(Telecompaper) The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said it has now launched the International Advisory Body for Submarine Cable Resilience that was announced last month… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/itu-submarine-cable-resilience-group-to-hold-inaugural-virtual-meeting-in-december–1520750

(Telecompaper) Philippines operator PLDT, via its PLDT Home brand, has introduced the ‘Always On’ broadband service… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/pldt-home-launches-always-on-broadband-service–1520745

(Telecompaper) French pay-TV company OCS, part of Canal Plus, has lost a legal challenge over the VAT rate it used to apply, according to a decision issued on 22… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/canal-plus-ocs-loses-court-case-over-vat-rate–1520735

(Telecompaper) Chile’s telecommunications regulator Subtel said four bidders have applied to carry out a feasibility study on a proposal to build an undersea… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/four-bids-submitted-for-chiles-antarctica-cable-feasibility-study–1520739

(Telecompaper) The media regulator in the Netherlands, CvdM announced it will focus in 2025 on ensuring a reliable news supply, well-functioning public media and a safe online environment for young people… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/dutch-media-regulator-to-focus-on-reliable-news-and-online-safety-in-2025–1520737

(Telecompaper) The agreement to set up a wholesale fibre business in Peru between US equity fund KKR together with local operators Telefonica and Entel is expected… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/telefonica-entel-kkr-abort-peru-fibre-deal–1520736

(Telecompaper) About 81 percent of percent of Dutch people age 12 and up bought something online in the first half of this year, the highest percentage for the past… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/four-in-five-people-in-netherlands-bought-something-online-in-h1-study–1520727

(Telecompaper) The cities of Barcelona and Madrid continue to dominate Spain’s FTTH penetration rates, according to annual data on next generation access (NGA) deployment released by telecom regulator CNMC… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/spain-active-ftth-lines-up-8-to-148-mln-in-2023-led-by-madrid-and-barcelona–1520725

(Telecompaper) Deutsche Telekom has signed a contract with energy supplier Allgaeuer Uberlandwerk (AUW) to connect around 2,900 households and companies to fibre by 2030 in the Allgaeu region… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/deutsche-telekom-partners-with-energy-supplier-allgaeuer-ueberlandwerk-to-expand-fibre–1520714

(Telecompaper) Italian wholesale operator FiberCop said work has begun on a project to bring high-speed infrastructure to 10,900 premises across 125 localities in the Autonomous Province of Trento… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/fibercop-to-connect-125-localities-in-trento-province–1520718