Новости за 18.12.2020

(Telecompaper) New research from Ofcom shows that 4.7 million (19%) UK homes have struggled to pay their telecoms bills in 2020 - with around 6 percent struggling...

(Telecompaper) Telefonica has announced a contract with Guadalajara city council to install a display centre for the management of urban services...

(Telecompaper) UAE-based Strata, a manufacturer of composite plane parts, is seeking new space work packages in the UAE and abroad to produce satellite parts, to...

(Telecompaper) BBC Studios has announced plans to launch a new ad-free subscription streaming channel in the US and Canada in early-2021.

(Telecompaper) Russian VoIP operator and cloud service provider Mango Telecom has introduced a new option for customers using its cloud PBX service Mango Office...

(Telecompaper) Telekom Deutschland, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, said it has completed the nationwide upgrade of its cable network to the Docsis 3.1 standard...

(Telecompaper) Freesat, UK free-to-air satellite TV service, has announced the launch of the Amazon Prime Video app on its platform.

(Telecompaper) Spanish MVNO Lemonvil has relaunched its offer under the new brand name Lemmon, promising a range of mobile, fibre only and convergent plans using the Orange network, reports Movilonia...

(Telecompaper) UK rural broadband provider Voneus is upgrading its FWA broadband network in the Bedfordshire village with a new FTTP network.

(Telecompaper) Belgian operator Telenet said its internet traffic has grown this year to a level not expected until 2022. On 15 December, the company handled a new peak of 3.0 Tbps for its 1.8 million customers...

(Telecompaper) Technicolor Connected Home and RealVNC have partnered to provide network service providers with remote support for Android TV CPE customers.

(Telecompaper) Gigabit-capable broadband is now available to 7.9 million, or 1 in 4 (27%), UK homes, according to Ofcom's latest annual Connected Nations report...

(Telecompaper) Microsoft confirmed that it found malicious software in its systems following a wide-ranging hacking campaign targeting several US government agencies...

(Telecompaper) MediaMarkt announced it's a new business partner of telecom operator KPN. As a member of the KPN Partner Network, the retailer's business consultants...

(Telecompaper) Huawei is positioning itself to get more business in Ethiopia as the economy opens up its telecommunications sector, Bloomberg reported.  Loise...

(Telecompaper) F5 Networks has hired Haiyan Song as its new EVP for security, starting from 4 January...

(Telecompaper) RTL Netherlands has acquired the rights to show the Uefa Champions League for the next three years. The football matches will be shown on the channel...

(Telecompaper) Swedish communications regulator PTS has set a new date of 19 January 2021 for the start of the auction of 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz frequencies for 5G mobile services. The regulator won an appeal against an injunction granted by Stockholm Administrative Court to Huawei, after the manufacturer objected to the auction conditions prohibiting it from supplying 5G equipment. The appeals court has ruled that the conditions remain valid, pending full consideration by the administrative court.

(Telecompaper) The Premier League and BeIN Media Group announced a major new rights deal that will see BeIN Sports as the Premier League's official broadcast...

(Telecompaper) The government of Wallonia announced a new agreement to suspend the so-called pylon tax in exchange for new investments by telecom operators in improving connectivity in the Belgian region...

(Telecompaper) Italian energy giant Enel said its board has given the go ahead to sell up to 50 percent of wholesale operator Open Fiber to Australian fund Macquarie, potentially paving the way to a nationwide fibre-optic network open equally to all market players. In a statement, Enel said its CEO had been given a mandate to sell between 40 percent and 50 percent of Open Fiber to Macquarie by June. The Australian fund has agreed to pay EUR 2.65 billion for Enel's full 50 percent stake, including... Читать дальше...

(Telecompaper) Italian energy giant Enel said its board has given the go ahead to sell up to 50 percent of wholesale operator Open Fiber to Australian fund Macquarie, potentially paving the way to a nationwide fibre-optic network open equally to all market players. In a statement, Enel said its CEO had been given a mandate to sell between 40 percent and 50 percent of Open Fiber to Macquarie by June. The Australian fund has agreed to pay EUR 2.65 billion for Enel's full 50 percent stake, including... Читать дальше...

(Telecompaper) Google is facing a third major antitrust suit in the US, started by 38 states led by the Colorado attorney general. Similar to the case filed by the federal Department of Justice in October, the states allege Google illegally maintains its monopoly in the search market through anti-competitive practices, harming both consumers and advertisers. The suit adds the additional charge of 'search bias', accusing Google of favouring its own services in search results.

(Telecompaper) Amazon said it completed testing its prototype antenna for its Kuiper customer terminal, a critical part of its Kuiper System which will deliver...

(Telecompaper) The SES HD Plus service has launched in Ghana to enable viewers to be able to enjoy up to twelve of the country's most popular TV channels...