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Kuiper 1 and 2 ready for launch

Amazon’s broadband-by-satellite Project Kuiper system is getting closer. Two prototype satellites will launch in the next few weeks. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket operator has confirmed that its next launch will carry Amazon’s KuiperSat-1 & 2 prototypes for their Project Kuiper mega-constellation. According to an insider source, reportedly the mission, known as the Project […]

September 12, 2023

Data: 4.5m pay-TV subs in Portugal

Portugal added 117,000 pay-TV subscribers in H1 2023 (+2.26 per cent) compared to the same period last year, taking the total to 4.5 million, according to data from the National Communications Authority (Anacom). Of this figure, 4 million were residential and 506,000 were business customers. The pay-TV penetration rate among Portuguese households reached 97.3 per […]

September 8, 2023From Branislav Pekic in Rome

Viaplay Select content for Vodafone Greece

Viaplay Group and Vodafone Greece have signed a multi-year partnership that brings the Viaplay Select branded content concept to the Vodafone TV service. Vodafone TV’s 180,000 subscribers in Greece can now access hundreds of hours of curated series and films in a Viaplay Select branded area. The agreement extends Viaplay Select’s footprint to 11 European […]

September 8, 2023

4iG profits boosted by Vodafone Hungary

4iG has reported that its acquisition of Vodafone Hungary, completed in the first quarter of this year, has enabled it to “achieve the necessary scale of operations in the domestic and regional telecommunications sector”, allowing it to “maximise synergies between its strategic sectors, operating as a convergent service provider from IT to telecommunications”. The Group […]

September 1, 2023

SPI International’s Dizi on Vodafone Portugal

SPI International, a Canal+ company, has announced the launch of Dizi with Vodafone Portugal. The channel will be available in the basic package. SPI International has already been providing content through channels such as FightBox, Fast&FunBox, DocuBox, FunBox UHD, and Gametoon to Vodafone subscribers. SPI International says the addition of Dizi to Vodafone’s channel reinforces its […]

August 18, 2023

Vodafone, Nokia team for converged charging system

Customers and strategic partners of Vodafone Business can more easily adopt future 5G services, such as dedicated network slices to support critical applications and emergency services, thanks to a new cloud-based converged charging system developed by Vodafone and Nokia. Nokia’s Converged Charging (NCC) software is a secure and automated platform that unlocks new commercial models […]

August 2, 2023

Voda up but big losses in TV subs

Vodafone TV Germany dropped 120,000 subs it reveals in Q1 results. Vodafone said that its consumer converged customer base in Germany remained broadly stable at 2.3 million. TV subs now stand at 12.64 million, down from 12.76 million last quarter. Vodafone stands to lose even more TV subs as rules that prevent housing associations from […]

July 24, 2023

Vodafone sees record data used at Wimbledon

Vodafone data usage figures that show 770GB of data was uploaded and 3,980GB downloaded during the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Singles Finals at Wimbledon 2023. Some 15,000 tennis fans packed out Centre Court for the Finals on July 15th and 16th to watch Marketa Vondroušová walk away with the ladies’ singles trophy after beating Ons Jabeur […]

July 20, 2023

Vodafone 5G boost for visually impaired tennis fans

UK multiplay telco Vodafone is trialling new 5G-powered GiveVision headsets on Centre Court and No. 1 Court at Wimbledon which it claims let visually impaired fans watch live tennis like never before, marking the first time this 5G technology has ever been used in tennis. Live footage is streamed from local TV cameras over Vodafone […]

July 6, 2023By Colin Mann

Vodafone: Data demand up 99% at Glastonbury

Vodafone, Glastonbury’s Official Connectivity Partner, has revealed that 169 terabytes of data was consumed by data-hungry Festival-goers – the most Vodafone data ever used at Glastonbury Festival and 99 per cent more than 2022. Data stats show that 450 gigabytes of data was uploaded during Elton John’s headline performance on June 26th. 20 terabytes of […]

June 30, 2023By Nik Roseveare