Skydance to launch Paramount+, HBO Max bundle in early 2027
Skydance will launch a new streaming subscription in early 2027 bringing together Paramount+ and HBO Max, the company announced at its first quarterly report since completing the takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. The single bundle will provide subscribers with "even greater value", the company said, without providing further details on the price or content. More details will be provided in the coming months.
Skydance to launch Paramount+, HBO Max bundle in early 2027
Skydance will launch a new streaming subscription in early 2027 bringing together Paramount+ and HBO Max, the company announced at its first quarterly report since completing the takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. The single bundle will provide subscribers with "even greater value", the company said, without providing further details on the price or content. More details will be provided in the coming months.
Vodafone raises FY targets after double-digit growth in H1
Vodafone reported double-digit growth in revenues and adjusted EBITDAaL in the first half of its fiscal year, supported by the acquisitions of the rest of VodafoneThree in the UK and a higher stake in Safaricom. The operator said it also performed well in the B2B market and achieved higher service revenue in all its markets. As a result, the company upgraded its forecasts for full-year results.
Vodafone raises FY targets after double-digit growth in H1
Vodafone reported double-digit growth in revenues and adjusted EBITDAaL in the first half of its fiscal year, supported by the acquisitions of the rest of VodafoneThree in the UK and a higher stake in Safaricom. The operator said it also performed well in the B2B market and achieved higher service revenue in all its markets. As a result, the company upgraded its forecasts for full-year results.
Australia plans AI safety regulator and mandatory incident reporting
The Australian government plans to introduce mandatory safety and security requirements for frontier AI developers operating in Australia, including rapid reporting of incidents, independent model evaluations and security controls throughout development and deployment. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the proposed measures on 10 November as part of the government's Australian AI Standards legislation. The framework would apply to companies developing and operating frontier AI models, defined as the
Australia plans AI safety regulator and mandatory incident reporting
Rakuten and AST SpaceMobile form joint venture for satellite-to-mobile network
Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile have agreed to establish a joint venture to develop and operate a direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications network in Japan, backed by up to JPY 148bn (around USD 1bln) in government funding. The new company, Rakuten AST, will deploy a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites using mid-band spectrum to provide broadband connectivity directly to commercially available smartphones, without requiring specialised user equipment.
Rakuten and AST SpaceMobile form joint venture for satellite-to-mobile network
Schurz broadband companies standardise on Cisco 8712 platform
Schurz Broadband Group (SBG), US fibre broadband provider and subsidiary of Schurz Communications, will upgrade its enterprise network infrastructure on the next-generation Cisco 8000 Series routing platform. Four Schurz operating companies will standardise on the Cisco 8712 platform and interconnect using new shared PoPs - Orbitel Communications in Arizona; NKTelco in Ohio; Long Lines in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota; and Antietam Broadband in Maryland.
Schurz broadband companies standardise on Cisco 8712 platform
Cellhire makes new appointments to IoT team
Cellhire, York, UK-based wholesale mobile and IoT connectivity provider operating in the UK, France and US, has made two new appointments to strengthen its IoT team - Matthew Worrall as Business Development Executive, and Josh Corcoran as IoT Account Manager. Duncan Griffiths, Head of IoT Sales for Cellhire, said the appointments would help the group support rising demand for IoT connectivity in the UK and overseas.
Cellhire makes new appointments to IoT team
Virgin Media O2 rolls out new AI-enabled Smart Search TV feature
Virgin Media O2 is launching a new AI-enabled content discovery feature called Smart Search for Virgin TV 360 and Stream customers. This new feature allows TV customers to search for programmes using everyday language and by activating voice search on their remote control. They can also search by genre, actor/actress or key details.
Virgin Media O2 rolls out new AI-enabled Smart Search TV feature
Orange Spain launches B2B continuity service
Orange Empresas, the B2B arm of Orange Spain, has introduced a business continuity and resilience offering designed to prevent incidents, keep critical processes running and restore essential services quickly after disruption. The company said the service offers more than conventional backup or network redundancy by combining prevention, communications resilience, contingency mechanisms and rapid recovery capabilities.
Orange Spain launches B2B continuity service
VodafoneZiggo revenue growth in Q3 helped by cosmetic effects
VodafoneZiggo reported encouraging results over the third quarter. Customer growth continued, both in postpaid and broadband. However, the revenue growth is not coming from services, but other areas such as hardware and vouchers, where there is little profit margin. Services revenue fell 0.9 percent, despite price increases, more expensive new services and the brand expansion. The financial turnaround is not yet there, with not much time left ahead of the planned stock market listing of Ziggo Group in Q2 20
VodafoneZiggo revenue growth in Q3 helped by cosmetic effects
IHS Towers Q3 revenue rises 21%
IHS Towers has reported revenue from continuing operations of USD 490.5 million for the third quarter ended September 2026, representing a 21.4 percent increase year-on-year. The result excludes USD 17.6 million from its Latin American segment, which is presented under discontinued operations. Top-line growth was achieved despite a 3.5 percent inorganic revenue headwind resulting from the disposal of its operations in Rwanda.
IHS Towers Q3 revenue rises 21%
Arelion picks Connectbase platform for global off-net access quote pricing
Connectbase has announced that Arelion has moved its global off-net access quoting onto The Connected World Platform. Using the Buyer Cloud, Arelion now sources and prices last-mile access from more than 130 suppliers in Europe, North America and beyond through a single, automated workflow. This gives its wholesale and enterprise customers faster and more accurate quotes wherever they need to connect, according to Connectbase.
