The sudden departure of Virgin Media CEO Steve Burch for what was described as “family and personal reasons” are genuine “rather than the euphemism usually trotted out to cover up […]
Belgacom to sell satellite business
Belgian telecom operator Belgacom today announced it would sell its satellite business to the Indian ORG Informatics Limited. Transfer of the assets will happen this autumn. About 34 people are […]
ZDF starts nationwide infokanal DTT distribution
German public broadcaster ZDF has rolled out its current affairs and consumer interest channel ZDF.infokanal across the country. The channel is part of the ZDF mux on DTT and has […]
Burch quits Virgin Media
Virgin Media CEO Steve Burch has left the cablenet after only 18 months. A company statement said that Burch had decided to return to the United States for personal and […]
2008 deployment for KPN wireless broadband
Dutch incumbent telco KPN says it is currently trialling two wireless broadband access technologies in the rural province of Drente. KPN is evaluating a WiMax system from Samsung and an […]
Four candidates for French DTT-HD
The CSA has said that four broadcasters have submitted applications for the launch of an HD service on the terrestrial transmitter network. Three channels are planned to be free-to-air, from […]
EC approves Telenor subsidiary takeover
The European Commission approved the planned acquisition of Telenor Satellite Services by private equity group Apax Partners. The Norwegian incumbent telecom company Telenor first revealed the sale of its subsidiary […]
Green light for T-Mobile Dutch Orange deal
The European Commission has okayed the acquisition of Orange Netherlands by T-Mobile. The agreement includes Orange mobile and broadband services in the country. Orange has about 1.9 million mobile customers […]
Accedo to provide Inuk games
Inuk Networks is to add a package of games and interactive services to its Freewire IPTV platform. The company has struck a partnership with Accedo Broadband to use its Funspot […]
Cablecom outsources network upgrade
Cablecom is to outsource the expansion of its network with 62 employees from its network department transferring to Alpine Energie and Cablex. The Swiss cablenet is anticipating that one million […]