(Telecompaper) Shipments of smart TV sets in 2023 are expected to drop by 5.5 percent on an annual basis, according to International Data Corporation… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/idc-predicts-flat-smart-tv-market-in-2024-recovery-in-2025–1486523

(Telecompaper) Italy’s Sparkle has unveiled GreenMed, a new submarine cable crossing the Adriatic and connecting Italy to Central Europe, the Balkans and the Eastern Med… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/sparkle-submarine-cable-connects-italy-to-balkans-and-eastern-med–1486525

(Telecompaper) Public cloud Amazon Web Services has launched an infrastructure grouping for its Canada West sector… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/aws-launches-second-canadian-infrastructure-region-in-calgary–1486515

(Telecompaper) UAE operator Du has signed an agreement with Versa Networks to expand Du’s network security portfolio… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/du-ties-up-with-versa-networks-to-offer-unified-sase–1486505

(Telecompaper) Samsung Germany has announced a marketing campaign by Samsung Europe and Activision Blizzard called “Embrace Your Game”, targeting players in seventeen EMEA markets and 44 countries… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/samsung-ties-up-with-activision-blizzard-to-run-embrace-your-game-emea-advertising-campaign–1486541

(Telecompaper) Music streaming platform Anghami said its number of subscribers grew by 17 percent to 1.73 million in the first nine months ending 30 September compared with the same period in 2022… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/anghami-subscribers-grow-17-in-9-months–1486478

(Telecompaper) Cisco has agreed to acquire Isovalent, a vendor of open source cloud-native networking and security products. The acquisition is expected to close in… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/cisco-scoops-up-open-source-software-vendor-isovalent–1486355

(Telecompaper) Ukrainian cable operator Volia has expanded the lineup of its digital TV services. Ukrainian channel ProKino has become available to all IPTV subscribers on the Volia TV application… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/volia-expands-pay-tv-lineup-offers-channels-in-open-window–1486377

(Telecompaper) Russian national operator Rostelecom plans to raise the subscription rates of its fixed internet services for households from the beginning of January, reports Vedomosti… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/rostelecom-to-raise-internet-prices-for-households–1486379

(Telecompaper) Orange Poland has acquired the fibre network of ISP Giga Komputer, according to a statement by company spokesperson Wojciech Jabczynski. Ilona… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/orange-poland-acquires-isp-giga-komputer–1486423