The former boss of France Télécom and two former executives have been jailed over a restructuring policy linked to suicides among employees in the 2000s. Didier Lombard was jailed for a year, as were Louis-Pierre Wenès and Olivier Barberot, although eight months were suspended. The company, now Orange, was fined €75,000. The court examined 39 […]
Spain’s fourth largest telco, MásMóvil, has achieved 100,000 customers through Yoigo to its TV service Agile TV. The reshuffle of its TV offer with the integration of OTT platforms like Netflix, Rakuten and Amazon Prime Video is bearing fruit, although far from the big numbers achieved by Movistar with 4.1 million TV customers, Vodafone with […]
BT has reached an agreement for the sale of its Spanish managed ICT services business including its domestic network infrastructure to funds managed by Portobello Capital. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete in the first half of 2020. The sale is part of BT’s ongoing transformation of its Global […]
Basque-Country-based telco operator Euskaltel, owned by UK’s Zegona, has signed an agreement with Orange Spain to use its mobile and FTTH networks to cover the whole territory. With this move Euskaltel takes a major step in its national expansion since it will enable the telco to offer its convergent services across Spain, covering Orange’s 14 […]
Australia’s Seven Network has revealed plans to team up with multiplay telco Optus to develop a channel featuring Seven’s coverage of Tokyo 2020 in 4K Ultra HD, which will be exclusively available to Optus 5G Home customers via IPTV service Fetch. The intention is for Seven’s coverage of the Olympics to be available in 4K […]
Blackrock, the US investment fund, is fully breaking into the Spanish telco market with share acquisitions of over 5.2 per cent in MásMóvil, the fourth largest operator, and 5.3 per cent in Movistar. Blackrock has made several moves this week to gain strength in MásMóvil with a massive purchase of shares – the latest amounting […]
Spain’s largest broadcasting agency, Cellnex Telecom, has reached an agreement with Orange to acquire its 1,500 telecommunication sites for €260 million. The move sees Cellnex strengthens its position in Spain given that the towers and antennas are located in urban, suburban and rural areas across the country. Cellnex and Orange Spain have also signed an […]
The bill for Vodafone’s acquisition of ONO continues to increase following the Spanish Courts decision obliging Vodafone to pay huge bonuses to ONO’s former executives. The Courts have ruled that Vodafone must pay up to €55 million to the former directive board of ONO in compensation for the executives bonuses that the company refused to […]
Starting immediately, Vodafone Together customers will receive Apple TV 4K with unlimited broadband and unlimited data. Customers can enjoy unlimited streaming both in and out of the home with superfast broadband, unlimited mobile data and Apple TV 4K in one package. Customers receiving an Apple TV 4K will also enjoy a limited time offer of […]
Thailand’s Thaicom has confirmed it is to free up its C-band spectrum (3400-3700 MHz range) and to allow the bandwidth to be auctioned for use by the country’s 5G networks. The nation is also to welcome foreign satellite operators to manage and operate Thaicom’s existing satellites and broadcast frequencies. A presentation last week organised by […]