Telefonica Global Solutions has announced an agreement with Eutelsat Communications, Europe’s leading satellite operator, to provide high quality satellite broadband services to carriers from across Europe through the high-performance KA-SAT satellite. This new range of Internet services provided via KA-SAT will offer European carriers solutions that are as reliable and competitive in price as terrestrial […]
Broadband media technology specialist Arris Group and Google have confirmed that Arris and Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Arris will acquire the Motorola Home business from Motorola Mobility, for $2.35 billion in a cash-and-stock transaction approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. Motorola Mobility’s Home business delivers […]
Digital television and advanced advertising solutions specialist and Kudelski Group company OpenTV has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against online entertainment streaming service Netflix in the US District Court in Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that Netflix is wilfully infringing seven US patents, in particular those covering aspects of over-the-top TV technology, including: the use of […]
Hot on the heels of announcing that it would make faster broadband its top digital priority in 2013, the European Commission has adopted revised guidelines for the application of EU state aid rules to the broadband sector. These guidelines will help Member States achieve the objectives of the EU Digital Agenda. Taking into account the […]
The creation of a new and stable broadband regulatory environment and updating the EU’s copyright framework are among a digital ‘to-do’ list adopted by the European Commission as new digital priorities for 2013-2014 The Commission has set out seven new priorities for the digital economy and society. According to the EC, the digital economy is […]
Tom Leighton, co-founder and recently announced CEO-elect of cloud platform specialist Akamai Technologies, has revealed that the company is working on technologies better to handle mobile video. Speaking to the MIT Technology Review, Leighton said that Akamai is looking at services which will prioritise different kinds of mobile Web traffic and use distributed devices for […]
Liberty Global has opened its controversial €35 a share cash offer for all the stock in Belgium’s Telenet that its doesn’t already own – it is 50.4 per cent controlling shareholder. Minority shareholders will have until January 11th 2013 to accept. Liberty Global says the offer is a 12.5 per cent premium to the September […]
The global pay-TV market added nearly 47 million subscribers in 2012 reaching a total of 864 million subscribers. “The growth in satellite, cable, and IPTV markets was strong, although digital terrestrial TV growth was flat in 2012. ABI Research expects that the pay-TV market will continue to grow in 2013 to reach 907 million subscribers,” […]
NSR’s Broadband Satellite Markets, 11th Edition report has found that satellite broadband Internet access subscribers will exceed 5.2 million globally in 10 years, and the enterprise VSAT installed base will reach nearly 2.9 million sites. In addition, backhaul services and even IP trunking will make important strides as services shift to provisioning with HTS and […]
SES has launched its satellite broadband service with download speeds of up to 20 Mbit/s for consumers in France. The new service uses Ka-band capacity on SES’s Astra 2F satellite and is available with immediate effect via France Telecom-Orange’s satellite broadband affiliate NordNet. The broadband package called Internet Satellite JET features download speeds of up […]