Belgian telco Belgacom has reported a strong performance for its TV operations in 2011, despite falling revenues and profits. The total number of subscribers to its ‘Belgacom TV’ IPTV service reached 1.211 million by the end of December, up 24 per cent from one year previously, with 72’000 coming in the 4th quarter alone. TV […]
The European Commission has released a study showing that, if the internal market for electronic communications were completed, the EU gross domestic product (GDP) could grow by up to €110 billion a year, or more than 0.8 per cent of GDP. The EC sees e-Communications as a critical part of overall efforts to build a […]
Canadian cable MSO Cogeco Cable has sold its struggling Portugal unit Cabovisão to European media and telecoms investment group Altice for €45 million Altice holds stakes in Numericable, Est Videocom, Coditel and Completel companies in France, Belgium and other parts of Europe. The sale was long expected after Cogeco Cable wrote off its entire investment […]
UK Broadband, holder of 4G spectrum, has switched on its first LTE system in London, using TD-LTE technology from Huawei. UK Broadband claims that this is the first TD-LTE 3.5GHz deployment in the world and the first commercial 4G deployment in the UK. It will operate a wholesale model, working with partners to offer commercial […]
SES has renamed its satellite Internet subsidiary ASTRA Broadband Services as SES Broadband Services, with its satellite Internet service ASTRA2Connect similarly renamed SES Broadband. The new names are in line with SES’s new Corporate Identity and its consistent use for all SES companies. SES Broadband Services provides high-speed satellite broadband Internet for individuals, businesses and […]
Dutch cable television firm Ziggo plans to list on the Amsterdam stock exchange, but a date has not yet been set. Ziggo, currently owned by private equity firms, is the biggest cable television firm in Holland with some three million subscribers. It was formed between 2005 and 2007 through the merger of Casema, Multikabel and […]
Residential gateways are expected to become the new hub of the so-called digital living room when they take over from set-top boxes, with the vigorous gateway market projected to triple from 2012 to 2015, according to a report from information and analytics provider IHS. Shipments of residential gateways and thin client boxes that act as […]
Conax has confirmed an agreement with Turksat for deployment of a Conax Contego content security solution for its rapidly expanding cable TV operations. In 2008, the Ankara-based cable TV and satellite operator deployed a Conax CAS7 solution for the launch of its new DTV platform. Today, the Conax Contego solution enables secure distribution from Turksat’s 26 […]
Witbe, a developer of Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring solutions for service providers and enterprises, has announced that Telus has selected their technology to perform automated verification of new features and functionality for its Optik TV platform. Due to the growth of the Telus Optik TV service and their quality objectives, the number and complexity […]
Witbe, a developer of Quality of Experience (QoE) monitoring solutions for service providers and enterprises, has announced that Telus has selected their technology to perform automated verification of new features and functionality for its Optik TV platform. Due to the growth of the Telus Optik TV service and their quality objectives, the number and complexity […]