
UK fixed line operator BSkyB has signed a £49m backhaul network capacity deal with wholesale provider Virgin Media Business. Under the terms of the contract, Virgin Media Business’ network will connect around a third of Sky’s unbundled local exchanges with Sky’s own wholly owned nationwide broadband network.
Swedish infrastructure vendor Ericsson has announced it will close down its telecom cable manufacturing business. The news follows the sale of its power cable operation to Danish cable manufacturer NKT Cables for SEK250m ($38.4m) earlier this month.
The amount of traffic generated in the US by BitTorrent, the file sharing internet protocol , has dropped significantly of late, according to a report from policy control company Sandvine.
Two of Tunisia’s mobile operators have signed a deal with with backbone operator and cloud services provider Interoute for the deployment of a submarine cable connecting Tunisia to Europe.
Robert J Richardson, VP sales – Global Submarine Solutions, Xtera Communications, talks to telecoms.com at AfricaCom 2012, about the provision of long haul telecoms equipment.
- Critical Communications 2013 Paris Nord Villepinte, Paris, France May 21, 2013 - May 24, 2013
- Small Cells Asia Congress Singapore May 28, 2013 - May 29, 2013
- WiFi Asia Singapore May 28, 2013 - May 29, 2013
- IPv6 World Congress Singapore May 28, 2013 - May 29, 2013
- AnDevCon Spring Boston May 28, 2013 - May 31, 2013

Eric Mauskopf, Business Development, YouTube is delivering the opening keynote on Day Two of the Broadband LATAM conference, taking place on 2 – 3 July 2013 at the Grand Hyatt, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ahead of the show we speak to him about his role at YouTube, what he’s working on right now and what YouTube plans are for future growth.







