Tag: internet
Starlink stops orders in Nigeria as kits are sold out
Starlink terminals are now sold out in Nigeria’s largest cities—Lagos, Abuja, and Port Harcourt—as demand surges for the satellite internet service.
Benin City in Edo...
Net Neutrality: The Ongoing Battle for an Open Internet
The idea of net neutrality has become crucial in the digital age, igniting intense discussion among tech companies, legislators, and consumers alike. The way...
World hit by biggest-ever DDoS attack
Internet companies Google, Amazon and Cloudflare say they have weathered the internet’s largest-known denial-of-service attack and are sounding the alarm over a new technique they...
MTN gets Corporate Responsibility Award from Africa-America Institute
MTN Group has been honoured with a the Corporate Responsibility Award for the year 2023 by Africa-America Institute.
A statement from MTN said the...
Telecom companies in India want tech firms to pay for network...
Telecom operators in India, the second largest wireless market, would like internet companies to compensate for using their networks, a recommendation they’ve made to...
Internet slows down in Zimbabwe ahead of elections
Zimbabweans are suffering sluggish internet just ahead of the country’s national elections on Wednesday.
This online traffic is affecting the customers of the top internet players like...
MTN, Vodacom want Netflix, others to pay fair rates for internet...
South Africa’s biggest mobile operators, Vodacom and MTN, want streamers like Netflix and other big internet companies to pay them for carrying often-huge volumes of...
Rwandan startup PayDay lands deal with Starlink
Rwandan FinTech start-up Payday has announced a partnership deal that will enable Startlink customers in the country to purchase their subscription services through Payday’s platform.
The...
More competition for Musk’s Starlink as SES, Intelsat discuss merger
After decades of competing against each other, two Luxembourg-based satellite rivals are weighing a merger to take on a space industry upstart — billionaire...
Starlink rival OneWeb to launch global Internet coverage this year
OneWeb has launched the final 36 satellites of its initial 616-satellite “constellation”, allowing the rival of Elon Musk’s Starlink to offer global broadband coverage...