Arc selected by Emergent as consultant for Orient Express submarine cable system
Arc has been appointed by Emergent Telecommunications (Emergent) as the lead consultant for the Orient Express submarine cable system.
Arc, a joint venture between du and Batelco,...
Altice USA lowers capital expenditure for 2020
Altice USA said its capital expenditures will be less than $1.3 billion in 2020 as against the earlier target of $1.3-$1.4 billion.
Capex of $299 million in...
Comcast added 477,000 broadband users in first quarter
Comcast has added 477,000 broadband subscribers during the first quarter of 2020. Revenue from the broadband business rose 9.3 percent to $5 billion.
Comcast lost...
Dish taps Mavenir to build 5G network that will be live in 2023
Dish Network, which aims to build a 5G network by 2023, said it is working with software company Mavenir to build its next-generation wireless...
Comcast to buy video-on-demand service Vudu from Walmart
Fandango Media, a movie ticketing service owned by cable company Comcast, has agreed to acquire Walmart Inc’s video-on-demand service, Vudu.
The terms or value of...
India increases international termination charges
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has increased International Termination Charges (ITC) to 35-65 paisa per minute from the current 30 paisa per minute.
TRAI...
How Indian ISP OIL managed network and business during coronavirus
Yugal Kishore Sharma, CEO of ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT, has revealed how the Internet Service Provider has prepared its network and business teams to manage the...
Dish cut jobs amid re-evaluation of business
Dish Network has cut jobs and is re-evaluating its business model in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters reported.
The satellite TV provider did...
Airtel Xstream offers kids content for free to Thanks customers
Bharti Airtel said that it is offering kids content library on Airtel Xstream for free to all Airtel Thanks customers.
Airtel Xstream, a video network,...
BT hikes salary to non-managerial staff in the UK
BT announced an annual pay increase of 1.5 percent effective from 1 July 2020 to its team members (non-managerial staff) in the UK.
BT Group...
FCC, FTC name three VoIP cos that support Covid-19 robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have revealed that three voice over internet providers (VoIP) may lose access to...
Jio offers 100 minutes of calls and 100 SMS free
Reliance Jio Infocomm announced it is offering 100 minutes of calls and 100 SMS free till April 17 for all its users across the...
Telecoms remove data caps on fixed broadband in UK
Britain’s big telecoms providers have agreed to remove all data caps on fixed-line broadband services during the coronavirus crisis, the government said on Sunday.
The...
ONE GigaFiber doubles Internet speed in Mumbai
ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT (OIL), India’s fastest growing ISP, is offering double speed and unlimited GBs to ONE GigaFiber subscribers on their existing plans for an...
ITU changes dates of several telecom events
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has decided to postpone the dates for the upcoming World Information Society (WSIS) Forum, as well as the AI for...
ONE Broadband achieves 157% growth in Sept quarter
ONEOTT iNTERTAINMENT (OIL), a subsidiary of NXT Digital, part of the media vertical of Hinduja Group, has emerged as the fastest growing private wired...