As one of the globally renowned leaders in Value-Added Services (VAS) and technological solutions, Monty Mobile is expanding its capabilities from Tech to FinTech, with Chairman Mountasser Hachem pursuing new ventures, landing the digital banking solution “MyMonty” which is envisioned to become the largest in the world”. MyMonty believes in partnerships with banks in order […]
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The PSTN switch off: everything you need to know The countdown clock keeps ticking. We’re just three years away from turning off the public switched telephone network (PSTN), but many businesses remain unprepared. While love for the traditional landline continues to dwindle, businesses remain unsure about their options for the future. Here, Ginelle Bell, UK […]
Mobile is the world’s biggest and fastest-growing game platform, by player numbers and revenues alike. According to Newzoo’s Global Games Market Report, mobile generated revenues of $93.2 billion in 2021 (+7.3 percent year on year YoY). And 2.8 billion people played mobile games. Community has long been an integral part of the games market. As […]
Samsung introduced its latest lineup of Galaxy S22 phones at its first-ever Galaxy Unpacked event for 2022, unveiling the Galaxy S22 Ultra, the first note with faster response time for S-Pen. The announcement of the trio models, Galaxy S22 and S22+, in addition to the Ultra, allowed Samsung to present its most robust device lineup […]
Decentraland is a fully decentralized 3D virtual world where people can own, develop, and sell their own virtual land while also exploring other people’s land and buildings. The virtual plots of land can contain anything from static objects to interactive displays, games, music and video players, art, and even social events and whatever the imagination […]
The new hype surrounding one certain family of non-fungible tokens (NFT) has taken the world by a swift, without any knowledge of who some of its creators are, specifically some of the most famous ones, the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC). Until now. Buzzfeed uncovered the veil of the BAYC godfathers, Greg Solano (32 years old) […]
The U.S. House of Representatives passed on Friday the $300 billion America COMPETES Act directed at supporting technological investments to compete with rivals in its semiconductor manufacturing. The Act will deliver extensive subsidies for manufacturing and research, all while improving the pre-existing U.S. trade policy as the country stands in a manufacturing face-off with China’s […]
“The customer is king” – this claim is anything but new in the telco industry, but now it is fortified by the amendment of the telecommunications act (TKG). In force since December 1, 2021, the update of the TKG especially grants customers additional rights with regard to termination periods, reimbursements, and transparency. Meanwhile, a new paradigm can […]
Many are having a hard time envisioning something as abstract and incorporeal – in the most literal sense – as the Metaverse. Is it a visual space or a collection of them? Is it only in virtual reality, or does it include other interfaces and technologies? Facebook, now Meta, want to stake their claim on […]
Shifting straight to eSIMs is a more strategic choice In October 2021, telecom giant and leading global mobile network operator (MNO) Vodafone announced its new Eco-SIM — made from recycled plastic. Any sustainability feat is positive for the telecommunications industry, which contributes two per cent of the global emissions total. But why stop at recycled […]