Sci-tech The Huawei DigiTruck - a driving force for digital literacy Huawei's DigiTrucks are helping to bridge the digital divide by providing learners with skills, knowledge and positive attitudes for handling computer devices 16/07/2020
Greece Sparkle looks to a greener future with the opening of its fourth data centre in Greece In a move designed to kickstart what CEO Mario Di Mauro describes as “a new digital game”, international service provider Sparkle laid a symbolic foundation stone for the company’s latest data centre on 21 January. 31/01/2020
Netherlands Dutch emergency services hit by major telecoms outage Netherlands authorities said anyone with an emergency should go directly to hospitals, fire departments or local police stations. 24/06/2019
Canada Woman "must pay" €40,000 phone bill A Canadian woman has been asked to pay 61,000 Canadian dollars ( €40,700) for calls she claims she didn't make. 09/06/2019
world news Maximum price introduced for international EU calls The EU have priced the cap of international calls within the EU following a series of legislative changes to strengthen electronic communication within the EU. Personal calls abroad will be capped at 19 cents per minute, with SMS messages capped at 6 cents per SMS. 13/05/2019
Spain Watch again: everything you need to know about 5G from the MWC 5G internet is being called the next wireless revolution and is one of the main themes at this year's World Mobile Conference in Barcelona. But what exactly will it change in our day-to-day lives? And does 5G pose any risks to our health and security? 25/02/2019
Italy Interview with Riccardo Delleani, CEO Sparkle What does the future of telecoms look like? Will progress go hand in hand with human evolution? Riccardo Delleani, CEO of Sparkle, answered these questions and more at the recent Capacity Europe conference in London. 12/11/2018
target 5G, blockchain and IoT: the future of telecommnications The Capacity Europe conference in London looked at the opportunities and challenges facing world telecoms on the eve of the introduction of revolutionary new 5G technology. 31/10/2018
Business AT&T gets go-ahead to buy Time Warner for 100 billion euros The US telecoms giant AT&T has won court approval to buy Time Warner for 100 billion euros in a blow to the Trump administration’s attempts to block the deal. 13/06/2018
World Vodafone chief Vittorio Colao to step down Vodafone has announced that its Chief Executive Vittorio Colao will step down in October. 15/05/2018
target Madagascar wants to become an ICT hub Madagascar wants to capitalise on its booming information and communication technologies sector. 21/12/2017
United Kingdom Top UK military official says NATO must protect underwater cables from Destruction of underwater communications cables could disrupt trillions of dollars of financial transactions and NATO and its allies must do more to protect attacks 15/12/2017
United Kingdom 25 years ago: the world’s first text message It was both simple and easy to read: “Merry Christmas” - not “Xmas”. 03/12/2017
Business AT&T-Time Warner deal to prevail, analysts predict But the US government's lawsuit to block the merger sparks concerns the White House is trying to hurt Time Warner's CNN. 21/11/2017
Germany #RumoursAboutGermany: Government campaign aims to expose lies human traffickers tell migrants "The ship for the crossing to Germany is spacious and has a pool and a cinema," is one of the 'seven lies' about Germany presented on the site. 24/10/2017
Belgium Wifi weakness exposed by Belgian experts Traffic and data on wireless networks could be corrupted by close-by hackers, say Belgian researchers 17/10/2017