Latest in Tag: internet Highlight
Latest in Tag: internet

Students detained 15 days for managing ‘anti-security’ social media pages
Police lists renowned campaign for detainees amongst âcriminal pagesâ

Unified licence, national entity, Internet prices TEâs most significant issues
Management changes since 2000 have failed to make a breakthrough, says SSTE deputy head

NTRA studies compensating private Internet companies
Private companies are suffering losses due to Telecom Egyptâs replacement of copper cables with fibre optic ones
Internet companies link price reduction to TE solving infrastructure issues
Following Telecom Egyptâs (TE) decision to replace the copper Internet cables with high speed fibre optic cables, competing companies have been losing internet services, forcing customers to switch to TE Data, as it is the only company providing services in the meantime. âWe cannot discuss enhancing prices and Internet speed service, while Internet providers lose …

We have more than 100,000 visitors a month: Dawaya Business Development Manager
Drug purchase through Internet gives customers privacy and speed

Continuous decline in number of mobile users last January
This caused the rate of mobile service usage in comparison to the population retreat to 110.6% compared to 110.9% in December 2014, the report said.

Internet Revolution meets Minister of Communications
The activist group suggested amendments to Internet service prices and speed

Slight increase in number of internet users last December
Meanwhile, the number of internet users through USB reached 4.5 million by the end of last December, compared to 3.9 million last November, achieving a growth rate of 1.4%.

North Sinai residents’ daily suffering: Curfew, displacement, lack of access to services
“Many innocents disappear following arbitrary arrests,” says Sinai-based politician

More families evacuate Gaza borders in North Sinai
Local residents shed light on security state’s impacts on everyday life

Internet spread supports digital advertising takeover of marketing shares
Marketing shares in Egypt for digital advertising is considered acceptable if we compare it to other countries.

Egyptian exports of cross-border services via Internet worth $1.5bn by end of 2012
Egypt has the potential to be one of the fastest ten countries in the world in terms of digital economy during the next five years

46.2 million local internet users by end of August 2014
7.2% growth in mobile internet users
Egypt joins Arab cyber security convention
Cooperation aims to prevent, investigate, and prosecute the use of the Internet to commit crimes

Only 7% of Egyptians have bank accounts: PayFort
Around 20% of Egyptians perform their financial transactions electronically through credit cards

Communications ministry aims for broadband services for 90% of Internet users
According to a ministry official, the Internet speed users will enjoy is expected to reach up to 25MB.

Interruption of landline services due to cables changes: Telecom Egypt
Outrage from residents due to interruption of landline services over several months

Number of mobile users hike to 100 million
EGP 45bn needed to install high speed internet, Helmy added

ICT minister, Cisco Africa VP discuss ways to expand investment in Egypt
Meeting discussed ways to increase cooperation frameworks in national projects

Egypt has 18th slowest broadband in the world: Ookla
In February, thousands of Egyptian attempted to start an âinternet revolutionâ, protesting against poor services and high prices

Big dreams for Rwandaâs ICT sector
Success story is grabbing global attention

Amazon.com plans local services marketplace this year: Sources
Amazon aims to gauge demand and test logistics before rolling out nationwide, mirroring its approach to its grocery delivery service, Amazon Fresh.

Builder arrested for internet outage
Flights from Cairo International Airport were affected by the incident

Internet services temporarily down nationwide
Fire causes temporary slowing in data-speed and drop in stock market trading

Connectivity, costs and content challenge Arabs online
Almost 50% of a 3,000 person sample face problems in accessing internet; some 40% struggle with absence of Arabic content

Internet access is no longer a luxury
Fibre-optics could leap-frog Africa into the future

Egypt hosts second highest number of passing submarine cables: Communication minister
Atef Helmy says 16 submarine cables are currently passing through the country

Google Chromebooks get boost from chip-computer giants
The array of Chromebooks coming to market included the first one from Lenovo aimed directly at the consumer market. China-based Lenovo is the worldâs leading personal computer company.

Tech giants look to skies to spread Internet
Google took a step in that direction this week with the acquisition of Titan Aerospace, a maker of solar-powered drones that can help boost Internet access to remote areas.
Communication services shutdown temporarily in Aswan
Telecom Egypt says the Tuesday outage occurred due to damage in a communication cable