Virgin Media reports database breach
Virgin Media, owned by Liberty Global, has reported a breach that allowed unauthorized access to the cable company’s database that contained personal information of...
AGR issue: Hughes faces exit over $84 mn dues
US satellite broadband provider Hughes Network Systems may have to shut its Indian operations due to unpaid levies owed to the government, which could...
Fixed broadband speed drops to 38.84 Mbps in January: Ookla
India’s performance in download speeds on fixed broadband has decreased to 38.84 Mbps in January 2020 from 40.11 Mbps in December 2019, according to...
Google to close down free Wi-Fi Station program
Google on Monday announced it is gradually winding down its free public Wi-Fi Station program currently available at over 400 railway stations in India.
Google...
Non-telecom firms take DoT to TDSAT against dues
Oil India, GAIL India, Power Grid and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals, non-telecom firms, are likely to move the Telecom Disputes Settlement and...
MTS to buy broadband operator Zelenaya Tochka
MTS has agreed to acquire 51 percent stake in Zelenaya Tochka Group, a provider of broadband and digital TV services in a number of...
Wifi Dabba to expand Internet coverage in Bangalore in 2020
Wifi Dabba, a low-cost Internet service provider, said it will deploy 100 supernodes, an innovative technology, across Bangalore in 2020.
The YCombinator backed Wifi Dabba...
Vodafone tops in complaints list in UK: Ofcom
Ofcom has published the latest report on the complaints it received about the major home phone, broadband, mobile and pay-TV operators in the UK.
The...
Capex of Comcast rose 1.8 percent to $10 bn in 2019
Comcast Corporation reported that its revenue rose 2 percent to $28.4 billion in Q4 and 15.3 percent to $109 billion in 2019.
Adjusted EBITDA increased 3 percent to $8.4 billion...
TalkTalk sells fiber network to CityFibre for $260 mn
TalkTalk has agreed to sell its fiber network, which initially built ultra-fast connections in the northern city of York, to Goldman Sachs-backed CityFibre for...
Australia: fixed broadband accounts for 88% of data download
Australians are spending less time talking on their phones and downloading more data, according to ACCC’s Communications Market Report for 2018-19.
The use of video...
Angola Cables trials Nokia’s PSE-3 chipset for optical connection
Telecom equipment maker Nokia announced that Angola Cables is trialling Nokia’s Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between...
Ofcom proposal aims to release 500 MHz spectrum for Wi-Fi
Ofcom has released a proposal to ensure the availability of 500 MHz of additional spectrum for Wi-Fi in the 6 GHz frequency band.
These airwaves...
FCC reveals rules for $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai presented rules to launch the new $20.4 billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund.
The rules, which will be voted...
Ofcom reveals 4-point plan to boost investment in fibre network
Ofcom today revealed a four-point plan to support investment in fibre networks across the United Kingdom.
The UK Government is planning to invest £5 billion...
Reliance Jio adds 0.79 mn fixed broadband users in Oct
Reliance Jio Infocomm has reached broadband subscriber base of 0.79 million in October, 2019, the latest TRAI report shows.
The latest statistics report available from...
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