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Broadband Forum: Pandemic highlights digital divide

Robin Mersh, CEO of open standards development organisation Broadband Forum, has congratulated the broadband industry on its response to Covid-19 and how it has risen to the challenge of the unprecedented spike in traffic it brought – but warned the pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for work to continue on automation and bridging the […]

June 23, 2020

Research: Tech issues slowing online video take-up 

From Shakespearean performances to pub drinks with friends, it seems any activity can be made virtual now, yet streaming issues may be causing us to shy away from these resources. This is according to research on How Video is Changing the World from content delivery provider Limelight Networks. Globally, 14 per cent of adults are […]

June 23, 2020

Brazil’s Oi to subdivide units

Brazilian telco giant Oi is to spin off and sell four of its businesses from its core operation. Oi, formerly known as Telemar, is in the local equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and the spin-offs will happen prior to the sale of its broadband fibre unit. Oi is Brazil’s largest fixed-line operator. The new […]

June 19, 2020By Chris Forrester

Data: Lockdown’s leap in broadband traffic

UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has published new network data which reveals the dramatic impact of the coronavirus lockdown on how customers using their broadband services. The network insights reveal how a ‘new normal’ has been established over the emergency period, during which Virgin Media customers have been using significantly more data. Since lockdown started, […]

June 18, 2020

Spain: Vodafone, MásMóvil top services complaints

Vodafone and MásMóvil were the telcos attracting the greatest number of complaints in bundled services during 2019, according to the Informe de Atención al Usuario de Telecomunicaciones report from Spain’s Telecommunications Ministry. Vodafone accounted for 11.25 complaints per 10,000 subscribers, with MásMóvil, in second position, 10.80 per 10,000. Ranked 3rd, 4th and fifth were Jazztel, […]

June 18, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

France: Fibre drives record telecoms investment

France’s telecoms regulator Arcep’s annual status report on the French telecoms market shows that in 2019, operators in France invested €500 million more than in 2018, for an overall total (excluding spending on frequencies) of €10.4 billion. Investments in nominal terms have increased by close to 50 per cent in five years. For the third […]

June 17, 2020

Free BT broadband for in-need families

BT is partnering with the UK government’s Department for Education (DfE) to help the most in-need children in England with online learning. BT will provide in-need families with six months free access to the UK’s largest Wi-fi network, which extends to 5.5 million Wi-fi hotspots around the country. Access will be provided via a BT […]

June 16, 2020

Orange Slovensko adopts Appear TV’s X Platform

Appear TV, a provider of next-generation video processing platforms for broadcast and streaming, has announced that Orange Slovensko, the Slovakian telco, has adopted the X Platform to increase network capacity and functionality, to the benefit of their customers. Partnering with Sunteq for local integration and delivery, Orange sought to improve their multicast interconnection with enhanced […]

June 16, 2020

Starlink satellite service “this summer”

After a day’s delay, a SpaceX rocket placed the ninth batch of Starlink satellites into orbit at 5.21am, Florida time, on June 13th. The normal Starlink manifest is 60 satellites per launch, but on this flight there was also a cargo of three ‘piggyback’ satellites for San Francisco-based Planet Labs and its SkySat Earth observation […]

June 15, 2020By Chris Forrester

Forecast: 20 connected devices per US home by 2025

Parks Associates research finds US broadband households have an average of 12 connected devices, which will increase to 20 by 2025, creating opportunities for service providers and manufacturers to deploy new value-added services to support the home network and all its devices. “The number of connected devices in the home is increasing just as people […]

June 15, 2020