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How will the pandemic in 2021 be different?

We have been living with COVID-19 for about a year now, and we will continue to do so for a while longer. But just as the virus has evolved to adapt, survive, and spread, so has the rest of the world. This begs the question, how will the pandemic in 2021 be any different? what […]

Trump widens US ban on Chinese apps as his term nears end

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay and WeChat Pay in an escalation of a trade war that has been unfolding through most of his term. The order, however, goes into effect in 45 days, nearly a month after Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the […]

Global telecoms industry lost $43 billion in 2020

While people, companies, and governments around the world leaned on connectivity to keep the lights on, many expected that the global telecoms industry would be riding high and mighty during one of the hardest years humanity has ever faced. Contrary to that, the reality of the situation is much bleaker than many could imagine. Telcos […]

Where is Jack Ma, China's e-commerce pioneer?

China’s best-known entrepreneur, e-commerce billionaire Jack Ma, made his fortune by taking big risks. The former English teacher founded Alibaba Group in 1999, when China had few internet users. Online payments service Alipay launched five years later, before regulators said such businesses would be allowed. Both long shots grew to dominate their industries. Ma’s latest […]

Mohanned Alosta, CEO of Libyana Telecom

How has Libyana handled the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic? What were the main challenges? And how were they met? The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply impacted the entire world, we, at Libyana, faced challenging issues on both the service providing and operation sides; however, we find ourselves in the right direction facing all of them. […]

China strengthens commitment to 5G efforts in 2021

China will double down on its national 5G rollout by building at least 600,000 new base stations in 2021 in efforts to bolster its economy and meet customer complaints regarding spotty coverage, Xiao Yaqing, the Head of China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said during a conference. The Minister highlighted the need to […]

India OKs AstraZeneca and locally made COVID-19 vaccines

India authorized two COVID-19 vaccines on Sunday, paving the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second-most populous country. The country’s drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca, and another developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech. Drugs Controller […]

Germany experiences vaccine delays

Coronavirus vaccine delays were experienced in several German cities after temperature trackers showed that about 1,000 units of the shot manufactured by BioNTech and Pfizer were not kept in a cold enough temperature during transit. A spokesperson for the district of Lichtenfels, northern Germany said that medical staff revealed that the temperature logs recorded a […]

The Latest: Ariz. gov. rejects call for online learning

PHOENIX — Arizona’s Gov. Doug Ducey has rejected the state’s top education official’s call for Ducey to order public schools to use only online instruction for the next two weeks unless they have waivers from health officials. Amid a coronavirus surge in the state, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman said Saturday that schools need […]

Ticketmaster to pay $10 million fine over hacking charges

Ticketmaster agreed on Wednesday to pay a $10 million fine to escape prosecution over criminal charges accusing the company of hacking into the computer system of a startup rival. A judge in federal court in New York City signed off on the deal in what’s been a long-running legal battle that challenged Ticketmaster’s dominance over […]