The French alternative telco Neuf Cegetel has selected Ericsson and its Redback subsidiary for its next generation fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) aggregation network for both residential and business services. The vendors will […]
Belgacom upgrades IPTV net for HD
The Belgian incumbent telco Belgacom has selected Alcatel-Lucent to supply it with its fibre-to-the-node VDSL2-network. The network upgrade is scheduled to be completed in spring 2008. Belgacom’s Broadway infrastructure programme […]
RTL Germany: online video turnover is peanuts
BBWF – BERLIN. Turnover from the online video business “is peanuts”, according to Sushal Bijganath, MD of RTL Online, speaking during his keynote presentation at the Broadband World Forum. RTL […]
Tele2 strengthens Croatian presence
The alternative telco Tele2 is reported to have increased its stake in Tele2 Croatia from 51% to 93% following a recapitalisation. At the same time, the Croatian private equity fund […]
DigiTV owner opts for IPO
The Romanian MSO RCS/RDS has announced plans for an IPO in London. It will see the company dispose of 15% of its shares, with a view to raising some $500 […]
Intelsat buys into Thor
Intelsat has bought 10 transponders on Telenor’s Thor 6 satellite, which is to be launched in the second quarter of 2009. According to the satellite operator, it has acquired the […]
Tele2 sells mobile to Telekom Austria
Tele2 has announced that in addition to the sale of its Italian division to Vodaphone, it has also sold its Austrian MVNO operations to Telekom Austria for approximately SEK65 million […]
Sky ITV bid had private equity partner
BSkyB’s £940 million share grab in commercial broadcaster ITV may have originally had the backing of a private equity partner. The Guardian reports that the private equity company pulled out […]
Orion Cable takes control of Primacom
German cable operator Orion Cable has acquired a majority of the shares in Primacom. Orion now owns, directly and indirectly, 12,743,422 shares, which represents 53.86% of the total ownership. This […]
Premiere Star makes its way into cable
German DTH platform Premiere Star plans to offer its bouquet of channels to cable operators early next year. Talks with a number of Level 4 operators have now started for […]