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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The US Federal Communications Commission’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order will take effect on June 11th, returning the regulation of Internet service providers to what the FCC describes as “the bipartisan, light-touch approach that fostered rapid Internet growth, openness, and freedom for nearly 20 years”. “I strongly support a free and open Internet,” declared FCC Chairman […]
BT is preparing to cut 13,000 staff over the next three years and move out of its London HQ after nearly 150 years, as it seeks to cut £1.5 billion (€1.71bn) in costs after a difficult 18 months. The latest job cuts and restructuring come as the company delivered a 3 per cent drop in […]
Speaking during a post-results call with industry analysts, Charlie Ergen (founder/chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar) is backing how satellite could help the deployment of 5G services. While initially focused on the US, he also said that combining Dish with EchoStar, “as they used to be” was also possible. Dish TV has just under 11 […]
As TV Connect, the IP video distribution conference and expo, got under way in London, quality of experience monitoring specialist Witbe took the opportunity to announce the grand opening of a UK office. The new office will be a subsidiary in the UK. Already actively involved in the UK for many years through different partners, […]
In a transaction that it says accelerates its converged communications strategy through in-market consolidation in its largest market, Germany, and in its Central and Eastern European (CEE) markets, Vodafone has agreed to acquire Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania for an enterprise value of €18.4 billion. This is expected to […]
Ofcom’s annual Home Broadband Performance report reveals the actual broadband speeds that UK residential consumers experienced in November 2017. This study uses a representative panel of over 4,000 volunteers across the UK who have connected monitoring units to their routers. Findings from the report include: Average broadband speeds have increased significantly. Average download speeds rose […]
Liberty Global has posted its Q1 2018 financial results, revealing its strongest quarterly revenue growth in nearly five years for the three months to March 31st 2018. However, the international cable group also saw a sharp decrease in subscriber growth. Operating income was up 17.5 per cent to $493.1 million (€415m) whist the cable group […]