German retail sales recover in August ’24
Retail sales in Germany rose by 1.6 per cent in real terms in August 2024 compared to July, according to…
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Egypt’s internet users rise by 1.4mln in May
The number of Internet users in Egypt rose by around 1.4 million in May, said Ministry of Communications and…
Egypt is the fastest fixed internet in Africa
Egypt has been named on Monday a winner at Ookla’s Speedtest Awards for the fastest fixed internet speed in Africa…
Egypt’s home Internet usage jumps by 87% amid coronavirus curfew – report
Internet consumption in Egypt has remarkably increased, seeing high traffic during March and April due to the…
Egypt becomes Africa’s third fastest internet speed – minister
Egypt has emerged as the third fastest internet connection speed in Africa, the country’s communications minister…
Uber scrambles to head off Brazil bill regulating ride software
Hundreds of drivers for the internet based ride-hailing firm Uber drove through Brazil’s largest cities on Monday…
China launches another crackdown on the internet
China’s President Xi Jinping delivered a message for the world during his opening speech at the 19th Communist…
China’s three internet giants under investigation for content that ‘endangers…
Chinese internet giants Tencent, Baidu, and Sina Weibo are under investigation for cyber-security violations, the…
Facebook has acquired a content rights startup called Source3 to help fight video pirates
Facebook has acquired a startup to help it crack down on users who share pirated videos and other content without…
Internet prices to increase by 4% in Egypt starting from Sept
The prices for internet ADSL services are scheduled to increase by four percent starting from September, a source…
Turkey blocks access to Wikipedia website: monitoring group
Turkish authorities on Saturday blocked access to online encyclopedia Wikipedia, an internet monitoring group…
China internet giant Tencent’s social apps are growing faster than Facebook
One number stood out in internet services company Tencent's latest earnings report, which revealed overnight in…
Congress may overturn Obama internet privacy rules
Republicans in the U.S. Congress are moving to repeal regulations adopted by Obama's administration in October that…
Orange Egypt says experimental networking of 4G service continuing
Orange Egypt, the country's second-largest mobile operator, announced on Sunday it will be ready to launch the new…
China sets up $14.6 billion internet investment fund
China has set up a 100 billion yuan ($14.55 billion) fund to support investment in the internet sector, said…
Turkey blocks access to Tor anonymising network
Turkey has blocked direct access to the Tor anonymous browsing network as part of a wider crackdown on the ways…
Telecom Egypt achieves 4G speeds of 200Mbits/second at Cairo ICT 2016 booth
Telecom Egypt (TE) managed to successfully provide internet connections at speeds of 200 Mbits/second in a live…
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurates Cairo ICT 2016
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Sunday the 20th round of Cairo ICT 2016, one of the top international…
China says terrorism, fake news impel greater global internet curbs
China's ambitions to tighten up regulation of the Internet have found a second wind in old fears - terrorism and…
Hack attacks cut internet access in Liberia
Liberia has been repeatedly cut off from the internet by hackers targeting its only link to the global network.…
AT&T aims to break from streaming crowd with Time Warner
AT&T is betting its purchase of Time Warner Inc will give the company an edge in winning subscribers for its…
Thailand is considering tougher tax collection rules for internet, tech firms
Thailand is studying plans to toughen tax collection rules for internet and technology firms like Alphabet Inc's…
Web security CEO warns about control of internet falling into few hands
The internet was designed to be a massive, decentralized system that nobody controlled, but it is increasingly…
Egypt’s CIT: ongoing talks to exempt software, digital content from VAT
Representing more than 1000 ICT firms in the country, Egypt’s Chamber of Communications Information Technology…
Telecom Egypt says internet connection lag in Upper Egypt to be fixed in hours
Telecom Egypt (TE), the state-owned landline monopoly, reported Thursday a double cut in two internet linking…
Comcast profit drops on film sales, beats Wall Street estimates
Comcast Corp reported a 5 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by lower film division sales, but…
Verizon sale leaves Yahoo investors betting on a stub
Yahoo Inc shareholders may be left betting on how quickly, if at all, the former web pioneer can cash in on its…
WikiLeaks blocked in Turkey following ruling party email dump
Turkey's Internet watchdog has blocked access to the WikiLeaks website in Turkey, it said, after the…
Chinese $1.2 billion takeover of Norway’s Opera fails, but alternative deal set
A $1.24 billion agreed takeover of Norwegian online browser and advertising company Opera Software by a Chinese…
Pokemon GO could serve as a marketing tool for retailers
Pokemon GO, a mobile game that has rocketed to the top of Apple Inc and Android app stores in record time, looks…
Facebook launches OpenCellular platform
Facebook has launched an open-sourced communications platform, as part of the social network's continuing attempts…
Germany raises funds for faster internet to 4 billion euros
Germany will make an additional 1.3 billion ($1.45 billion) euros in funding available to expand broadband internet…
Number of mobile internet users hits 24.1 million in June 2015: Egypt CAPMAS
The number of mobile internet users in Egypt achieved a year-on year 25.1 percent increase to reach 24.1 million in…
Clinton sets wide-ranging technology agenda
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday laid out a technology and innovation agenda…
China tightens up controls on paid-for internet search ads
China's internet regulator said on Saturday that search engines should tighten management of paid-for ads in search…
U.S. court supports landmark Obama internet equal-access rules
A U.S. appeals court upheld the Obama administration's landmark rules barring internet service providers from…
Verizon to submit $3 billion bid for Yahoo’s web assets
Verizon Communications Inc plans to submit a second-round bid of around $3 billion for Yahoo Inc's core internet…
Vodafone to cover Cairo University in Wi-Fi soon
Vodafone Egypt is to sign today a cooperation agreement with Cairo University to provide the campus with Wi-Fi…
Netflix launches website to test internet speed
Netflix Inc said on Wednesday that it had launched a website to check the speed of a mobile or broadband internet…
Warren Buffett is backing a new bidder for Yahoo
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Chairman Warren Buffett is backing a consortium vying for Yahoo Inc's internet assets that…