internet
Internet Revolution to sue government over service prices
Egypt
October 15, 2015
Internet Revolution to sue government over service prices
An activist group advocating for reduced internet prices and improved quality intends to bring a case against the Communications and…
4.2 billion people are still offline
Science
October 14, 2015
4.2 billion people are still offline
For the majority of the world, "Googling" and "Facebooking" are not second nature. There are currently 4.2 billion people -- 57…
Internet giants race to faster mobile news apps
Science
October 4, 2015
Internet giants race to faster mobile news apps
US tech giants are turning to the news in their competition for mobile users, developing new, faster ways to deliver…
Internet Revolution campaign petitioning for communications minister’s dismissal
Egypt
August 27, 2015
Internet Revolution campaign petitioning for communications minister’s dismissal
The Facebook-based campaign "Internet Revolution" has called for collecting signatures against Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb and Communications and Information Technology…
Minister: Egypt seeks 50% Internet penetration by end-2016
Egypt
August 16, 2015
Minister: Egypt seeks 50% Internet penetration by end-2016
Egypt is looking to add 500,000 new Internet users by the end of 2015 and increase its internet penetration rate…
Study: Lower Internet prices ensure increase in customer acquisition
Business
August 16, 2015
Study: Lower Internet prices ensure increase in customer acquisition
Reducing Internet prices could ensure an increase in the number of customers served to over 50 percent of the population…
Popular hashtag complains of low internet quality to president
Egypt
August 10, 2015
Popular hashtag complains of low internet quality to president
A number of twitter users have launched a hashtag urging Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to intervene for the improvement…
Internet Revolution group rejects Communications Minister’s pricing proposal
Egypt
July 22, 2015
Internet Revolution group rejects Communications Minister’s pricing proposal
The "Internet Revolution" group has rejected the attempts by Communications Minister Khaled Negm to convince them about the validity of…
Communications back in N.Sinai after 7-hour outage
Egypt
July 20, 2015
Communications back in N.Sinai after 7-hour outage
Internet and phone services returned to the restive North Sinai late Sunday after a seven-hour cut, an official source in…
Campaign to boycott telecommunications companies launched Thursday
Egypt
June 25, 2015
Campaign to boycott telecommunications companies launched Thursday
The Internet Revolution Facebook page has launched a campaign to boycott Internet and communications companies, in order to pressure them…