Covid-19

Bahrain’s growth and development in the telecoms sector

The growing telecoms sector in Bahrain accounts for 4% of the Kingdom’s annual GDP. Mobile penetration is high, and the government have put necessary measures in place to ensure that infrastructure can facilitate 5G deployment. In 2017, the first 5G trial for Bahrain was conducted. As such, Bahrain is driving growth in the telecom sector […]

School shutdowns raise stakes of digital divide for students

By MEG KINNARD and MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press WINNSBORO, S.C. (AP) — Students struggling to get online in a rural South Carolina county received a boost last week with the arrival of six buses equipped with Wi-Fi, some of the hundreds the state has rolled out since schools were closed by the coronavirus outbreak. With […]

The dangers of digital disinformation

The Corona crisis is the first pandemic in the era of 5G. In today’s competitive and reactive market place, scammers, hackers, conspiracy theorists etc. continue to put out false information that is now spreading quicker than ever. American Professor, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, from the University of Pennsylvania calls this “viral disinformation”. However, what happens now, […]

What is happening to the smartphone market?

As the Coronavirus outbreak continues to be a problem for the world, effects on multiple sectors, including the smartphone market, are now becoming clearer. Despite being an international crisis, the biggest impact of the virus – certainly in an economic sense – has been felt in China. China is also the place that manufactures parts […]

TV viewership climbing with people stuck at home by virus

By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER AP Television Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A fixture on television, actress Julie Bowen of “Modern Family” is doing the same thing as millions of other people during the widespread coronavirus shutdown. She’s sitting at home, watching more television than she normally would. In a world turned upside down […]

Russia implements system to track Coronavirus

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 […]

Ways that tech and telecom firms are helping amid Coronavirus?

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 […]

Internet firm restricts virus-themed website registrations

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 […]

A screening platform or an online information source?

Google’s screening platform recently launched, was thought of as tool to enable people to be tested online, according to US President, Donald Trump. After a slight delay, what came to light is that the platform was not what was originally anticipated. It is not a screening website but rather, an information source. The president was […]