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Netflix availability hits physical video spend

Findings from IHS looking at consumer spend on movies and TV suggest a clear correlation between the launch of Netflix and a decline in video spending. The IHS Technology report – Did Netflix Kill the Physical Video Market? – notes that before Netflix launched its streaming service in the US in 2007, spending on buying […]

February 25, 2016

Smartwatch shipments overtake Swiss Watch

According to research from Strategy Analytics, global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units in Q4 2015, compared with 7.9 million Swiss Watch shipments. It is the first time ever that smartwatches have outshipped Swiss watches on a global basis. Cliff Raskind, Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “We estimate global smartwatch shipments reached 8.1 million units […]

February 24, 2016

SES supports 5G deployment in Europe

SES announced during the GSMA Mobile World Congress that it is fully committed to the swift deployment of the 5th generation mobile networks called “5G”. As a founding member of the 5G-PPP (Public Private Partnership), SES actively took part in the 5G PPP whitepaper entitled “5G Empowering Vertical Industries”. The whitepaper presents 5G networks as […]

February 23, 2016

Nokia establishes Telecom Infra Project

Nokia has established the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) together with Facebook, Intel, Deutsche Telekom, EE, Globe, SK Telecom and other operators, equipment providers, systems integrators and technology companies from around the world. The overall target of TIP is to accelerate sustainable global growth of high quality, scalable and affordable telecommunications infrastructure by driving innovation in […]

February 22, 2016

70% US broadband homes like Wi-Fi mobile service

Parks Associates has released research at Mobile World Congress showing that almost 70 per cent of US broadband households express interest in Wi-Fi-based mobile service plans if such plans can save them money. Among those having no interest, 38 per cent

February 22, 2016

Rohde & Schwarz supports 5G with innovative test setups for the mobile network of the future

The services and applications that 5G will provide as well as the technologies will that make them possible have not yet been defined. However, even today, it is clear that it will be necessary to transmit extremely broadband signals up into the millimeter‑wave range. Rohde & Schwarz supports the many research activities to make this spectrum usable […]

February 22, 2016

Akamai Mobile Performance Analytics help MNOs measure subscriber experience

Akamai Technologies, a global player in content delivery network (CDN) services, has announced availability of the Company’s Mobile Performance Analytics. The technology takes advantage of real-user monitoring (RUM) to measure real website performance data, such as download time and page load time, collected from actual end-user devices. By measuring Web performance data, combined with video […]

February 22, 2016

Magine introduces German pay-TV lite

In a similar move to the autumn 2015 launch of OTT service TVPlayer Plus in the UK, cloud-based TV aggregation app and platform Magine is providing premium pay-TV channels in Germany for the first time without any requirement to purchase any other content or service. Magine TV viewers in Germany (traditionally one of the most […]

February 18, 2016By Colin Mann

Telecom Italia fibre for 84% of Italy by 2018

Telecom Italia (TIM) plans to increase NGN coverage by the end of 2018 and reach 84 per cent of the Italian population with fibre optics and 98 per cent with the LTE (4G) mobile network. According to the 2016-2018 Three-Year Strategic Plan, approved by the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia, investments in Italy will […]

February 17, 2016By Branislav Pekic in Rome

Ericsson: Streaming delays stressful for smartphone users

The Mobile World Congress edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report reveals the impact of different levels of network performance on smartphone users and their perceptions of mobile operators and digital content providers. Neuroscience technology was used to objectively measure emotional responses to varied smartphone experiences. Delays in loading web pages and videos under time pressure […]

February 17, 2016