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Only Vodafone adds pay-TV subs in Spain

Vodafone Spain has set a new a record in pay-TV subscriptions in Spain following the 100,000 gains to June 30th, now totalling 1,421,000. It has become the only platform in the country to gain pay-TV subscribers in the first half of the year. Movistar Plus lost 19,500, down to 4,054,000 and Orange shed 46,000 TV […]

August 6, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

5G advances in Spain

Orange will start its 5G launch in September in five Spanish cities – Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla and Malaga – becoming the second Spanish telco after Vodafone to provide such services, according to Expansión. The operator will initially focus on the centre of those cities, offering about 20 per cent coverage in the first phase. […]

August 4, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Harmonic powers Vodafone Gigabit network

Video delivery solutions specialist Harmonic has confirmed that multiplay telco Vodafone is actively rolling out its Gigabit Internet service across Germany using Harmonic’s CableOS virtualised access solution. “During the last months, Vodafone largely increased the number of Gigabit households in Germany due to the nationwide rollout of DOCSIS 3.1 technology,” advised Guido Weißbrich, director of […]

July 29, 2020

Vodafone Spain: Q1 subs up, revs down

In the first three months of its fiscal year, Vodafone Spain managed to increase the number of its subscribers, but experienced a 6.9 per cent decrease in revenues per service to €920 million and a 8.2 per cent decline in total revenues to €994.1 million. As for subscribers, Vodafone managed to capture 57,000 new TV […]

July 24, 2020From David Del Valle in Madrid

Report: Top 10 MNOs have 85% market share in cellular IoT

A report from the IoT market research firm Berg Insight says that the global number of cellular IoT subscribers increased by 40 per cent during 2019 to reach 1.56 billion. Growth was driven by strong uptake across the main markets for IoT solutions comprising China, North America and Western Europe. Due to the global Covid-19 […]

July 24, 2020

UK MNOs: ‘We need 5 years to strip out Huawei’

BT and Vodafone have told an MPs committee they want at least five years to remove Huawei from 4G and 5G nets, or there will be blackouts. The government is expected to announce new curbs on the use of the Chinese firm’s kit within the next two weeks. Huawei is urging them to take their […]

July 9, 2020

Whip Media partners with BB for real-time streaming

Whip Media Group, a company offering data-driven content value management platform powering global entertainment organisations, has announced a strategic global partnership with BB, a media intelligence and content distribution researcher. As part of the exclusive partnership, the companies will provide a real-time streaming availability for more than 4+ million television episodes and movies across 60 […]

July 8, 2020

Report: 5G worth £158bn to UK

A report commissioned by multiplay telco Vodafone UK has found that upgrading to 5G could add as much as £158 billion (€173bn) to the UK economy over the next decade, and could transform the way the public accesses vital services. Investment in 5G could lead to the creation of new jobs and business opportunities, as […]

June 30, 2020

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: Pandemic sees Brits more positive towards tech

Research from multiplay telco Vodafone and Trajectory suggests people across the UK feel more positively towards technology now than before the pandemic, with the oldest age group surveyed (aged 72+) reporting the biggest increase of almost 20 per cent. When it comes to staying in touch, younger people favoured social media; while for the oldest […]

June 18, 2020