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has extended the closing date for comments and objections to the C-Band Alliance’s (CBA) plan to restructure 200 MHz of C-band capacity. The FCC says the new deadline is December 11th. Sami Kassab, equity analyst at investment bank Exane/BNPP, suggests that the FCC’s decision follows a petition from the American […]

November 22, 2018By Chris Forrester

BT Sport, EE demo live 5G broadcast

BT Group’s EE and BT Sport have demonstrated the first live broadcast with remote production over 5G – an approach BT Sport will use to increase the coverage available to viewers with more matches and faster highlights. The pair partnered to showcase the capability by delivering a live, two-way broadcast over 5G from Wembley Stadium […]

November 21, 2018By Colin Mann

5G predicted to double Internet speeds for UK homes

5G wireless home broadband will provide UK households with a cheaper, more flexible alternative to fibre connections, offering customers double the current average download speed. According to an independent report from Ovum, commissioned by Three UK, the technology is expected to deliver speeds of 80-100 Mbps, which is on average double what customers in the […]

November 21, 2018

CBA promises speedy build for C-band

Intelsat and SES, and their partners Eutelsat and Telesat in the C-Band Alliance (CBA), are pressing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to wrap up consideration of its plan “as soon as possible” and promise orders will quickly flow for new satellites over the UIS. In a letter, lawyers for the CBA summarised a meeting between […]

November 21, 2018

Wi-Fi 6 chipset shipments to break 1bn unit barrier by 2022

Wi-Fi 6 chipsets are forecasted to break the 1 billion annual shipments barrier by 2022 just three years after the first commercial deployments expected for 2019, according to ABI Research. Although it has taken several years to develop and ratify, market adoption of this standard is anticipated to be swifter than the rollout of 5G […]

November 21, 2018

T-Mobile wants “holistic” approach to C-band

T-Mobile in the US is lobbying the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to think again in how the FCC approaches the potential restructuring of C-band spectrum over the US in order to push adoption of 5G technology. T-Mobile says the FCC should take a “holistic” approach to how a market-based sell-off should be handled. In essence, […]

November 20, 2018By Chris Forrester