Last week in telecoms: Consolidation in Belgium, FTTH advances in UK and OTT players try new subscriptions
The Belgian market was in the spotlight this week, as Orange and Liberty Global consolidated their holdings and market leader Proximus also made an acquisition. The UK fibre market reached a new milestone of 10 million homes passed at Openreach, while Virgin Media may be preparing a bid for the wholesale operator CityFibre. The global OTT players are working on monetization, with new subscription forms, sports and TVs Amazon meanwhile announced another big round of job cuts, and Orange Business started its