As part of UK comms regulator Ofcom’s work to ensure Fairness for Customers, broadband shoppers must be told how fast their new service will be, before they sign a contract, under new Ofcom protections from tomorrow (March 1st). The new Code of Practice means broadband firms will always have to give customers a minimum guaranteed […]
The SES end of year ‘report card’ is in, and in general the results went down well with the market. As investment bank Jefferies’ Giles Thorne was typical and said in a note to clients that SES had a strong finish to the year. “SES outperformed 4Q/2018 expectations (+4.4 per cent ahead on revenue, +1.1 […]
Children’s video sharing app TikTok has been handed a record fine in the US for a case involving children’s data privacy. The company has been ordered to pay $5.7 million and implement new measures to handle users who say they are under 13. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the Musical.ly app, which acquired and […]
Broadband innovation, standards, and ecosystem development body Broadband Forum has released the industry’s first Wi-Fi performance test standard – Technical Report 398 Indoor Wi-Fi Performance Test Standard (TR-398) – during Mobile World Congress 2019. TR-398 is the first standard that systematically and quantitatively evaluates home Wi-Fi device performance across six dimensions: receiver sensitivity, throughput, coverage, […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, North Valley Pubs Limited (the Tenant) and Debra Tait (the Designated Premises Manager (DPM) of The Melody Bar , and Samantha MacKay (the DPM) of Stirrup Stane , both in Scotland, have each been ordered to pay £10,000 (€8,800) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky […]
The so-called YouTube/Netflix video tax, imposed upon French OTT platforms since January 1st 2018, will bring a relatively small €10 million to film and TV funding body CNC. Talking to daily Le Figaro, CNC president Frédérique Bredin said that compared to “movie theatres that will pay €140 million and TV broadcasters €290 million.” the contribution […]
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr has suggested that policy decisions it has adopted have helped the early development of 5G in the US. Delivering a speech on ‘A Modern Regulatory Approach to 5G’ during the Transatlantic Policy Dialogue at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Carr noted that although the benefits of 5G are […]
Vodafone Spain is lobbying regulator CNMC to change market rules and oblige Movistar to share its premium content at a more reasonable price. The operator has urged it to modify the criteria to calculate the football cost per customer, coinciding with the revision plan of the conditions imposed on Telefónica to guarantee free competition to […]
Samsung Electronics and Italian telco Fastweb are to conduct Italy’s first 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) trial on commercial spectrum. Companies are trialling to demonstrate how 5G FWA networks could serve as a compelling alternative to FTTH (Fibre-to-the-Home) to deliver ultra-broadband connectivity and gigabit experience to end users. Following the recently-signed agreement by the companies, […]
President Trump tweets: “I want 5G, and even 6G, technology in the United States as soon as possible…It is far more powerful, faster and smarter than the current standard. American companies must step up their efforts, or get left behind.” “There is no reason that we should be lagging behind on something that is so […]