Polish internet service provider (ISP) Multimedia Polska has announced the extension of its cable network to three more cities; Chojnow, Wolow and Nowa Ruda. The expansion adds a further 7,500 homes with access to Multimedia’s triple play offerings, including standard and high definition (HD) TV, video-on-demand (VoD) services, high speed internet access and telephony.
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Videotron delivers on 200Mbps promise
As promised in March, Videotron has launched its highest speed cable broadband package to date, offering 200Mbps/30Mbps download/upload connections under the ‘Ultimate Speed Internet 200′ banner in Quebec City. The DOCSIS 3.0-based package gives consumers monthly data transfer limits up to 200GB for downloads and up to 50GB for uploads, and costs CAD199.95 (USD197.20)
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AllTele increases 1Q turnover by 77% to USD27.8m on acquisitions
Swedish alternative telecoms operator AllTele has posted a 77% year-on-year increase in revenues to SEK199.5 million (USD27.8 million) in the three months to 31 March 2012, as its sales total was boosted by recent mergers. AllTele completed the consolidation of corporate-focused telco Ventelo Sweden in the first quarter of 2012, which contributed SEK74 million in revenues, while it also acquired the VoIP and broadband customer base of another operator, Blixtvik, in March 2011. AllTele also flagged up growth in corporate customers at another unit, mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Spinbox, which it acquired in 2010
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AzTelekom widens broadband coverage in rural areas
Azeri telecoms operator AzTelekom, which is wholly owned by the state via the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), is set to expand the availability of broadband services in rural parts of the country through the deployment of a 600km fibre-optic cable.
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IIJ reports 18% rise in sales for FY2011
The Japanese internet service provider (ISP) Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) has reported full-year net income of JPY3.64 billion (USD44.1 million) in its 2011 fiscal year to 31 March 2012, a year-on-year increase of 13.7%, on the back of an 18.1% rise in revenues to JPY97.32 billion. Koichi Suzuki, president and CEO of IIJ, said the company is expecting another year of double-digit growth in 2012. IIJ reported 397,191 home internet subscribers and 93,807 corporate customers at the end of March 2012, up from 374,328 and 86,803 respectively a year earlier
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Digicel Barbados launches fixed substitution bundles
Digicel Barbados has launched a new alternative to landline voice and fixed internet services with the introduction of the cellcos’s latest bundle, ‘Digicel Choice’, which offers voice and internet services via an integrated gateway device and a single SIM card. Packages are offered in two tiers, one for consumers and one targeting the small office or home office (SOHO) user.
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Digicel BVI: ‘If you are not living on the EDGE you are taking up too much space’
In a surprise move, Digicel’s British Virgin Islands’ subsidiary has announced a ‘significant’ upgrade to its EDGE network, promising to deliver a better user experience and faster transmission speeds for customers. Phase one of the two-stage upgrade is now complete, and the cellco claims that the work paves the way for the launch of its HSPA+ network later this year. Incoming Digicel BVI CEO, Declan Cassidy, commented: ‘As part of our promise to deliver the best network to our customers across BVI, we are delighted to announce the successful upgrade of our current EDGE network which is now delivering speeds twice as fast as before
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SFR loses 620,000 mobile subscribers in frantic first quarter
The French media and communications group Vivendi has confirmed that its domestic telco SFR lost 620,000 mobile customers in the first three months of the year, including 274,000 post-paid subscribers. SFR’s cellular customer base dropped to 20.84 million at end-March, down from 21.46 million three months earlier, as a result of increased competition following the launch of new low-cost network operator Free Mobile in mid-January. One bright spot for SFR, however, was that mobile subscriber growth returned in April
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Thaicom’s combined Cambodia, Laos revenues down by 7.5%
Thai holding group Thaicom has reported that its combined revenues from its telecoms operations in Cambodia and Laos contracted by 7.5% year-on-year in Q1 2012 to THB297 million (USD9.4 million) as it continued to shed subscribers. At the end of March 2012, Lao Telecommunications Co (LTC) had a total telephony subscriber base (largely cellular) of 1.322 million, down from 1.651 million twelve months earlier, while Cambodia’s Mfone slumped to a total of 414,000 customers, down from 701,000 a year earlier
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Dialog’s LKR2.1bn forex expense causes net loss
Sri Lanka’s largest cellco by users, Dialog Axiata, has reported its consolidated financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2012, including its fixed line/internet and TV subsidiaries Dialog Broadband Networks (DBN) and Dialog Television (DTV), as well as fixed line operator Suntel, the acquisition of which Dialog completed on 21 March 2012. The group recorded a net loss of LKR531 million (USD4.15 million) in the first quarter of the year, which it blamed on the depreciation of local currency relative to the USD by 12.4% quarter-on-quarter, resulting in a foreign exchange loss of LKR2.1 billion, while the absorption of LKR343 million acquisition expenses relating to Suntel also contributed to the losses.
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- TNL (Oi) sets aside USD3.25bn for 2012 CAPEX April 19, 2012
- Tata drops out of running for CWW April 19, 2012
- TeliaSonera’s EBITDA falls 0.7% on 3.5% revenue increase April 19, 2012
- Telia Denmark raises LTE upload speeds April 19, 2012
- STC reports 60% rise in Q1 net profit April 19, 2012
- CAT puts 3G plans on hold; TOT told to do same May 18, 2012
- Look before you Leap; cellco to expand LTE coverage to 65m people by 2014 May 18, 2012
- Videotron delivers on 200Mbps promise May 18, 2012
- T-Mobile has no plans to introduce LTE handsets May 18, 2012
- Antares to merge with mobile TV operator Dominanta? May 18, 2012
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