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Charter slows cord cutting

Charter Communications, the US telco and mass media company, has reported that it slowed losses of pay-TV customers in Q1. The company, led by president and CEO Chris Winfrey, shed another 167,000 residential video customers during the quarter, compared to a year-earlier decline of 392,000. Charter had 12.7 million pay TV subscribers at the end […]

April 25, 2025

Orange Q1 boosted by MEA; Europe stable

Orange has reported that Q1 2025 revenues reached €9.9 billion, up 0.6 per cent year on year (+€62 million) attributed to growth in retail services (+2.4 per cent or +€181 million) and a smaller decline in wholesale services (-3.1 per cent or -€44 million). Equipment sales were 5.7 per cent lower (-€38 million) and other […]

April 24, 2025

Rakuten makes historic satellite video call

AST SpaceMobile (AST) activated one of its first BlueBird satellites over Japan in order to make a video call with staff from cellular telco Rakuten, its partner operator in Japan. Abel Avellan, CEO at AST, commented: “Another historic first! We completed our initial activation of our first BlueBird satellites in Japan with Rakuten Mobile to […]

April 24, 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

Data: Consumer media usage grew 2.4% in 2024

Global consumer media usage, including digital and traditional media channels, increased 2.4 per cent in 2024 to an average of 57.2 hours per week, following a sharp deceleration in time spent with media growth in 2023, according to a market intelligence report from media econometrics specialist PQ Media. Growth in consumer media usage, including all […]

April 17, 2025

Vodafone, Vantage Towers in Germany antitrust probe

German antitrust body the Bundeskartellamt has sent Vodafone Group, Vodafone GmbH and Vantage Towers AG its preliminary legal assessment relating to the shortcomings in providing antenna sites to 1&1. Previously in 2021, Vodafone’s group company Vantage Towers had contractually agreed to provide the sites. However, massive delays have occurred since then. Vodafone and Vantage Towers […]

April 15, 2025By Colin Mann

Forecast: India multiplay revenue to grow at 4.2% CAGR to 2029

Multiplay service revenue in India is predicted to grow at a steady compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2 per cent from $2.4 billion (€2.1bn) in 2024 to $3 billion in 2029, in line with the continued growth in the number of multiplay households, forecasts GlobalData, the data and analytics company. The ongoing fibre-optic network […]

April 11, 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

Vodafone hits 200m IoT connections

Vodafone reports that it has connected its 200 millionth Internet of Things (IoT) device, part of a secure worldwide network of smart devices and machines that monitor people’s health, protect endangered animals, thwart vehicle thefts and detect fires, floods and earthquakes. The device that achieved this milestone is a healthcare monitor connected by Vodafone to […]

April 8, 2025