Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that GO, Malta’s leading telecommunications provider, has selected a complete Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for its IPTV ecosystem. The deployed solution will be integrated into existing support tools and processes across the organisation to ensure delivery of high-quality video services to all ‘GO interactive tv’ subscribers. […]
Agama Technologies, the DTV quality assurance expert, has announced that GO, Malta’s leading telecommunications provider, has selected a complete Agama DTV Monitoring Solution for its IPTV ecosystem. The deployed solution will be integrated into existing support tools and processes across the organisation to ensure delivery of high-quality video services to all ‘GO interactive tv’ subscribers. […]
Two Canadian network operators, Rogers and Bell, are reported to be testing out Apple iTV in their labs. The Globe and Mail says of Apple: “They’re looking for a partner. They’re looking for someone with wireless and broadband capabilities.” The paper is also claiming that iTV will have SIri voice-recognition onboard to “help viewers make […]
TalkTalk admitted it had lost a net 60,000 customers in the third quarter but had increased the ARPU which rose from £24.70 to £25.30 as consumers switched to premium products. Broadband revenue was up by 1.6 per cent quarter to £312 million, “we are being more successful in attracting and retaining more profitable customers,” said […]
BT will have to cut the prices it charges Internet providers and others who sell on services using its lines, Ofcom says. The regulator wants the cost for use of a broadband and phone line to fall from £91.50 (€109) per year to £87.41. The cost of using a broadband line only should also drop […]
BT added 39,000 subscribers for its IPTV ‘BT Vision’ in the fourth quarter of 2011 – just a few hundred less than Sky in the same period – bringing the total to 679,000. Consumer ARPU was up 5 per cent to an annual £337 (€405) reflecting the increased take up of both broadband and BT […]
BT has held successful trials of “FTTP on demand” in St Agnes, Cornwall. This solution allows additional fibre to be run on demand to a home or business in a Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) enabled area, providing the customer with ultra-fast Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) broadband. Previously, FTTP speeds weren’t possible in FTTC […]
DirecTV has stopped selling a satellite broadband service from ViaSat’s WildBlue. Reports suggest that DirecTV is advising its subscribers to contact WildBlue themselves if they have questions or queries. An internal email to staff from DirecTV, quoted by The Morning Bridge web-site, states: “Effective immediately, you should no longer offer WildBlue Internet packages to new […]
UK consumers are achieving 22 per cent faster broadband speeds at home than they were 12 months ago, Ofcom research has revealed. In November 2011, the average actual UK residential broadband speed was 7.6Mbit/s, compared with 6.2Mbit/s in November/December 2010, and 6.8Mbit/s in May 2011. This increase was mainly as a result of consumers moving […]
Sky has revealed plans to offer fibre-based broadband from this April in addition to extending its copper-based service to 88 per cent of the UK by the end of 2013. The move into the fibre-based market will see the company offer speeds of up to 40Mbps, the same as BT currently offers (as it uses […]