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Fox, Ericsson, Intel, AT&T deliver 4K over 5G at US Open

FOX Sports, in cooperation with the Fox Innovation Lab and partners Ericsson, Intel and AT&T, will use 5G technology to stream 4K video over 5G for broadcast nationwide at this year’s 118th US Open Championship on June 14th – 17th. The 5G wireless technology will transmit 4K HDR images from two FOX Sports cameras positioned on […]

May 16, 2018

IHS: Customer experience top priority among telcos

As subscriber growth hits the brakes, telecom service providers are increasingly turning their attention to providing the best customer experience to minimise churn. Research by IHS Markit finds that 75 per cent of service provider respondents say that enhancing customer experience is their top digital transformation project, followed by automation (44 per cent) and cloudification […]

May 16, 2018

Vodafone Spain ups revenues and subs

Vodafone Spain ended the fiscal year at March 31st with a 2.1 per cent rise in its revenues to €4.5 million and an EBITDA increase of 5 per cent. The company significantly increased its subscribers with its convergent package Vodafone One now reaching over 2.5 million, up 154,000 on the previous year. FTTH subscribers amounted […]

May 15, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

“Other” worries affecting Eutelsat

One market analyst described Eutelsat Q3 results, released May 14th, as “idiosyncratic”. They were best described as flat, with CEO Rodolphe Belmer explaining that Eutelsat’s extremely important Hotbird prime video slot was holding steady in terms of revenues and with a fill rate that was showing a modest growth helped by favourable renewals and new […]

May 15, 2018By Chris Forrester

Vodafone’s Colao to step down

The Board of global telco Vodafone Group has revealed the succession plan for the role of Group Chief Executive. Effective October 1st 2018, Vittorio Colao will be succeeded by Group Chief Financial Officer Nick Read. At the date of the Group’s Annual General Meeting on July 27th 2018, Deputy CFO Margherita Della Valle will succeed […]

May 15, 2018

South Korea, Taiwan climb Netflix Speed Index

Netflix has released April data from its ISP Speed Index, a monthly update on which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide the best primetime Netflix streaming experience. Several ISPs in Asia saw significant speed gains in April. The biggest speed increase on the index this month went to Indonesia’s Indosat-Fibre. The ISP saw speeds jump to […]

May 15, 2018

Survey reveals consumer priorities for the IoT

Digital age business transformation specialist CSG has revealed results of its global market survey, The Digital Future Report: IoT Edition, which evaluates consumer understanding, usage and sentiment about current and future IoT applications. By 2030, it is projected that 125 billion connected devices will be part of our daily lives. As the IoT becomes increasingly […]

May 15, 2018

AirTies supports Wi-Fi CERTIFIED EasyMesh cert programme

AirTies, a provider of managed Wi-Fi Mesh solutions to global service providers, has announced that it is supporting the Wi-Fi Alliance’s new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED EasyMesh certification programme for multiple Access Point (AP) systems. AirTies currently provides leading international service with embedded Wi-Fi Mesh software for their gateways and STBs, cloud-based Wi-Fi management, and compact Mesh […]

May 15, 2018

Research: Telecoms, pay-TV spend to speed up

Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay-TV services reached $1,662 billion (€1,389 bn) in 2017, an increase of 1.4 per cent year over year (in constant dollar terms), according to market intelligence firm the International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Telecom Services Database. IDC believes that the growth rate will accelerate to 1.6 per cent in 2018, bringing […]

May 14, 2018

Eutelsat Q3 expectations

Hopes are high that Paris-based Eutelsat will today (May 14th) unveil its Q3 results and perhaps, just perhaps, there will be a little top-line growth. That’s the view from equity analysts at investment bank Exane/BNPP, who suggest that after seven consecutive quarter-year statements which reported declines, they expect today’s numbers to show a modest 0.3 […]

May 14, 2018