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Cerillion updates BSS/OSS suite

Cerillion, a provider of composable BSS/OSS solutions to the telecoms industry, has announced the launch of Cerillion 25.1, the new release of its pre-integrated BSS/OSS suite, which introduces a powerful, next-generation Promotions Engine designed to give communications services providers (CSPs) unprecedented agility in how they create, manage and scale personalised offers. Many CSPs face challenges […]

April 29, 2025

Telia reports “encouraging” Q1

Telia, the Swedish multinational telco, has reported that Q1 revenue increased 3.5 per cent to SEK 20.03 billion (€1.83bn) and like for like, revenue increased 3.3 per cent. Service revenue increased 1.9 per cent to SEK 17.03 billion and like for like, service revenue increased 1.8 per cent. Operating income increased 36.4 per cent to […]

April 24, 2025

Tele2 Q1 boosted by Baltics

Tele2, the Sweden-based multinational telco, has published its consolidated results for the first quarter 2025. The telco reported end-user service revenue of SEK 5.4 billion (€0.49bn), up 1 per cent organically compared to Q1 2024 driven by the Baltics. Total revenue of SEK 7.2 billion remained unchanged organically compared to Q1 2024. Further Q1 highlights […]

April 23, 2025

Forecast: Telco capex to decline at 2% CAGR

According to a report from Dell’Oro Group, a source for market information about the telco, security, networks and data centre industries, telco operators scaled back wireless and wireline investments in 2024. The high-level relationship between carrier revenues, capex and telecom equipment was mostly stable, as both telecom capex and telecom equipment revenues tanked in 2024. […]

April 11, 2025

Actis-led consortium acquires Swiftnet

A consortium led by Actis, an investor in sustainable infrastructure, has completed the acquisition of a 100 per cent stake in Swiftnet, a telecom tower portfolio in South Africa. The Actis-led consortium, which includes international and local investors including the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC), a 100 per cent black-owned broad-based South African investment holding company, […]

March 28, 2025

Virgin Media O2 launches UK complex customer support

Virgin Media O2 has created a new specialist team of more than 500 multiskilled and fully converged customer care agents to support UK customers with issues across both fixed (broadband, landline and TV) and mobile services. Comprised of around 250 new hires and 280 existing care agents who have received additional training, this new team […]

March 28, 2025

Forecast: 5G to drive New Zealand mobile service revenue growth

New Zealand’s mobile services revenue is poised to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6 per cent from $1.5 billion (€1.3bn) in 2024 to $1.8 billion in 2029, driven by the nationwide network expansion by operators to support the rising demand for high-speed connectivity and data-centric services and the subsequent increasing 5G […]

March 20, 2025

Forecast: Fibre to drive Japan fixed comms market

Fixed communication services revenue in Japan is forevcast to grow marginally from $25.4 billion (€23.3bn) in 2024 to $26.6 billion in 2029, maintaining a sluggish CAGR of 0.9 per cent. The decline in fixed voice services will continue, while broadband growth remains moderate, driven by increasing fibre adoption but offset by falling cable and xDSL […]

March 7, 2025

3SS launches 3Ready Hero

3 Screen Solutions (3SS), provider of software solutions for set-top boxes (STB), smart TV, multiscreen and in-vehicle entertainment, announces 3Ready Hero, a new product that leverages AI to enable natural and helpful ‘conversational’ interactions on Android TV STBs. 3Ready Hero was born from a co-innovation initiative with a 3SS customer in 2024. It since transformed […]

March 6, 2025

Deutsche Telekom “growing across all business areas”

Deutsche Telekom has reported revenue up 3.4 per cent in 2024 to €115.8 billion. Adjusted EBITDA AL was up 6.2 per cent to €43 billion, and service revenues grew by 3.9 per cent to €96.5 billion. The German telco reports that financial targets were achieved and, in some cases, exceeded, with further growth expected. “Another […]

February 26, 2025