GSMA says 71% of Nigerians have no regular access to mobile internet 

GSMA says 71% of Nigerians have no regular access to mobile internet 

Groupe Special Mobile Association (GSMA), the umbrella body of mobile operators globally, has said that only 29% of Nigerians have regular access to mobile internet, leaving out 71.  The body disclosed this in its Digital Economy Report focusing on Nigeria. According to the report, this is due to several industry challenges limiting telecom coverage expansion.   …

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Mobile internet back, Singhu and Tikri borders to reopen

Mobile internet back, Singhu and Tikri borders to reopen

The Haryana government has started to resume the amenities that were snapped due to the farmer protests. Internet services which were suspended from 13th February in seven districts of the state including Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Ambala, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Jind and Hisar were restored after 24th February midnight. Mobile internet and bulk SMS services were first discontinued …

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Mobile Internet Back In 7 Haryana Districts As Farmers Suspend Protest

Mobile Internet Back In 7 Haryana Districts As Farmers Suspend Protest

Officials said no fresh order has been issued to extend the suspension of the mobile services. (File) Chandigarh: Mobile internet services were restored in seven Haryana districts on Sunday, almost two weeks after they were suspended in the wake of farmers’ ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation, officials said. The services were suspended in Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, …

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The real digital nomads: how, on the Mongolian steppe, mobile internet is helping save nomadic traditions

The real digital nomads: how, on the Mongolian steppe, mobile internet is helping save nomadic traditions

Together with his brother, they own much of the livestock they look after as they wander the vast Mongolian landscape. Gers and sheep at a river in a mountainous area of Selenge, Mongolia. Photo: Shutterstock Out here, there are no other people around. The steppe of the northeastern Khentii province seems to stretch endlessly in …

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