Netflix forecasts slower revenue growth in 2026 after 18% rise in Q4
Netflix has met its forecasts for growth in 2025, ending the year with over 325 million paid subscribers. Annual revenues rose 15.8 percent to USD 45.2 billion, and the operating margin was up 2.8 percent points to 29.5 percent. In the new year, the company forecast slightly slower revenue growth, at 12-14 percent, due to more subscribers as well as an expected doubling in advertising revenue, and the margin should improve further to around 31.5 percent.
Netflix forecasts slower revenue growth in 2026 after 18% rise in Q4
Netflix has met its forecasts for growth in 2025, ending the year with over 325 million paid subscribers. Annual revenues rose 15.8 percent to USD 45.2 billion, and the operating margin was up 2.8 percent points to 29.5 percent. In the new year, the company forecast slightly slower revenue growth, at 12-14 percent, due to more subscribers as well as an expected doubling in advertising revenue, and the margin should improve further to around 31.5 percent.
CK Hutchison eyes London, Hong Kong listing for telecom business - report
Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison is going ahead with plans to list its telecoms business on the stock market. The company is considering a dual listing in London and Hong Kong, with an IPO expected as soon as the third quarter, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources. The assets could be worth around USD 20 billion.
CK Hutchison eyes London, Hong Kong listing for telecom business - report
Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison is going ahead with plans to list its telecoms business on the stock market. The company is considering a dual listing in London and Hong Kong, with an IPO expected as soon as the third quarter, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources. The assets could be worth around USD 20 billion.
Cisco to supply Georgetown University with Wi-Fi 7 access, security tools, and research-grade networks
Cisco will participate in a project aimed at implementing Wi-Fi 7 across the entire campus at Georgetown University in Washington DC. Under a newly-announced multi-year contract, Cisco will provide its latest generation enterprise switching and wireless products with built-in automation and advanced analytics for real-time insights into network performance and usage patterns.
Cisco to supply Georgetown University with Wi-Fi 7 access, security tools, and research-grade networks
Snap settles social media addiction lawsuit before trial
Snap has agreed to settle a technology addiction lawsuit, according to a New York Times report. The company behind Snapchat did not immediately respond to a request for comment, the NYT said. No financial or other details were announced about the settlement, according to the report.
Snap settles social media addiction lawsuit before trial
German industry groups raise doubts over copper shutdown proposal
German industry groups have raised doubts over the proposed minimum fibre-optic coverage required to migrate from copper, following a proposal laid out by the Federal Networks Agency (Bundesnetzagentur). According to the proposal, the migration is possible once fibre reaches a minimum coverage of 80 percent of homes and businesses and suitable wholesale offerings are available in an area. The 80 percent quota is "unrealistic", according to Stephan Albers, managing director of industry group Breko. The requi
German industry groups raise doubts over copper shutdown proposal
Orange Poland offers Nju online contracts, prepaid data roaming promo
Orange Poland said customers under its Nju brand can now sign postpaid subscription contracts online, using an electronic signature. The option is valid to new customers, as well as for prepaid subscribers using services under the Orange or Nju brands. New customers will be able to confirm their identity using the service My ID.
Orange Poland offers Nju online contracts, prepaid data roaming promo
FTTH up to a third of Italian fixed line accesses
Italy reached a total of 20.49 million fixed network lines at the end of the third quarter of 2025, down 52,000 sequentially but up 21,000 (0.1%) year on year. The latest official quarterly update from regulator Agcom found that there were 19.3 million active fixed broadband lines at the end of September, down 160,000 year on year, as a 1.22 million annual rise in FTTH accesses to 32.9 percent of the total failed to offset falls in FTTC (-778,000) and DSL (-822,000), although fixed wireless access (FWA) lin
FTTH up to a third of Italian fixed line accesses
Azerbaijan ICT service revenues up 9% in 2025
ICT revenues in Azerbaijan totaled AZN 3.989 billion in 2025, according to data from the State Statistics Committee reported by Report.az. The market grew by 8.7 percent year-on-year. Services for B2C customers generated 69.2 percent of all income. Mobile service revenues reached AZN 1.291 billion, up by 4.5 percent. Capital expenditure amounted to AZN 373.6 million in the ICT segment, down by 46.7 percent.
Azerbaijan ICT service revenues up 9% in 2025
Digi Belgium launches FWA service for home broadband
Digi Belgium is launching a fixed-wireless access service over its 5G network, offering home internet for EUR 7 per month. The service comes with unlimited data and speeds up to 100/10Mbps. Digi charges a EUR 40 installation fee which may include placing a small antenna on the house to boost the mobile signal to the interior router.
Digi Belgium launches FWA service for home broadband
India smartphone shipments down 1% in 2025 on softer demand, cost pressure
India's smartphone shipments declined by 7 percent year-on-year to 34.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to a report from Omdia. The study also shows that this reflected a typical post-festive slowdown, compounded by elevated channel inventories, a depreciating rupee and weakening mass-market affordability following price hikes driven by memory cost pressures.
India smartphone shipments down 1% in 2025 on softer demand, cost pressure
Transtelecom to deploy 500 base stations along motorways
Kazakhstan operator Transtelecom has concluded an agreement with the Ministry of AI and Digital Development on deployment of telecommunications infrastruture alongisde motorways across the country. The project is focused on covering "white spots", with plans for 500 new base stations to be deployed. The government will provide the operator with radio frequency resources, and Transtelecom will also get tax exemptions.
