Kenyan govt deploys free public Wi-Fi in Nyeri open market

(Telecompaper) The Kenyan government has deployed free public Wi-Fi service at Nyeri open market under its nationwide scheme to provide internet hotspots for traders… https://www.telecompaper.co…

Meta to pay USD 725 mln to resolve US class-action suit over Facebook role in Cambridge Analytica affair

(Telecompaper) Meta Platforms has agreed to pay USD 725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the company of allowing third parties, including… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/met…

Microsoft’s Bing handed EUR 60 mln French fine for cookie breaches

(Telecompaper) France’s data protection agency Cnil has imposed a EUR 60 million fine on Microsoft’s search engine Bing following a complaint about the website’s cookie policy……

Spain removes payphones from universal service, hikes minimum speed

(Telecompaper) Spanish communications watchdog CNMC has outlined the details of the latest tender to designate a new operator for the provision of the country’s universal telecommunications serv…

FCC opens consultation on how best to combat digital discrimination

(Telecompaper) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has opened a consultation on the next steps to promote and make possible equal access to broadband… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/f…

Eurofiber to connect more than 140 business parks to fibre network

(Telecompaper) Eurofiber is planning to connect more than 140 business parks in Belgium to its fibre network in 2023, namely 91 sites in Wallonia and about 50 in… https://www.telecompaper.com/ne…

EC starts developing DNS internet infrastructure for 100 million people

(Telecompaper) The European Commission (EC) plans to onboard 100 million people to a new EU-based DNS internet infrastructure… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ec-starts-developing-dns-internet…

ODF strengthens fibre expansion plans with fresh loan of EUR 610 mln

(Telecompaper) Open Dutch Fiber (ODF) has taken out an additional loan of more than EUR 610 million to help with its goal of expanding fibre networks in urban and… https://www.telecompaper.com/n…

German patent office tells Microsoft to make interim payment of over EUR 1 mln to German publishers

(Telecompaper) The Arbitration Board at the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) has proposed that Microsoft should pay EUR 1.2 million for the use of press content by the search engine BingR…

MOX to build Pacific Northwest backhaul route for Toptana Technologies

(Telecompaper) MOX Networks said that it is building a fibre-optic backhaul network for Toptana Technologies, the first indigenous-owned cable landing station and… https://www.telecompaper.com/n…

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