(Telecompaper) German regional telecoms operator R-Kom said it won a contract to connect 75 under-served buildings with FTTP broadband in the district of Brunn in Bavaria in 2019… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/lU_ZpM9NpUo/r-kom-wins-contract-for-fttp-network-in-brunn–1274546

(Telecompaper) Around 8.6 million people in Germany (over 10% of the population) used a smart speaker in 2018, according to the latest research of eMarketer… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/ENpTQkkI1Eg/german-smart-speaker-users-grow-to-86-million-in-2018–1274537

(Telecompaper) The Russian IoT market is expected to go up by an average 18 percent per year over the 2018-2022 five-year period, reports Cnews.ru citing a study from IDC… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/Gy22lN65_AE/russian-iot-market-to-grow-18-each-yr-until-2022–1274433

(Telecompaper) The number of Portuguese who made online purchases in 2018 increased by 12 percent to 3.9 million, according to figures published by Publico, citing a study carried out by IDC… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/bwfFdpOBG3k/nearly-4-million-portuguese-made-online-purchases-in-2018–1274508

(Telecompaper) T-Mobile Poland, as the only bidder, has won the tender put out by the Polish agency… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/7D-_9uEiZSY/t-mobile-poland-wins-contract-from-agricultural-agency–1274516

(Telecompaper) The Hungarian ICT agency Kifu announced a new service called SZIP Mobil to bring faster broadband to areas not served by the fixed network… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/70o_Mx4AH_M/hungarian-operators-start-mobile-broadband-offer-for-rural-areas–1274511

(Telecompaper) Regional utility Lyse said its CEO, Eimund Nygaard, has been named as one of the eleven members of the board of the Research Council of Norway from 01 January… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/MJiIfE9ngFQ/lyse-ceo-joins-board-of-research-council-of-norway–1274501

(Telecompaper) Norwegian communications regulator Nkom and the Norwegian Security Authority (NSM) have given Space Norway until 18 February 2019 to rectify problems identified on the Svalbard cable… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/zlLNCACHE1A/space-norway-must-improve-security-of-svalbard-cable–1274498

(Telecompaper) Fibre will soon overtake copper as the main way New Zealand households access the internet, according to a report from the country’s Commerce Commission… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/9-238c49WPs/new-zealand-fibre-broadband-connections-jump-45-year-on-year–1274497

(Telecompaper) The Malaysian government, through state-owned operator Telekom Malaysia, plans to upgrade all Streamyx users to Unifi by March next year, The Star… http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TelecompaperFixed/~3/_sZ2fF6TFic/telecom-malaysia-to-upgrade-streamyx-users-to-unifi-service-by-march-2019–1274494