Afrihost services disrupted by outage at data centre

(Telecompaper) South African ISP Afrihost says a cooling system failure at MTN’s Gallo Manor data centre has caused an extended outage and affected its hosting services, MyBroadband reportedR…

KBC secures rights to broadcast sporting events

(Telecompaper) Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) has acquired free-to-air broadcasting rights for various sporting events both locally and internationally that will take place from 1 July and 22 Ma…

APL posts 19% revenue growth in 2021, targets demand from hyperscalers

(Telecompaper) France-based data centre operator APL reported revenues of EUR 47 million in 2021, up 19 percent year-on-year. The result was above the company’s own forecast by EUR 1 millionR…

Amazon makes it easier to cancel Prime after European Commission action

(Telecompaper) The European Commission said that after talks with it and with national consumer protection authorities, Amazon has committed to bringing its Prime… https://www.telecompaper.com/n…

Spanish e-commerce sales up 16% in Q4 2021

(Telecompaper) E-commerce revenues in Spain rose again to EUR 16.9 billion in the final quarter of 2021, up 15.8 percent compared to the Covid-affected year earlier… https://www.telecompaper.com…

Comcast brings upgraded Xfinity Stream app on Apple TV 4K, HD

(Telecompaper) Comcast has launched of its Xfinity Stream app on Apple TV 4K and Apple TV HD, giving Xfinity TV customers another option to access their… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/comcas…

HbbTV Association re-elects Grivet to chair

(Telecompaper) The HbbTV Association has re-elected Vincent Grivet, representing Eutelsat, as its chair for two years… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/hbbtv-association-re-elects-grivet-to-cha…

Swedish security rules will apply to web-based services from August

(Telecompaper) Swedish communications regulator PTS said that a significant feature of the new security regulations taking force on 01 August 2022 is that… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/swed…

EA launches EA Sports F122 Formula One game

(Telecompaper) Electronic Arts (EA) has joined up with Codemasters to bring out EA Sports F122, the official game of the 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship,… https://www.telecompaper.com/ne…

Nkom publishes annual state of internet in Norway report

(Telecompaper) Norwegian communications regulator Nkom has published “Internet in Norway – Annual report 2022″… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/nkom-publishes-annual-state-of-int…

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