Altice N.V. post-split of Altice USA (to be renamed ‘Altice Europe’) has reported that it is delivering on its plan to improve operational performance, with its Q1 2018 showing the best subscriber trends the group has ever reported. Highlights include: France total fixed B2C customer base grew for the first time since Altice took control […]
Journalists were able to test SAS’s new Ka-band In Flight Entertainment and connectivity system from Copenhagen airport earlier this week. The signals come from the Eutelsat/ViaSat jointly operated Ka-Sat satellite. SAS says 7 of its aircraft are now equipped with ViaSat’s reception/transmission equipment, and its 82 spotbeams from Ka-Sat which cover Europe and the Nordic […]
The ‘Consumer’ Business Unit of BT Group – comprising BT, EE and Plusnet – has unveiled a new converged network vision which it says will bring together the best of broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi to provide seamless connectivity for customers across the UK. BT also revealed a deal to carry Amazon Prime video on its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]