Cable operator Ziggo has said it will increase its marketing drive and grow sales in 2013 after 2012 revenues increased by four per cent. It said it expected core profit to rise by 2.5 to 3.5 per cent in 2013, with revenues growing slightly ahead of this rate. Adjusted core profit for 2012 increased 5.5 […]
Eutelsat Communications has announced the launch of a new aeronautical mobile service called Eutelsat Air Access designed to accelerate the deployment by commercial airlines operating in Europe of in-flight connectivity for passengers. Delivering speeds of up to 100 Mbps per airliner, Eutelsat Air Access will be available from mid-2013. The new service uses ViaSat SurfBeam […]
Akamai’s Third Quarter, 2012 State of the Internet report says more than 680 million IPv4 addresses from 243 countries/regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform during the third quarter of 2012. The figure represents an 11 per cent increase year over year. Since a single IP address can represent multiple individuals in some cases – […]
Kabel Deutschland has submitted a remedy package for the planned Tele Columbus acquisition to the German Federal Cartel Office. These remedies are intended to overcome the concerns of the FCO as expressed in the December 2012 statement of objection, especially regarding the housing association market for TV services. Kabel Deutschland remains convinced that consumers and […]
On January 22nd, AT&T announced it was buying Atlantic Tele-Network’s (Alltel) wireless business for $780 million in cash, representing the latest move in the USA’s telecom giants boosting their wireless spectrum. AT&T wins a large slice of bandwidth in the 700 and 800 MHz range, which is considered especially valuable in that it can easily […]
With an eye on the proliferation of mobile data and broadband, du has announced a partnership agreement with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy the latest in IP-routing technology to achieve convergence in its telecom services. Demand for high-speed broadband access, IPTV services, mobile video and more is expanding dramatically in the UAE. By deploying state-of-the-art IP routing […]
Time Warner Cable is launching a marketing campaign aimed at former subscribers. The company says it will spend at least $50 million on broadcast, print, online and direct mail ads for the campaign, which it is calling “The Better Guarantee.” The ads admit the cable service did not always live up to expectations in the […]
A Virgin Media survey has revealed that 90 per cent of UK consumers won’t change mobile operators just for 4G, with most thinking the service is too expensive. The Internet service provider carried out a survey of 2,000 smartphone subscribers, 1,800 of which answered that they won’t be switching to a 4G mobile operator yet. […]
An appeals court has struck down a rule issued by the US telecommunications regulator to allow customers to watch cable and satellite TV on “plug and play” televisions, replacing set top boxes. Dish Network Corp objected to the rule because it included prescriptions on encrypting programming that prevented Dish and others from, for example, making […]
SCTE (the Society for Broadband Professionals, formed in 1945) has unveiled a major new initiative, the formation of SCTE India, to boost the future of the Indian broadband industry by supporting increasing numbers of trained and accredited engineers and technicians in the country. SCTE’s India initiative propels wireline engineers and technicians onto the global broadband […]