Rupert Pearce, Inmarsat’s CEO, in an opinion piece in The Daily Telegraph, says that Inmarsat’s plans for In Flight Connectivity (IFC) meant “vast possibilities” for his business, and a “win-win” for airlines and passengers. Pearce said airlines equipped with in-flight systems would be able to charge, or provide free, broadband services. “Significant additional revenue will […]
Verimatrix, a specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for network-connected devices and services, has announced Hathway Cable & Datacom Limited, one of the largest MSO and cable broadband service providers in India, as its latest Verimatrix Video Content Authority System (VCAS) Ultra customer. Hathway selected the next-generation cardless solution to secure its new DVB Hybrid […]
IHS Markit’s Media & Technology says that 5G services will go live in North America before the end of this year. Report author Stephane Teral says that the LTE networks now having been rolled out are gradually shifting to 4G and paving the way for 5G. Teral says that IHS has interviewed 17 genuine 4G […]
Nearly 50 per cent of all TVs shipped worldwide will, by year-end, be 4K, according to a market tracking report from Futuresource Consulting. The report, which includes TVs, broadcast coverage, STB installed base, Blu-ray players, Blu-ray software, digital transactional video and digital subscriptions, focuses on the latest key developments and future consumer trends in 4K. […]
Equity analysts at Deutsche Bank (DB) have held an investors conference in Arizona, and one of the speakers was Charlie Ergen, Chairman/CEO at Dish (and Echostar). Ergen told delegates that he remained enthusiastic about 5G’s prospects and his portfolio of investments in spectrum. DB, in its report on the event, says: “Ergen was steadfast in […]
Netflix has released September data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Indonesia’s GlobalXtreme enjoyed the largest speed increase on the index this month, increasing its average monthly speed to 2.89 Megabits per second (Mbps), up from 2.64 Mbps in August […]
OpenVault, a global provider of industry analytics and technology solutions for broadband operators, has announced its entry into the Latin American market with the finalisation of a multi-stage trial for Ecuador’s largest cable operator, Grupo TVCable. Grupo TVCable, which provides DTH, fixed telephony, cable and broadband services, is working with OpenVault to ensure high-quality customer […]
Balkan telecoms and media provider United Group has announced the rollout of the first 1 Gbps services across the region via its local cable platforms SBB (Serbia) and Telemach (Montenegro, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina). The majority of the deployments will be via the Hybrid Fibre Coax (HFC) network using Docsis 3.1 technology, with the […]
MasMovil, Spain’s fourth largest telco operator, is launching a pay-TV offer for a promotional price of €3 – the lowest price in the market – and €5 per month from November. Along with Huawei, the company is offering the low cost package called Agile TV – based on Google’s Android TV, – including TV channels […]
Mobile telco EE, part of the BT Group, has switched on its first live 5G trial site in Montgomery Square, Canary Wharf, London. This will be the UK’s first live 5G trial, and is a major milestone in the roll-out of the next generation of mobile networks. With 150,000 people coming to the Canary Wharf […]