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Strong US business boosts Deutsche Telekom’s profits
The Telekom’s sales have seen healthy growth in the second quarter, boosted by its even faster-growing US subsidiary T-Mobile. T-Mobile has risen to become the third largest telecom provider in the US. German telecommunications giant Telekom announced Thursday a 15.3 percent jump in sales year-on-year to 17.43 billion euros ($19billion) in the second quarter, spurred …
Omega Soft provides Suez Canal with 45 applications for free
We offered SCA to manage and operate the Suez Canal through the company’s applications and IT solutions
US and China race for the fastest supercomputer
For the past two years, China has had the world’s top supercomputer, Tianhe-2. But now US President Barack Obama wants his country to build an even better one by 2025. Is this just a race for prestige? President Obama recently issued an executive order calling for the US to build the world’s most powerful computer …
Gamescom: Gaming industry surging ahead
The German city of Cologne is all set to host Gamescom, the biggest computer and video game event in the world. DW takes a look at the worldwide digital games market and new developments in this fast-growing sector. Cologne’s international exhibition center, Koelnmesse, is being transformed into the most important venue worldwide for presenting newly-developed …
German carmakers to buy HERE maps from Nokia
Three rival German automakers are buying Nokia’s digital maps division, HERE, a frontrunner in high-precision cartography. The maps are especially useful in the development of autonomous driving systems. German car companies Audi, BMW and Daimler announced on Monday that they would be banding together to purchase HERE from Finland’s Nokia, with each company acquiring an …
Uber plans massive investment in India
App-based car service Uber aims to pour a huge amount of money into its Indian operations in the coming months as part of the company’s efforts to expand and improve its services in the South Asian nation. Uber has announced a $1 billion (900 million euros) investment for the Indian market for the next nine …
Facebook launches Aquila, the Internet-beaming drone
Facebook said they are ready to begin the pilot program of a high-altitude drone that will beam Internet to remote parts of the world. The solar-powered drone will be able to fly without landing for three months. Aquila has a wingspan on par with a Boeing 737 of between 100 and 140 feet (30-40 meters), …
Facebook’s profits slip amid spending spree
The world’s biggest social network saw its second-quarter profits fall as it shelled out billions of dollars to develop its “family” of applications. The heavy investments are aimed at boosting future growth. Facebook, already the world’s largest social network, has a voracious appetite for growth, but satiating it can be costly. In the second quarter …
Twitter surprises investors with strong earnings
Despite the problems facing the social media giant, Twitter has posted an unexpected jump in quarterly revenue. The company is still struggling to attract more users and is looking for a permanent CEO. San Francisco-based Twitter Inc. posted a revenue of $502 million (454.7 million euros) in the second quarter, an increase of 61 percent …
Big business behind a free Windows 10?
Microsoft is starting to roll out its new Windows 10 operating system. It's available for free to a large proportion of Windows users. You think that's a poor business model? – Far from it, insists DW's Hardy Graupner. Windows 10 comes with quite a lot of new features and improvements over everything we've seen before. Among other things, there's now…
In Austria, Glorious Bastards bust Facebook haters
An invitation-only Facebook group named Glorious Bastards is taking down the social network's hatemongers. The vigilantes have already gotten one teenager fired from his job for an anti-migrant comment. The weeks-old group first drew attention when a 17-year-old apprentice at Porsche posted a comment under the picture of a young Syrian girl playing in a spray of water. The picture…
E-Finance to finalise mechanisation of public sector salaries in October
4m smart cards were issued and half of them were activated
Tech experts warn against ‘killer robots’
More than 1,000 leading scientists have penned an open letter condemning the possibility of an AI arms race. It is only a "matter of time" before dictators and warlords also get the technology, they said. A group of scientists, philosophers and technology experts including Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak issued a stern warning on Tuesday against a global…
4.3% growth in pensions paid through Egypt Post in Q1 2015
Pensions paid through Egypt Post increased 4.3% in the first quarter (Q1) of 2015 to 5.06m pensions, compared to 4.8m pensions in 2014, according to a Ministry of Communication and Information Technology report. The report, issued in July, also revealed an increase in the number of companies working in the communications, information technology, and added-value …
NTRA demands TE Data decide on final date to propose new internet prices
Telecom Egypt did not inform us about new agreement for renting infrastructure: NOOR
Hackers take over control of car’s action
For the first time, IT specialists have remotely hacked a car and full control of it – including the brakes and engine. Growing connectivity can improve life, but it also raises concerns over technical vulnerabilities. This was one drive Andy Greenberg will not forget any time soon, even though the writer for "Wired" magazine was forewarned. Before a test drive,…
Stay, memory, stay – new Alzheimer's treatment emerges
While Alzheimer's disease is still stealing countless people's memories, scientists have long been searching for an effective treatment. New drugs currently in research might help patients fend off the disorder. When human beings age, some start to lose their memories, have difficulties solving problems or making judgments and some lose the ability to speak. These are all symptoms of Alzheimer's…
Cost of ADSL services increases in Q1 of 2015
Internet services cost $10.1 per subscription, while mobile phone services cost $2.8
Raya mulls contracting with Haier for local product distribution
60% increase in distribution network, Raya will open Mega Store Nasr City branch, says Megahed
Negm, TE dispute settles unified licence file
It started with the TE administration’s objections to the reduction of the infrastructure rental rate for Internet service providers.
Ministry of Communications’ intervention to resolve TE crisis is legal: Negm
By Mohamed Alaa El-Din Minister of Communications Khaled Negm said his ministry’s intervention to resolve Telecom Egypt’s (TE) recent crisis is not against the law. He added, in a statement to the Daily News Egypt, that the government owns 80% of the company’s shares, which allows it to intervene in order to redirect the company’s path. …
4G licence proposal opportunity for TE to become integrated operator
TE’s acquisition of licence means giving up EGP 20bn, revenues of next five years, says official
Nafham targets 1 million users by 2016
“We plan to present vocational training videos to qualify youth for the labour market,” says General Manager
Fawry financial transactions increase by 50% in Q1 of 2015
The company started working through a paid capital worth EGP 77m, of which 75% belonged to Egyptian banks and entities including: Amlak Egypt, AlexBank, the Information Technology Development Fund, the Arab African International Bank, Raya Holdingand HSBC.
Mobile phone operators research 5G technology
By 2020, LTE subscriptions are expected to reach 3.1bn, compared to 500m in 2014.
Vodafone attracts 1 million clients using mobile money transfer services
Fixed Internet acquires 7% of company’s profits
Ministry of Communications continues to counter TE’s monopoly over infrastructure
TE executives send letter to ministry accusing it of targeting company through “haphazard” steps
‘Internet Revolution’ targets communications companies over low-quality services
This phase of the campaign also targeted Internet companies and Telecom Egypt, in protest at hefty Internet prices and low-quality services.
Courtesy, honesty and self-confidence most important standards for choosing customer service agents: Official
There are important qualities and standards that phone companies seek in their customer service agents.
Value-added services play main role in customer satisfaction
Etisalat Egypt also offered its clients the chance to pay online through a virtual credit card called Flous, in partnership with MasterCard.