Australian telco Telstra has unveiled the first stage of its anticipated Foxtel on T-Box service. From Sunday 26th June, T-Box customers will have access to up to 30 Foxtel channels and a selection of catch-up TV channels including FOX8, Discovery and Movie One. The basic starter service, with 11 channels, will cost A$19.50 (€14.43) per […]

Ericsson, the specialist in telecommunications technology and service, has reached an agreement with Providence Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus to acquire 100 per cent of the shares of Telcordia, a global expert in the development of mobile, broadband and enterprise communications software and services, for $1.15 billion. Closing anticipated to Q4 2011 with full effect […]

Telecom New Zealand and Sky, the country’s leading pay-TV operator, have struck a new commercial agreement that will enable Telecom to sell all of Sky’s television services to its customers alongside their home line, mobile and broadband products. Alan Gourdie, Chief Executive of Telecom Retail, said the new agreement with Sky would further strengthen the […]

Bouygues Telecom today announced that its next-generation Bbox will incorporate a concurrent dual band video-grade Wi-Fi module from Celeno. The Celeno module is powered by its OptimizAIR technology which improves connectivity speed and robustness to set top boxes, tablets, iPads and portable displays to enable Bbox subscribers to consume broadcast video, VoD and DVR content […]

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its Cable, Satellite, and IPTV Video Services and Subscribers report, which tracks the telco IPTV, cable video, and satellite video markets. “We’re seeing continued growth in the pay-TV market, driven by providers‚ ability to offer voice/video/data service bundles, a broad range of linear and on-demand content, […]

Bundled services provision has become one of the most successful ways to prevent customers from churning in telecoms world in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). One of their main components is often IPTV. Although the IPTV market is in the early stage of development, changes in media consumption are likely to ensure the market stable […]

Deficom Telecom a consortium of investment companies, allied with the UK’s private-equity house Apax, have entered into negotiations to acquire Numericable networks in Belgium and Luxembourg. The cable operator has doubled its revenues and increased its operating income fivefold since 2003 thanks to the success of triple-play services. It is the main player in the […]

French entertainment and telecoms company Vivendi has reported a solid start to the year with huge sales of Call of Duty: Black Ops and World of Warcraft boosting earnings in its games division by almost a third, more than countering a plunge of 35 per cent at Universal Music Group. Overall Vivendi, which also owns […]

BT reported a 71 per cent rise in profits after more than £1 billion (€1.146bn) of cost savings helped it overcome a four per cent drop in revenues. The bigger-than-expected improvement in full-year profits to £1.7 billion was helped by continued success in broadband. BT said 252,000 customers were added by companies using BT’s network, […]