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Sky Business launches Cloud Voice

Sky Business, Sky’s B2B division, has announced the launch of its Cloud Voice solution. Designed to meet the needs of businesses with advanced voice needs, Sky Business Cloud Voice offers a flexible and future-ready cloud communication solution that enables teams to work from anywhere, with business calling on the go, video conferencing and messaging tools […]

March 13, 2025

AST, Vodafone European D2D JV

AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone used the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, as well as AST’s financial results, to outline how they will expand their satellite-based direct-to-device connections to Europe, and the rest of AST’s key target markets. The move will be a direct challenge to Elon Musk’s Starlink broadband system. AST’s financial statement outlined how […]

March 4, 2025By Chris Forrester

Eutelsat stock up 50% on EU reports

The financial news for Eutelsat has been depressing for some time. But March 3rd saw its share price rocket ahead by almost 50 per cent on news that diplomatic problems between President Trump and Ukraine could mean the EU backing Eutelsat’s OneWeb division as a powerful alternate to Elon Musk’s Starlink for satellite services to […]

March 4, 2025

Forecast: Multiplay service revenue in China to maintain steady CAGR

Multiplay service revenue in China is predicted to grow at a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.2 per cent from $179.8 billion (€172.9bn) in 2024 to $190.4 billion in 2029. This growth is driven by increasing adoption of tripleplay and quadplay service bundles. As more households subscribe to multiplay services, operators, particularly China […]

February 28, 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

Vodafone España Q3 revenue up 1.1%

Vodafone España has reported revenues of €913 million in its third fiscal quarter of 2024 (September to December), up 1.1 per cent on the same quarter in 2023. EBITDA amounted to €320 million, up 0.6 per cent against the previous quarter, with total debt standing at €3.8 billion. In terms of customers Vodafone España ended […]

February 24, 2025From David Del Valle in Madrid

Liberty Global bounces back

Liberty Global has reported that it “achieved all full-year guidance targets” at Telenet and Virgin Media O2 in the quarter ended December 31st 2024, while VodafoneZiggo “delivered stable revenue and met all other metrics”. The company reported consolidated earnings from continuing operations of $2.33 billion (€2.23bn) for Q4, reversing a loss of $3.36 billion in […]

February 19, 2025

Report: Skyscrapers testing the limits of telco, connectivity systems

Skyscrapers test the limits of telecommunications and connectivity systems. These structures highlight both the obstacles and innovations required for seamless connectivity in high-rise environments. This Ookla report, using data from Cell Analytics, benchmarks the 5G indoor coverage experience in nine of the world’s most iconic buildings by analysing the average Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) […]

February 17, 2025

Orange hails ‘Lead the Future’ strategy

Orange has reported 2024 revenues of €40.26 billion, up 1.2 per cent year on year thanks to growth in retail services (+2.7 per cent or €794 million) and a smaller decline in wholesale services (-5.2 per cent or -€325 million euros) mainly related to higher unbundling and civil engineering rates in France in the first […]

February 13, 2025

United Group to sell SBB Serbia to e& PPF Telecom

United Group, the Southeastern European telco majority-owned by BC Partners, has reached an agreement to sell SBB doo Belgrade, a pay-TV, broadband and fixed telephone services provider in Serbia, to e& PPF Telecom. United Group has also agreed to sell Eon TV International (the holding company of the NetTV Plus business) and its sports broadcasting […]

February 12, 2025