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Ovum: Telcos must compete less and collaborate more

Innovation is critical to telco survival, finds Ovum. Yet many operators miss the big picture, exaggerate the threat from OTT players, and misunderstand the broader benefits of innovation. New research from the analyst firm examined more than 3,500 new service launches since 2009, finding that telcos must compete less and collaborate more. When comparing telcos’ […]

July 9, 2013

London media and comms sector worth £125bn a year

A report from Deloitte reveals that the London technology, media and telecoms (TMT) sector generates an overall economic contribution of £125 billion (€147bn) a year to London and the rest of the UK. This accounts for 8 per cent of UK GDP. To ensure London remains a global TMT hub, the government and financial services […]

July 8, 2013

India allows 100% FDI in telcos

India has changed its rules regarding the percentage of foreign ownership allowed in its giant telcos. At present local ownership must limits foreign ownership to 74 per cent. Once ratified the new rules permit 100 per cent, however a non-Indian company will be limited to a 49 per cent stake. The balance no longer need […]

July 5, 2013By Chris Forrester

Vodafone Italia, Mediaset TV Everywhere

Italian pay-TV provider Mediaset Premium has teamed up with MSO Vodafone Italia to launch a joint TV Everywhere solution. Premium Everywhere costs from €39.90 per month and offers a selection of TV content and Italian league football from Mediaset Premium, which can be received on the TV set at home or on tablets, thanks to […]

July 3, 2013From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Watson: ‘BT Sport around for the long term’

Marc Watson, CEO of BT TV, has said the telco will “stick around for the long term” with its sports channels and declared that the company had “deep pockets” to enable it to compete for premium sports rights. He said that BT wanted BT Sport to grow its whole consumer business in the UK, and […]

June 28, 2013By Colin Mann

Sky Sports blackout for 15,000 on BT Vision

Thousands of BT Vision pay-TV customers face losing access to Sky Sports from this weekend, as BT prepares to launch its own sports services ahead of the new Premier League football season. BT is to make its two new BT Sport channels available to BT Vision customers on DTT. In doing so, the channels it […]

June 27, 2013

LatAm operators turn to multiplay bundles

As the rate of economic growth accelerates and household incomes rise in Latin America, operators are expected to expand their multiplay and bundled offerings and increase efforts to upsell current customers to multi-service packages, according to a report from Pyramid Research. “Pyramid Research expects that by 2017, the number of multiplay households in Latin America […]

June 26, 2013

Belgacom selects Technicolor platform

Technicolor has been selected to supply Belgacom, the leading telco in Belgium, for its next generation “BBOX3” to roll-out smart home services over its ultra-broadband network. Belgacom is deploying the MediaAccess “XTREAM” platform, Technicolor’s latest ultra-broadband gateway, that supports the innovative Vectoring technology to offer its consumers an even higher Internet speed in the future. […]

June 20, 2013

TeliaSonera appoints Dennelind as CEO

Nordic telco TeliaSonera has picked Johan Dennelind, the current chief executive of Vodacom International, as its new CEO. Telia, 37 per cent owned by the Swedish government and Europe’s sixth biggest operator by market value, has been headed by its CFO since former CEO Lars Nyberg resigned in February. His move followed an internal probe […]

June 17, 2013

BSkyB plans BT price war

BSkyB is hitting back following BT’s announcement that it would provide free access to its valuable sports channels to anyone subscribing to its BT Broadband offering. The market expects BSkyB to make significant price cuts to its own Broadband pricing structure with some sources stating that the cuts will be a “market-changer” as far as […]

June 10, 2013By Chris Forrester