Sky has begun a major challenge to BT and Virgin with the launch of a dedicated mobile offer.
Markus Haas new CEO of Telefónica Deutschland
Markus Haas will become the new CEO of Telefónica Deutschland on January 1, 2017.
Sky reveals ‘flexible’ mobile service
Sky Mobile will launch in mid-December with the promise that customers will be able to bank their unused data to be redeemed at any point up to three years.
Ofcom acts to stem BT Openreach
Ofcom has announced it will formally separate BT Openreach from the rest of the telco after BT failed to address the regulator’s competition concerns.
Enders: Altice has damaged SFR
Enders Analysis has accused Altice of running a ‘slash-and-burn’ leveraged buyout in its treatment of French telco SFR.
UK promises £1bn for broadband upgrade.
The UK government is to invest an additional £1 billion in speeding up the country’s broadband.
Telefónica Deutschland CEO Thorsten Dirks to step down
Thorsten Dirks, CEO of Telefónica Deutschland, has decided to leave the company ahead of the expiration of his contract.
EWE launches IPTV with Zattoo and ABOX42
German regional telco EWE rolls out an IPTV platform for the TV set in the living room one month after its launch of mobile TV apps for smartphones and tablets.
Warburg Pincus enters Inexio, René Obermann heads board
Private equity company Warburg Pincus has acquired a majority stake in German fibre-optic network operator Inexio; the deal has now been finalised.
Deutsche Telekom wins 41,000 IPTV customers
German telco Deutsche Telekom has grown the customer figure of its IPTV platform Entertain TV by 1.5% to 2.82 million in Q3 2016.