Telia TV & Media gains 30,000 SVoD customers in Q1, weak advertising revenue offsets higher pay-TV turnover

(Telecompaper) Telia Company said the turnaround of its TV & Media division made progress in the first quarter of 2024 with a 5 percent rise in pay-TV revenue, although advertising income dropped…

Samsung TV Plus tops 100 channels in Mexico

(Telecompaper) Samsung Electronics announced that its Mexican Samsung TV Plus streaming service has reached the milestone of 100 channels, up from 20 when it was first launched in 2021… https://…

TikTok vows legal action after Biden signs divestment bill into law

(Telecompaper) US President Joe Biden signed into law the bill against TikTok, which was part of a wider aid package worth USD 95 billion for Israel and Ukraine… https://www.telecompaper.com/new…

Nokia says Buy America line card production underway at contracted US facility

(Telecompaper) Nokia’s fibre-optic equipment has entered production at the US manufacturing facility owned by its outsourcing partner Sanmina… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/nokia-says-…

Ribbon profitability improves in Q1 despite small drop in sales

(Telecompaper) Ribbon Communications, a wholesale optical, IP and software vendor, reported first-quarter sales down 3.2 percent from last year at USD 180 million… https://www.telecompaper.com/n…

Real adds new online video services

(Telecompaper) Russian ISP Real has introduced access to online video services Premier and Start with carrier billing from the ISP… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/real-adds-new-online-video-s…

VK Cloud brings content delivery service to Kazakhstan

(Telecompaper) The VK Cloud unit of Russian internet company VK has started providing its content delivery network services in Kazkahstan, reports Profit.kz… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/vk…

Safaricom launches Centre of Excellence for fibre technicians

(Telecompaper) Kenyan operator Safaricom launched the Connect Academy, a programme that will offer industrial training for fibr- optic technicians… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/safaricom-la…

Paratus completes Botswana Kalahari fibre route

(Telecompaper) Paratus Botswana has announced the completion of the last leg of its fibre route to create the new Botswana Kalahari fibre (BKF) route. A total of… https://www.telecompaper.com/…

Laser Light to harness Confluence subsea network for global hybrid connectivity

(Telecompaper) Confluence Networks said it has signed a 25-year contract giving Laser Light access to the planned Confluence-1 subsea fibre network… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/laser-light…

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