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ChatGPT developers OpenAI are behind the apparent eight-figure purchase of the chat.com domain. -
A French startup developing a constellation of satellites to provide low-latency internet services for telecom operators has raised €9.3 million in funding.
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Data from Cloudflare showed that yesterday’s eclipse caused a drop in internet traffic in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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What to look forward to in Asian digital infrastructure as our consumption habits evolve
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UK investment vehicle Zegona has reached an agreement with Vodafone to purchase its Spanish business for 5 billion euros.
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The Coalition for Digital Africa, set up in December 2022, is to work with leading internet organisations to strengthen the digital infrastructure across Africa.
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In a first for the Australian market, Telstra Wholesale customers will now see traffic switch to the 4G mobile network if fibre connectivity fails.
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Internet exchange operator DE-CIX saw revenues increase 10% worldwide over the course of 2019 to reach €39.6 million, as the global customer base across all locations grew 20%.
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Cisco has announced its intention to buy ThousandEyes, the internet and cloud intelligence platform.
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The number of internet users in Bangladesh exceeded 100 million for the first time to reach 103.253 million users, according to newly released data from the country’s regulator, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
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Technological literacy and a lack of relevant content are muting global internet penetration rates, despite the cost of services reducing across the board.
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Internet outages around the world reached new record levels last week, despite relatively strong performance from global networks during the first weeks of Covid-19 lockdowns.
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In its quest to deploy the world’s most advanced broadband internet system, SpaceX has launched its seventh Starlink mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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According to the latest findings from the GSMA’s The Mobile Gender Gap Report 2020, women are 20% less likely to use mobile internet than men.
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Myanmar based internet service provider Frontiir has acquired US based big data storage company Termaxia and its cloud storage technology.
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The Peruvian project to deliver mobile broadband across the country has given details of how it plans to use open architecture to achieve its aims.
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Turk Telecom restored internet access earlier this month after a cyber-attack caused connectivity problems for the company.
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Ethiopia, Sudan and Tanzania are reportedly in the midst of a major internet outage caused by cuts to the FLAG Alcatel-Lucent Optical Network (FALCON) in Yemen.
