Spain’s largest telco, Telefónica, and Netflix have entered into a partnership to integrate the streaming service into Telefónica’s platforms in Europe and Latin America. In Spain, the service will be launched by the end of the year with the first launches in Latin America to be announced within the next few weeks. The agreement was […]
Russia has plans to join the club of major players with massive satellite constellations. Russian news agency TASS says that Russian Space Systems Company (Roscosmos) wants to create a global constellation of 288 satellites, operating from 870 kms above the ground. The constellation, called Efir, would start operating in 2025, says the report quoting project […]
Philip Hammond, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, has targeted seeing full-fibre to the premises connections being available to 15 million premises by 2025 and committed to delivering a nationwide full-fibre to the premises network by 2033. Delivering a speech at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Annual Dinner 2018, Hammond said that the government […]
Netflix’s market value has this week increased to around $150 billion (€128.3bn); making it worth some $2 billion more than US cable giant Comcast. Comcast has been losing video subscribers as a result of cord-cutting trends bought about by the rise in streaming services. Comcast had 22.3 million pay-TV subscribers in the first quarter of […]
Movistar has been declared the worst telco operator to watch Netflix on in Spain, and Jazztel the best, according to network speed data produced by Netflix. Movistar ranked bottom with a speed of 2.78 Mbps per second, being the only Spanish operator with a speed lower than 3 Mbps. The rock-bottom ranking has been the […]
FCC chairman Ajit Pai, addressing the Wireless Spectrum Association meeting on May 23rd, said that the potential re-use for 5G of the 3.7-4.2 GHz frequency ranges will be addressed in July. He told delegates that he had some good news on C-band, saying: “Last year the FCC agreed to explore repurposing more mid-band spectrum, including […]
UK football fans will be able to watch this year’s UEFA Champions League final on BT Sport in 4K Ultra HD (UHD) for the first time as part of a trial on Virgin TV. Coverage of the game, which will be contested between Liverpool and Real Madrid in Kiev on Saturday May 26th, is the […]
FTTH penetration in Spain is significantly growing with almost 7 million connected homes as of February 28th. The latest data from the CNMC reveals that over the last year (February 2017 to February 2018) FTTH gained 1.8 million and over 167,000 only in February 2018. Telefónica’s Movistar leads the market with a share of 50.4 […]
Having signalled its intention to bring together the best of broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi to provide seamless connectivity for customers across the UK, BT has revealed BT Plus, bringing together home broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi capabilities into one converged plan, with one simple bill. Claiming it as the UK’s first converged fibre and 4G plan, […]
Ottawa-based satellite operator Telesat says its debut LEO craft, launched in January, is now operational and ready for testing. The news also means that Telesat has successfully secured its ITU-authorised orbital positions and frequencies for its much larger constellation of LEO satellites. Telesat says that this Phase 1 satellite has already been agreed to be […]