France Télécom's newly instated CEO, Stephane Richard, has outlined the new direction for the company in Les Conquêtes 2015 (or loosely translated Conquest 2015). The main impacts are in Content & TV and Network Infrastructure. In the future France Télécom will scale back its investments in content acquisitions. Instead of purchasing expensive content rights on its own, it will seek partners for select bids, such as football rights. This change of tack is a contrast to the policy of the former CEO. In the past years the operator has made significant investments in content acquisitions in order to boost its IPTV services. This will now change. Instead the company will focus on investments in LTE (Long Term Evolution) and fibre networks. Although Mr. Richard states that that the company will continue its efforts in content & TV there is little doubts that the company is shifting investments from content to networks which worth while discussing. Read more

New research from Premonvision shows that telecoms-based standards for residential services, such as IPTV, lack momentum with Western European operators

LONDON, United Kingdom, -7 July, 2010 – The Western European service delivery platform overview 2010-2013 by consulting firm Premonvision reveals detailed information on how operators in the region plan their service delivery platforms (for services such as IPTV, telemedicine and home automation) for the time period 2010-2013. Select highlights from the report: Read more

This is an open letter response to Ofcom's latest discussion paper on traffic management and 'net neutrality'. The document raises several concerns to the future the British digital economy and British citizens. Instead of focusing on encouraging growth in the digital economy and creation of new companies and jobs, as well as protect UK citizens' interests, Ofcom's preliminary conclusions and arguments show that the regulator may more interested in protecting the interests of ISPs and established content and service providers in order to drive the development of fibre networks. Read more