Latest Telco Insight – Page 373
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PremiumBT Group signs as lead sponsor for England football team
BT to feature as a high-profile FA partner through £50m sponsorship deal, Wembley to continue as key showground for emerging EE services.
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PremiumEE promotes its 5G network at Glastonbury Festival
EE maintained sponsorship of the Glastonbury Festival in June 2019 for the sixth year running, and used the event to promote its newly launched 5G network.
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PremiumEE fined by ICO for unwanted marketing messages
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined EE £100,000 for sending more than 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers without their consent.
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PremiumBT Group confirms its BT Sport app will soon support 4K video
BT reportedly confirmed its BT Sport app for mobile, tablet, and large-screen devices will be able to support UltraHD 4K HDR video streaming quality from “later this summer”.
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PremiumEE launches a new range of home broadband plans
EE launched a new range of home broadband plans that include access to BT Sport and Apple TV 4K.
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PremiumBT Group considering significant investment in Britbox
BT is reportedly mulling a multimillion-pound investment in BritBox, the BBC and ITV’s joint subscription video-on-demand service due to launch in the UK later in 2019.
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PremiumEE refreshes its contract bundles
EE refreshes tariffs: axes Max; debuts Smart Plans, Swappables, Service Packs
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PremiumEE stormz into 5G
EE pips Vodafone to the post on 5G launch, but head-start is limited. Consumer to join the party later in year, with BT Plus converged packages. Huawei dropped from the handset list, but still providing FWA hardware.
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PremiumBT Group finally confirmed as main USO provider for broadband
From March 2020, BT (and KCOM) will be obliged to provide a broadband link of at least 10Mbps to premises unable to connect via commercial operators. Ofcom still to confirm how it intends to fund the obligation, with a consultation expected by the end of 2019.
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PremiumBT Sport is losing the rights to broadcast the Women’s Tennis Association
BT Sport is to lose the rights to the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), to Amazon.
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PremiumBT Group’s MLB coverage contract renewed
BT Sport renewed its agreement to broadcast coverage of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the UK until 2021.
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PremiumBT Sport reportedly set to gain WWE’s UK broadcasting rights
BT Sport is reportedly set to acquire the UK broadcast rights to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) - the existing contract with Sky Sports expires later in 2019.
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PremiumBT Sport is to lose the Emirates FA Cup broadcasting rights
ITV and the BBC are to share the broadcasting rights until 2021.
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Public AffairsPhones 4u ‘price-fixing’ controversy continues
Latest filings on Phones 4u legal action sees operators assert commercial reasons behind end to agreements. Claims on alleged comments from O2’s Dunne on operator collaboration vigorously denied by operators. While O2 and Vodafone flatly deny, EE response keeps Dunne and Vodafone’s Guy Laurence in the firing line.
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Public AffairsNAO signals headwinds for ESN
New report from the National Audit Office (NAO) highlights further risks with the Emergency Services Network (ESN), but BT/EE on track. The Home Office subsequently extended the ESN contract with Motorola Solutions to include the Kodiak push-to-talk (PTT) product for critical communications with front-line staff.
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PremiumEE expands its Video Data Pass service
EE added access to the BBC iPlayer and YouTube to its Video Data Pass service to give users zero-rated access to the apps.
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PremiumBT consumer plans to increase prices
The media widely flagged BT Consumer plans to increase prices for its BT TV and BT Sport services by up to 67% from the end of July 2019.
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PremiumBT TSO’s Technology Business Briefing, 2019
BT TSO held a Technology Business Briefing for the analyst community in late-June 2019.
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Public AffairsLabour Party considering BT renationalisation
The opposition Labour Party in the UK is considering speculative plans regarding a potential renationalisation of BT Group.