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Globecast launches 100G fibre network in Europe

Globecast has announced that it is expanding its European fibre backbone – part of the company’s global fibre network GCBN – to 100G from March this year to meet ever-growing bandwidth requirements. It is working in partnership with Net Insight, using its technology at POPs and customer sites to ensure maximum quality via low latency […]

February 17, 2023

Orange Spain FY revenues down

Orange Spain has reported its total revenues fell by 1.5 per cent in 2022 to €4.47 billion with its retail revenues falling 1.9 per cent to €3.13 billion. EBITDA fell by 4 per cent to €1.11 billion with CAPEX experiencing a 9.15 per cent drop to €863 million. In the fourth quarter, however, total revenues […]

February 16, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid

Orange unveils new strategic plan

Orange has presented its new strategic plan which it says “aims to generate value from the recognised excellence of its core business and to grow sustainably in Europe, Africa and the Middle East”. Orange also announced the repositioning of its Enterprise activities in next generation connectivity solutions and the acceleration in cybersecurity. Accompanying the plan […]

February 16, 2023

Euro telco majors form ad tech JV

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica and Vodafone are to form a joint venture for the implementation of a privacy-by-design digital marketing technology platform in Europe that they say could benefit consumers, advertisers and publishers alike. The creation of this new entity has been approved by the European Commission, pursuant to the European Union Merger Regulation. The […]

February 13, 2023By Colin Mann

Netgem sells French fibre business

In line with its strategy of refocusing on its core Streaming TV activity for telecom operators (B2B2C), as announced on February 1st, streaming entertainment specialist Netgem has confirmed that it has reached an agreement to sell its consumer fibre operator business in France to Nordnet, a subsidiary of the Orange group. Netgem will continue to […]

February 10, 2023By Colin Mann

THEMA announce new launches in Spain

THEMA, a Canal+ Group company, has announced multiple launches of its FAST TV-channel – Vive Kanal D Drama – in Spain. In January the channel became available on 2 platforms – Rakuten TV and Orange TV – and more deals are coming soon. At the same time with the Orange TV launch, the channel has […]

February 7, 2023

New CEOs at Orange Spain, France

The Orange group has announcesd the appointment of Jean-François Fallacher as CEO of Orange France from April 3rd. He will replace Fabienne Dulac, who after eight years at the helm, has chosen to take on new challenges within the Group. Dulac will remain on the Executive Committee and will contribute to the deployment of the […]

January 31, 2023

Orange Belgium, Telenet sign wholesale agreements

Orange Belgium and Telenet have signed two commercial fixed wholesale agreements which will provide access to each other’s fixed networks and cover both current Hybrid Fiber Coaxial and future FTTH technologies in both network areas. Orange Belgium believes these agreements will foster investment, benefit the customer and competition in the Belgian telecom market. With these […]

January 30, 2023

Hellas Sat links with Orange Romania

Hellas Sat, owned by Arabsat, and Orange Romania together with Orange Romania Communications have strengthened their strategic cooperation through a multi-year agreement in order to complete the DTH merger of Orange Romania and Orange Romania Communications TV package and offers. From the strategic orbital position of 39° East and ground facilities in Greece and Cyprus, […]

January 18, 2023By Chris Forrester

Spain: Telcos raise subscription prices

Spanish telcos Movistar, Vodafone and Orange are raising their subscription fees to mitigate declining revenues. On average, Movistar and Vodafone are increasing their monthly fees by 6.8 per cent and 6.5 per cent, respectively. Moving with the tide, Orange is also set to rise its fees between €2 and €5 a month from March. Movistar […]

January 13, 2023From David Del Valle in Madrid