Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, gave authorities five days (on Monday), to develop a system to track people who come into contact with those infected with Coronavirus, using geolocation data on their mobile phones. The system will send information to people if they have come into contact with anyone that has the virus and that […]
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Operators are ramping up offers that are intended to help their customers get through the current coronavirus pandemic. We know that the networks are overloaded through increased data but this industry is actually managing quite well with this. One other thing we need to see is whether services are financially possible for those people that […]
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — An internet firm is ending the automated registration of website names that include words or phrases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, an attempt to combat coronavirus-related fraud. Los Angeles-based Namecheap Inc. made the pledge after a federal judge in Texas ordered the takedown of a website […]
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Leaders of the world’s most powerful economies will convene virtually on Thursday to try and coordinate a response to the fast-spreading coronavirus, which has shuttered businesses and forced well over a quarter of the world’s population into home isolation. The meeting for the Group […]
In recent months, countries around the world have seen a surge in internet and mobile phone usage. Network traffic is unprecedented, as more and more people are confined to working from home and have no other means to contact friends and loved ones. To some network operators, the burden might seem too great whilst others […]
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer With so much of the U.S. workforce — and their families — now cooped up at home to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, it’s not a huge surprise that home internet is showing the strain. If you’ve had a business videoconference stutter while your teenagers play Call […]
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus shutdowns have launched an unplanned, unprecedented experiment with online education at schools across the U.S., and the nation’s largest school system plunged in Monday as New York City asked over 1.1 million students to log in and learn. After a whirlwind week of planning, […]
A license for spectrum allows the holder/user to occupy a part of the radio spectrum without interference. It is usually state-owned and telecoms companies pay an upfront fee to the relative authorities. There are some cases where unlicensed users have freely occupied the airwaves, however, they often experience congestion and interference from other channels. In […]
By FRANK BAJAK and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press Several European nations are evaluating powerful but potentially intrusive tools for fighting the coronavirus pandemic, a move that could put public health at odds with individual privacy. The tools in question are apps that would use real-time phone-location data to track the movements of virus carriers and […]
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press The coronavirus pandemic is leading to information overload for many people, often making it difficult to separate fact from fiction and rumor from deliberate efforts to mislead. Already, text messages predicting a nationwide lockdown have circulated, along with social media posts telling people that one way to […]