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BT Takes on Bundlers with Integrated Broadband, Mobile and Voice
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [May 09, 2008]
From GBP 5 a month, BT Broadband users
get a bundled smartphone
with access to VoIP, WiFi hotspots, Web
and e-mail services. A
heavy emphasis on ease of use and
matching mobile and broadband
applications is evident. Just don’t call it
Fusion 2.
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Virgin Media Brings BBC iPlayer to its Third Screen - TV
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [May 02, 2008]
Virgin Media and the BBC have brought the BBC iPlayer catch-up
VoD service to TV for the first time. However, this is not the
first terrestrial broadcaster to bring VoD to TV, and it is
unlikely that Virgin Media will retain exclusivity for long.
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Comcast Performance Shows Cable Companies Going Head-to-Head with Telcos
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [May 02, 2008]
The US cable TV market is several years ahead of its European
counterparts and developments there show where the competition
between cable operators, satellite service providers, telcos
and ISPs is heading. Competition is going head-on.
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ITV Plays Catch-up with Competitors on iTunes Music Store and Aims for the Grey Pound
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Apr 24, 2008]
ITV has joined the iTunes Music Store
party late in the day.
Programmes on offer are aimed at older
viewers rather than
younger, tech-literate types. There is
also potential for
conflict with ITV, C4 and the BBC’s
Kangaroo joint venture.
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Virgin Media and Bytel Trial FTTX, HFC in Belfast
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Apr 21, 2008]
Virgin Media and Bytel have begun a
small-scale trial of FTTH
and HFC broadband access in a new
social housing project in
Belfast. While significant, the trial is not
big or wide-
ranging enough to give competitors
cause for any concern.
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Mobile Operators Go Mad for Wireless WAN Dongles
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| Advisory Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Apr 18, 2008]
Mobile operators are marketing USB data
sticks at attractive
prices for consumers. As mobile
technologies are built into
laptop computers, however, the market
dynamic will change
considerably.
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Combating the Next Internet Attack with Security-as-a-Consumer Service
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| Advisory Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Apr 17, 2008]
Internet spam and hacking have gone
quiet and professional, and they are now
going for consumers’ money via identity
theft, fraud or spam sales of
pharmaceuticals. ISPs need to adopt a
security-as-a-service strategy to help
their customers.
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RSA 2008: CurrentCast Analyst Recap of Security Event
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| Advisory Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Apr 14, 2008]
Listen to the latest analyst roundtable
commentary as four
Current Analysis team members discuss
their assessment and
trend takes from the 2008 RSA Security
show in the latest
CurrentCast podcast.
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P2P Should Not Take the Fall for Copyright-Infringing Internet Traffic
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| Advisory Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Apr 02, 2008]
Telcos, ISPs and content providers are
often harsh in their
condemnation of Internet P2P traffic.
Still, it will not go
away; it continues to grow and it is
increasingly being used
for legal purposes. Cooperation is
necessary from all involved.
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TDC, No April Fool, Launches Free Music on Broadband, Cable and Mobile
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Apr 01, 2008]
TDC is presenting a truly innovative free
music service across its broadband, cable
and mobile services, changing the
broadband market dynamics in Denmark.
The music is DRM-protected, but it is free
if the customer subscribes to TDC
services.
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Deutsche Telekom Buys Greek Incumbent for Tasty Balkan Takeaway
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| Competitive Update (Europe) |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Mar 19, 2008]
Deutsche Telekom plans to buy a 20% stake in Greek incumbent
OTE from a private equity firm for EUR 2.5 billion. The deal
will allow the German incumbent to expand into the Balkans, but
a private equity firm bailing out of a telco is a concern.
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IPTV World Forum: Neptuny Tries to Net Smaller Video Fish with SaaS Recommendation Engine
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| Show Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Mar 14, 2008]
Neptuny has launched a SaaS version of
its ContentWise recommendation
platform aimed at netting smaller IPTV
providers and Web TV portals. The move
is a sensible diversification, but the firm
will face new competitors in the process.
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IPTV World Forum: Ruckus Cuts IPTV Wires for Telenor's Bredbandsbolaget
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| Show Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Mar 13, 2008]
Telenor has selected Ruckus Wireless to
provide WiFi access
points for subsidiary Bredbandsbolaget's
home IPTV products.
Not known for reliability, WiFi is a high-
risk – but high-
reward – option for IPTV providers.
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CeBIT 2008: Consumer Broadband Roundup
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| Advisory Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Mar 13, 2008]
This year’s CeBIT provided some
interesting twists on existing products
and a few innovative announcements,
but it was typified by slow evolution
rather than rapid change on many
fronts.
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What It Means to Be ‘‘Green:’’ Environmental Responsibility in the Telecom Industry
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| Advisory Report |
Data Management, Business Network Services - U.S., Carrier Infrastructure , Enterprise Network Systems, Broadband Infrastructure , Contact Center Solutions, Internet/Managed Services - U.S., Optical Infrastructure , Wireless Services - Europe, Solutions Assessments, Application Infrastructure, Wireless Infrastructure , Enterprise Communications , Business Telecom Services - Europe, Enterprise Security, Enterprise Mobility - Europe, Carrier IP Telephony , Wholesale Telecom Services , Enterprise Mobility - U.S., Telecom Services - Asia, Digital Media Infrastructure, Telecom Infrastructure Services, Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- BeNeLux, Central Europe, China/Hong Kong, Eastern Europe, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nordics, Pan-Asia, Pan-European, Singapore, Southern Europe, UK/Ireland [Mar 07, 2008]
As Kermit once said, “It’s not easy being
green.” Current
Analysis recognizes the challenges and
opportunities associated
with environmental sustainability and it is
taking a
comprehensive approach to analyzing the
key issues in this
movement.
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CeBIT 2008: Yahoo! Adds onePlace Content Management to Its Mobile Suite
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| Show Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Mar 06, 2008]
Yahoo! continues its series of fixed and
mobile service
launches with onePlace, a content
management service that
organizes and updates information
according to a user's unique
interests and passions. However, the
business model is far from
clear.
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CeBIT 2008: T-Home Cuts Prices to Turn Germany into an IPTV Nation
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| Show Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Mar 05, 2008]
T-Home launched a vigorous campaign to
attract more IPTV
customers in Germany. With its heavy
investments in VDSL, the
company needs to boost traffic levels
significantly to convince
ordinary Internet users to upgrade their
connections.
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And the Oscar Goes To: Our Analysts Wrap Up Mobile World Congress
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| Advisory Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 28, 2008]
Analysts discuss the strong links
emerging between fixed and
mobile broadband services. MWC
highlighted the infrastructure-
content separation, with brands such as
Yahoo!, Google and
Apple changing the face and content of
the industry.
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BBC Worldwide Gets a Jump on Kangaroo with iTunes Music Store
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 21, 2008]
BBC Worldwide is selling BBC TV shows to
UK customers using
iTunes Music Store. The move predates –
and may confound –
Project Kangaroo, a platform from BBC
Worldwide, ITV and
Channel 4, which will offer free, ad-
supported and paid-for TV
shows.
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Telecom Italia Announces Open Access Network Separation
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 21, 2008]
Telecom Italia announced its new
organization, including
preliminary network separation
measures. The move is positive
in that the company’s retail divisions can
start to execute
business plans with reduced regulatory
interference.
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Orange, Thomson and Sagem Step into the Digital Home with Soft At Home
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 21, 2008]
Orange, Thomson and Sagem have
created a joint venture, Soft At
Home, to develop a standard for the
interconnection of
equipment within the multimedia
ecosystem. However, with 40-
odd contending standards, there is little
likelihood of success.
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Neuf Cegetel’s FTTx Gets to Tango with 100,000 OPAC Homes in Paris
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 21, 2008]
Neuf Cegetel will provide FTTx and
associated services to
100,000 social housing dwellings in Paris,
France for EUR 1 per
month. Tenants will be charged EUR 1.19
a month for basic
triple play services. Access is open to
rivals.
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Mobile World Barcelona 2008: Consumer Content, The One Ring to Rule Them All
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| Advisory Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 21, 2008]
Consumer content rode high at Mobile World in Barcelona with
vendors, operators, application developers and content
providers all vying for the center of customers’ gravity.
Presence and location services are pivotal to carrier efforts.
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Vodafone Dips Its Toe in Femtocell Pond; Not Many Hurt
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 19, 2008]
The Vodafone Group is one of three
operators to announce femtocell trials.
However, market demand for the
technology is still untested and the
technology still appears to be without a
compelling application.
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Belgacom Catches the Scarlet Pimpernel
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 19, 2008]
Belgian incumbent Belgacom has
announced it will buy Scarlet
Telecom, an ISP covering Belgium, the
Netherlands and the Dutch
Antilles. The deal is subject to regulatory
approval and is
likely to meet with opposition.
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Mobile World Congress 2008: Yahoo! Demos oneConnect – You Will Never Walk Alone Again
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| Show Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 13, 2008]
Yahoo! came on strong at Mobile World
with a slick
demonstration of its comprehensive
prototype oneConnect comms
and social networking aggregator for a
wide range of mobile
phone platforms. However, there are
serious privacy
implications.
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Mobile World Congress 2008: ip.access and NEC Femtocell Hubs Are up against Wireless USB
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| Show Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 12, 2008]
Femtocell solutions are pushing aside
picocells at Mobile World
Congress. The technology is stable and
requires no handset
modifications. However, it is very
expensive compared to a
wireless USB solution, and it may be too
late.
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TDC Announces a Tip of the Iceberg Outsourcing of Mobile Infrastructure Ops to Ericsson
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| Competitive Intelligence Report (Europe) |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 08, 2008]
TDC takes a first small step in outsourcing the operations of
its mobile network to Ericsson and announces that it is
considering a wider infrastructure outsourcing, driven by high
debt and need to cut OpEx and CapEx. Ericsson has pole position.
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BBC iPlayer Conquers UK Free-to-View Market
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Feb 08, 2008]
The success of the BBC’s new iPlayer FTV
service has shaken up
the UK market, but the BBC has achieved
success without the
need to raise revenue in the process.
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BBC Three Goes Non-Linear with Simulcasting on the Internet
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Jan 25, 2008]
BBC Three is to simulcast its programming over both Freeview
and the Internet. BBC Three shows in-house programming.
Previous attempts by Channel Four were limited due to content
licensing restrictions.
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TDC Opts for an Incremental DSL Upgrade Strategy in Denmark Using VDSL2
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Jan 23, 2008]
TDC is responding to increased
competitive pressures in the
Danish DSL market by launching VDSL2
services with up to 50
Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload, as
well as 15 Mbps symmetrical
enterprise services. However, it will not
stop FTTH growth.
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Vodafone Reaches For a New Sales Channel – Its Customers
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| Competitive Intelligence Report (Europe) |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- Central Europe [Jan 23, 2008]
Vodafone Germany is offering its fixed and mobile products for
members of the public, along with a sales portal, homeseller.de.
However, it is not the first such offering and is very much a
local effort.
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Exponential-e Launches 100 Mbps Internet Access with a Host of NGN Embellishments
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| Competitive Update |
Business Telecom Services - Europe, Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- UK/Ireland [Jan 22, 2008]
Exponential-e launched a multi-service
100 Mbps fibre-based
access product leveraging its NGN core
for added possibilities,
such as VPLS-enabled Ethernet. With
prices starting at GBP 800
per month, Exponential-e is shaking the
apple tree.
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BT Announces Over 90% Green Handset Replacements in Next Six Months
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| Competitive Update |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Jan 22, 2008]
Choose any cordless phone from BT as
long as it is green. BT is
bringing environmental thinking to bear
on its cordless devices
to save on power and packaging. As the
green agenda evolves, BT
is turning its power savings into a
marketing message.
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Pending EU Regulations Inch Incumbents Closer to Access Separation
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| Advisory Report |
Business Telecom Services - Europe, Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- Pan-European [Jan 18, 2008]
As the EC drives an ambitious agenda to
reform the telecoms
market with new powers to intervene,
incumbent operators are
forced to reconsider functional access
separation. This
advisory looks at the trends and
scenarios playing out across
Europe.
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O2 Bundles a Year’s Napster Subscription with Broadband
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| Competitive Intelligence Report |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Jan 18, 2008]
O2 Germany is offering customers who
sign up to its DSL service
online a 12 month subscription to
Napster and Napster To Go
with their contract. The move is a bold
attempt to win new
customers through Web sales, but is not
without its problems.
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Telcos Ponder Online Behavioral Advertising as a New Revenue Source
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| Advisory Report (Europe) |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Jan 11, 2008]
Behavioral advertising is emerging as telcos merge fixed and
mobile operations onto a single NGN infrastructure and are able
to relate customer voice call and Web activities to
advertisers’ optimal customer profiles. However, many dangers
lurk.
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BT and Microsoft Bring BT Vision to the XBox
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| Competitive Intelligence Report (Europe) |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- [Jan 10, 2008]
Microsoft and BT are to offer BT’s Vision IPTV service on the
XBox 360 gaming console. Using Microsoft’s Mediaroom platform,
on which BT Vision was built. The deal gives BT Vision new
competitive advantages on the tough UK TV market.
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Easynet UK Reconnects with SMEs Under New Business Model
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| Competitive Intelligence Report (Europe) |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- UK/Ireland [Jan 09, 2008]
Easynet´s SME customers will be
managed under the Easynet Connect
brand and as part of Easynet´s ISP arm
UK Online. As access and hosting
customers this appears a better fit for
them as Easynet builds a business in
international managed services.
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T-Mobile Czech Republic Joins Fixed Broadband Brigade
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| Competitive Update (Europe) |
Consumer Broadband Services Europe
- Eastern Europe [Jan 07, 2008]
T-Mobile Czech Republic has launched a fixed broadband service
to supplement its data card service, and forestall aggressive
sales tactics from potential competitors. The move will also
give the firm greater reach outside urban centres.
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