TV on your smartphone? Poles loved streaming – Interia

Broadcasts of World Cup soccer, tennis matches WTA Tour de Pologne and preliminaries of the Champions League – these are just some of the events viewed outside the home on cells or tablet. This is possible due to the fact that operators make free subscriptions to sports events and cultural directly to mobile devices. Yes transmitted television does not use granted to us by the provider of data packets.

Streaming, TV or the Internet, results in a rapid increase in data transfers in mobile networks. For example, at T-Mobile in January. customers used 2,767 TB of data, about 50 percent. more than a year earlier. This volume to nearly 346 thousand. high quality HD video on 8 GB each. In June, the subscribers of the network can transmit data already in the LTE network, used 3176 TB (almost 400 thousand. Movies in HD), or by 15 percent. More.

According to Konrad Frost with T-Mobile, the growing consumption of Internet network is the result of one side of the growing popularity of smartphones, tablets and notebooks (in July every second sold in T-Mobile phones operate the LTE ), on the other hand offers the operator. – From August 3 users tariffs Jump at no additional charge for the content and data transfer can track the most important cycling race in Poland, that is, 71 of the Tour de Pologne – emphasizes Frost. In July, the network subscribers could include watch online meetings the second qualifying round of the Champions League with the participation of Legia Warsaw.

Orange customers can watch in June selected concerts Orange Festival. In turn, the recipient and Polsat Digital Plus also soon see on smartphones and tablet world championships in men’s volleyball. – Our goal is to offer all customers of the widest possible access to events in the different technologies. The details we will inform you soon – says Olga Zomer, a spokeswoman for CP. – We are also working on a solution, so that access to the World Cup as a gift to customers of Network Plus – adds Zomer.

TV on demand, streaming and OTT services (such as HBO GO and Netflix) are responsible for a significant increase in traffic Internet in fixed networks. – Just three years ago, the average customer Netia consumed per month from 12 to 15 GB of data. A year ago it was already 60 GB – says Andrzej Kondracki from the press office of Netia. He adds that in the spring of this year. 80 GB per month were sent, and now approx. 100 GB.

Cable networks do not reveal the average Internet use, but admit that they also see an increase in data exchange. – There is a growing interest of customers getting faster internet speeds. Our observations indicate that the faster internet, the harder it is used, not only to enjoy digital entertainment, but also work and develop their own business – notes Michael Fura, a spokesman for the UPC.

He adds that the longer time spent by users on the network and its intensive use translate into an increase in the number of transferred data. – In our case we also observe an increase in the level of even tens of percent a year – reveals Fura. Experts estimate that cable networks in Poland, the average consumption per user slightly exceeds 100 GB per month.

Live world championship cells or T-Mobile Plus is an example of the direction in which mobile operators seek. Telecoms seek new sources of revenue because of falling revenues from voice services and, increasingly, fall boots connecting cable networks offer programming service Internet access. Now advertise themselves as an alternative to fixed-line operators. On the one hand, offer more interesting content, which can be used on mobile devices, as well as via the Internet on TVs. On the other – increase Internet packages or completely abolish limits on data transfer.

We are fighting for the same customer. The former division of the market according to access technology ceases to have meaning. This is evidenced by the new tariffs, such as T-Mobile Jump, where customers can enjoy up to 100 GB of data transfer per month, and the Power of LTE in Digital Polsat and positive territory, where the network LTE internet is unlimited. As part of the promotion, yet the end of 2015., With free unlimited LTE users can also use some tariffs Playa.

In fixed networks, where there are no limits, the race is about who will provide the fastest speed . Some UPC subscribers can now surf the web with a speed of 500 m / s. Research carried out in 2013. Needed for “Social Diagnosis” shows that people who are at home with a higher bandwidth link, spend significantly more time using the Internet. Among the members of lines with a speed of 60 Mb / s or faster average time spent on the network is 18 hours per week. With a slower links have served an average of 10 hours a week.

Orange triumphs – KE lifted market regulations BSA

European Commission endorsed the decision of the President of UKE, in which concluded that there is competition in the market for wholesale Internet access (BSA) in 76 municipalities in Poland (we wrote about last week). The Commission acknowledged that competition in these areas is mainly due to the presence of alternative infrastructure providers, and not regulated product BSA, LLU (ie, the wholesale broadband access and access to the local loop).

The draft decision was notified on July 30, but information about it was released only yesterday. Consent Brussels means that Orange in selected municipalities will not have to share your links on the principles of regulated competition. UKE provision will come into force probably in September.

– This project was for me also personally important. That’s what happened in the broadband access market, which is a huge increase in the share of cable and inhibition of investments from the largest telecom operator, has shown that the regulation is not a panacea to the problems of the market – stressed Magdalena Gaj, President of UKE. In her view, regulation should act as a surgeon’s scalpel – precisely and only where it is needed.

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Orange announced that it is pleased with the EC decision and believes that the changes are crucial for the development of the market and competition in Poland.

Consent KE hits the Netia, which also provides services on leased lines. The operator last week launched a website Dropss for Orange customers, with dozens of gold cheaper than Neostrada.

Peter Dziubak

5 Aug. 14 (No. 150)