Fibre / Fiber (FTTN, FTTC, FTTB, FTTH, FTTK, FTTP) News

Linzor Capital Partners to acquire WIN in Peru
Aug 21, 2024 – Linzor Capital Partners and Grupo ON have signed an agreement for the acquisition by Linzor of 100% of Wi-Net Telecom, a residential fixed services provider in Peru operating under the WIN brand.
News categories: Linzor, Wi-Net Telecom, Matías Gutiérrez, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, MandA, Peru

Liberty LA and Millicom to combine operations in Costa Rica
Aug 1, 2024 – Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ: LILA; LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB) and Millicom (NASDAQ U.S.: TIGO, Nasdaq Stockholm: TIGO_SDB) have agreed to combine their respective operations in Costa Rica.
News categories: Liberty Latin America, Millicom, Balan Nair, Mauricio Ramos, Costa Rica, Digital TV, Fibre, MandA

Pay TV subscribers in Portugal up 88,000 YoY at end Q1 2024
Jul 5, 2024 – According to ANACOM, at the end of Q1 2024 there were 4.6 million pay TV subscribers in Portugal, up 88,000 on the same quarter of 2023 - the lowest YoY growth (+2.0%) since the end of 2013.
News categories: ANACOM, Cable TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Market Research, Portugal, Satellite

Multiplay service revenue in India to grow at 4.5% CAGR
May 23, 2024 – Multiplay service revenue in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% between 2023 and 2028 on the back of improving fixed network infrastructure in the country, according to GlobalData.
News categories: GlobalData, Pradeepthi Kantipudi, Broadband, Digital TV, Fibre, India, Market Research, Mobile, Streaming

Westconnect upgrades TV platform with Zattoo
May 15, 2024 – Westconnect is to enhance its TV platform E.ON TV using Zattoo’s white-label TV-as-a-Service solution. The operator provides fibre to over a million premises across three German federal states.
News categories: Zattoo, Westconnect, Jörg Meyer, Carsten Lagemann, Digital TV, Fibre, Germany, IPTV, Set Top Box

Nokia and Vodafone trial L4S over end-to-end PON network
Apr 3, 2024 – Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test L4S technology over passive optical networks. L4S consistently achieves near-zero packet queuing delay, no matter how much load the network experiences.
News categories: Nokia, Vodafone, Azimeh Sefidcon, Gavin Young, Content Distribution, Digital TV, Fibre, UK, Worldwide

TalkTalk rolls out TV Hub to fibre broadband customers
Dec 14, 2023 – TalkTalk's fibre broadband customers are now able to get the TalkTalk TV Hub. The TV box launched earlier this year as a limited release for Full Fibre customers and is now being rolled out more widely.
News categories: TalkTalk, Matthew Poole, Android TV, Digital TV, Fibre, IPTV, Set Top Box, UK

Link Net fixed broadband business to move to XL Axiata
Dec 6, 2023 – XL Axiata and Link Net have announced that they intend to transfer Link Net's fixed broadband business in Indonesia, including its 750,000 customers, to XL Axiata.
News categories: Axiata, Link Net, XL Axiata, Vivek Sood, Kanishka Wickrama, Dian Siswarini, Broadband, Fibre, Indonesia, MandA

EE announces shift to platform services
Oct 18, 2023 – EE has unveiled the first of a new suite of products and services, including a new set-top-box range and the availability of the EE TV service, with live channels, on Apple TV 4K.
News categories: EE, Marc Allera, Digital TV, Fibre, Gaming, IPTV, Mobile, Set Top Box, UK