Spain tops 30 mln online buyers

(Telecompaper) Over 30 million Spanish users made online purchases last year, spending a total of EUR 99.2 billion, 16 percent more than in 2022, according to a… https://www.telecompaper.com/new…

Meta declines to comment on reported plans for USD 10 bln worldwide submarine cable

(Telecompaper) Meta is planning to build a USD 10 billion submarine cable running for more than 40,000 km and spanning the whole world, according to TechCrunch, which cited sources close to the compan…

DTT available in 17% of Madeira households

(Telecompaper) Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) reached 16.9 percent (15,335) of households in Portugal’s Autonomous Region of Madeira over the course of 2024, with 93.3 percent of household…

ITU submarine cable resilience group to hold inaugural virtual meeting in December

(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.…

PLDT Home launches ‘Always On’ broadband service

(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-br…

Canal Plus’ OCS loses court case over VAT rate

(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/ne…

Four bids submitted for Chile’s Antarctica cable feasibility study

(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/…

Dutch media regulator to focus on reliable news and online safety in 2025

(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 pe…

Telefonica, Entel, KKR abort Peru fibre deal

(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/…

Four in five people in Netherlands bought something online in H1 – study

(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…

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