Virgin Media has agreed a five-year mobile deal with Vodafone UK for the hosting of 5G and other mobile traffic on the Vodafone network.
French competition authority lifts Numericable restrictions
The Autorité de la concurrence has lifted the restrictions placed on Altice, imposed when its subsidiary Numericable acquired the mobile network SFR.
Free secures Amazon distribution deal
Free subscribers will enjoy free Amazon Prime following an agreement between the French telco and the US parcels to TV company.
Dominik Müller new CEO of Swisscom Broadcast
Swisscom Broadcast, the technical services subsidiary of Swiss telco Swisscom, has appointed Dominik Müller as its new CEO.
KPN: number of IPTV subscribers down 7k
For the first time, Dutch incumbent KPN sees the number of its IPTV customers decline with 7k, the number of broadband hones was down 24k.
Altice and RTP stage Portugal’s first 5G TV transmission
Communications firm Altice Portugal and public broadcaster RTP have carried out the country’s first television transmission over a 5G network.
EQT acquires Maltese operator Melita
Malta’s Melita has been acquired by EQT Infrastructure from Apax Partners and Fortino Capital.
EE to launch UK’s first 5G service
The first 5G service to operate in the UK will launch on May 30th in in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester.
Deutsche Telekom increases number of MagentaTV customers
German telco Deutsche Telekom acquired around 66,000 new customers for its IPTV platform MagentaTV in Q1 2019.
Wolfgang Elsäßer to head Cinetrade
Wolfgang Elsäßer, long-standing managing director of Astra Deutschland and most recently head of TV at Deutsche Telekom, will make a move to Switzerland.