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French IT Consulting Company Atos Issues a New Profit Warning

French technology consulting company Atos issued a profit warning on Monday, its second in seven months and coming just several days after its new CEO Rodolphe Belmer, appointed in October, officially took over the reins. Atos said its financial objectives stated in July could not be met, due both to delays on deals with customers […]

Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists

They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas emissions and the flows of molten rock. On the ground, they collect everything from the tiniest particles to “lava bombs” the size of watermelons that one of nature’s most powerful forces hurl as incandescent projectiles. Scientists from around the world are […]

India halts SpaceX’s Starlink plans, waits for license issuance

India has asked Musk’s aerospace company, SpaceX, to stop “booking/rendering” satellite internet services for its Starlink project until obtaining a license to carry out plans in the country, according to Reuters. SpaceX’s division registered in India as a business on November 1st and had already launched its pre-orders process, despite not getting the Indian government’s permission […]

UAE’s Etisalat marks a 2 percent rise in Q3, 2021

UAE-based telco, Etisalat, revealed its 2021, third quarter (Q3) financial report, unveiling a 2 percent rise in a fiscal year ending on September 30, reaching $3.62 billion. The group’s consolidated net profit rose to $653.38 million, imprinting a 1 percent increase in a fiscal year, with consolidated revenues reaching $3.62 billion, a 2 percent augmentation […]

Apple’s big fall event is happening this Tuesday on September 14

The wait is finally over. Apple’s iPhone 13 event will go into action on Tuesday, September 14th at 1PM ET, according to the smartphone giant. The event, under the name “California streaming,” will take place as a virtual event for the second year in a row from Apple Park. Similar to the size of the […]

What we know about Apple’s new iPhone 13 so far

The anticipation for Apple’s annual unveiling of its newest iPhone line is reaching a boiling point, as the tech giant is preparing for its mid-to late-September event at the company’s California headquarters where the public will get a glimpse of the new iPhone 13. While the event hasn’t been announced yet, Apple usually never skips […]

Amazon is going on a global hiring spree with 55,000 openings

Amazon is reportedly on a global hiring spree as the e-commerce giant looks to expand its internal team, with Chief Executive Andy Jassy highlighting to Reuters that the company will onboard almost 55,000 people around the globe in the upcoming months. If the number isn’t jaw-dropping enough, it’s important to note that it equals more […]

Ethiopia’s plan to revive its Telecom Sector

The slow process of releasing Ethiopia’s telecom market has finally reached an end with the licensing of East Africa’s Safaricom-led Global Partnership for Ethiopia’s consortium, granting the company a seat at the table to empower the government’s telecom services. Ethiopia is one of the last two countries in Africa to augment its national telco services […]

Serbian Telecom introduces mobile services in Macedonia

Serbia-based telecom company, Telekom Srbija, announced on Thursday the launching of its new subsidiary in North Macedonia called Mtel, to provide mobile services in the area by the end of 2021.  The future subsidiary will offer satellite TV services that will be launched within a month; along with mobile telephony and optical internet services that will be provided by the end of 2021, according to Serbian media reports.  The state-owned company revealed that it aims to expand […]