Internet access

By Helga Trüpel *

There are weighty contradictions in how the progressive-left camp interprets the term ‘freedom’.

Internet usage among Turks aged between 16 and 74 rose to 66.8 percent in 2017 from 61.2 percent the previous year, according to a recent Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) survey on information and communication technology usage in households in 2017.

Twenty of the largest archaeological sites and museums in Greece will gradually gain access to advanced broadband services after the signing of a memorandum of cooperation between the Ministry of Interior and a mobile operator. The total deal is expected to cost €2 million with the aim of utilising technology to better showcase and promote the vast Greek cultural heritage and history.

When you go online on July 12, you're going to be bombarded with reminders that the Trump administration has promised to soon kill net neutrality, laying the groundwork for an internet chopped up into fast and slow lanes.

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Turkey's leading cellphone operator, Turkcell, has announced the development of an automatic rotating antenna to enable uninterrupted internet connectivity at sea.

Broadband internet connections in Greece posted a year-on-year increase of 5.7 percent at the end of June and a six-month rise of 2.4 percent, as the number of connections came to 3.52 million, or 32.43 percent of households, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (EETT).

South Korea is well ahead of the pack when it comes to fast internet. With an average connection speed of 26.3 Mbps, accordi9bng to Akamai technological company. Ten more than the U.S., no country even comes close.

The number of broadband Internet subscribers in Turkey has topped 59 million, while the ranks of cellphone subscribers is nearly 75 million, Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Dec. 13.

More than a third of Bulgarian households still have no internet access at home, national statistics reveal.