BBC Sounds registers 2.3 billion total plays of music, radio, podcasts

(Telecompaper) BBC Sounds has registered a total of more than 2.3 billion plays of music, radio and podcasts in 2024 (January-November), with a 12 percent increase for on-demand speech content… …

Mediaset and Rai online platforms achieve further screen time growth in 2024

(Telecompaper) Italian broadcaster Mediaset said its digital content platforms recorded a 44.4 percent year-on-year increase in time spent viewing on-demand content during 2024… https://www.tele…

Mafab Communications to launch commercial 5G service by end of Q1 2025

(Telecompaper) Nigeria’s third 5G provider Mafab Communications will begin operations by the end of Q1 2025, TechCabal reported citing its chief operating officer, Adebayo Onigbanjo… https…

Indonesia’s EMR deploys ZTE kit for FTTH expansion

(Telecompaper) Indonesian fibre carrier Eka Mas Republik (EMR) has been using turnkey fibre to the home (FTTH) equipment from Chinese vendor ZTE to support the expansion of its fibre networks… h…

Qatari govt forms digital skills working group

(Telecompaper) The Qatari ICT ministry has announced the formation of the Digital Skills Working Group as part of its commitment to the Digital Agenda 2030 and the Third National Development Strategy&…

Jordanian fibre-optic subscriptions rise over 13% year on year in Q2

(Telecompaper) Jordan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has announced that the number of fibre-optic subscriptions reached approximately 556,350 in the second quarter of 2024, Jor…

Apple TV+ offered free worldwide for first weekend in January

(Telecompaper) Apple is offering its SVOD service Apple TV+ free worldwide the weekend of 3-5 January… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/apple-tv-offered-free-worldwide-for-first-weekend-in-janu…

Kazakhtelecom replaces obsolete routers for customers

(Telecompaper) Kazakhstan national operator Kazakhtelecom has replaced 100,000 obsolete routers for its customers under its project Sapa+ in the past three weeks… https://www.telecompaper.com/ne…

A1 Belarus completes online antifraud training for seniors

(Telecompaper) A1 Belarus has completed an online training project on fraud prevention for seniors… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/a1-belarus-completes-online-antifraud-training-for-seniors&#…

Over 60% of North Macedonia internet users shop online in 2024

(Telecompaper) A survey by the Association for E-Commerce of North Macedonia (AETSM) reveals that over 63 percent of internet users in North Macedonia made online… https://www.telecompaper.com/n…

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