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  • The European cable industry grew by 4 percent in 2016 to EUR 23.5 billion, according to the latest findings from the European Broadband Cable Yearbook from IHS Markit and Cable Europe, the European cable trade association, according Telecompaper. A total of 65.1 million homes in Europe used cable services, equal to 30.5 percent of all TV households at the...
    06 Decembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • The number of pay-TV subscribers in Romania was up 2.5 percent year-on-year to 7.3 million subscribers in H1, according to data from telecommunications authority Ancom. Most of these, 4.9 million, are cable subscribers, and there were 2.4 million on satellite (DTH) subscribers, and 106,000 using IPTV, according Telecompaper. A large majority of the urban...
    04 Decembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • The number of 5G subscriptions worldwide is set to reach the 1 billion mark in 2023, by which time the technology will cover more than 20 percent of the world's population, according to the latest of Ericsson’s semi-annual mobility reports, according Telecompaper. The first commercial networks based on 5G New Radio (NR) are expected to go live in dense...
    29 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • Telefonica has teamed up with California-based startup Netsia to successfully demonstrate Radio Access Network (RAN) slicing as part of the operator’s cloud-based Unica virtualisation project, according Telecompaper. The test saw Netsia’s ProgRAN platform integrated into Telefonica’s Global Network Labs in Madrid to create a private LTE network with the...
    28 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • Orange Romania and Vodafone Romania started taking pre-orders for Huawei Mate 10 Pro, according Telecompaper. The smartphone will be delivered starting from 4 December. Without a contractual obligation, the smartphone costs EUR 799 at Orange and EUR 774 at Vodafone. The phone is also offered with subscriptions.     Orange recommends an Orange Me 43...
    27 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • Jeroen Hoencamp, CEO of VodafoneZiggo, had called for a nation digitalisation summit, less regulation and the complete release of the 3.5 GHz band for 5G networks in the Netherlands, according Telecompaper. At a debate organised by VodafoneZiggo with politicians and industry leaders, the CEO said the country may be a leader in connectivity, but the...
    24 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • Deutsche Telekom announced an international partnership with Netflix to bring the SVOD service to more of its customers across Europe. The company said all its international subsidiaries will benefit from the agreement to bring Netflix to all customers' screens, according Telecompaper. Deutsche Telekom started in October offering Netflix in Germany on the...
    22 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • The volume of A2P (Application to Person) messaging is expected to increase by 20% over the next 5 years to more than 2.7 trillion by 2022, up from 2.1 trillion this year - a new report from Juniper Research has found. The new report, A2P Messaging: Opportunities, Competition & Forecasts 2017-2022, claimed that this growth would be driven by an...
    21 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • Germany's Federal Network Agency, its national telecommunications regulator, has banned the sale of smartwatches for children with monitoring functions and said they should be considered as "unauthorised transmitters", given that parents can use these watches to surveil and eavesdrop on their children's surroundings, according Telecompaper. The president...
    21 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare
  • Apple has delayed the launch of its new HomePod smart speaker until early 2018. When first announced in June, the speaker was expected to launch in December 2017, in time for holiday sales, according Telecompaper. The company did not give a reason for the delayed launch, but comfirmed to several media outlets that no sales are planned before year-end....
    20 Noiembrie 2017/ Continuare

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