Telecommunications

The Senate plenum, acting as decision-making body, adopted today by a vote of 117 to 13 (the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians) and one abstention the bill initiated by the government regarding measures for IT and communications infrastructures of national interest and the requirements for the implementation of 5G networks.

Vantage Towers Greece sees significant growth prospects in Greece, using as a vehicle the collaborations with all the "players" in the telecommunications sector, but also of the wider market, also winking to energy companies as well.

US President Joe Biden is set to ban Americans from investing in dozens of Chinese tech and defence firms with alleged military ties.

The new executive order will come into effect on 2 August, hitting 59 firms including communications giant Huawei. The list of firms will be updated on a rolling basis.

It expands an order previously issued by former President Donald Trump.

The Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) said on Tuesday that it has not issued a permission to use special intelligence means (SIM) on incumbent caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Yanev, nor on politicians mentioned by the media.

One of China's biggest mobile phone maker Tecno Mobile has begun manufacturing in Turkey with an investment of $35 million, a company statement said on May 24.

"We plan to employ around 1,000 people at our production facility at Istanbul's Pendik district in the first year of trading," said Hank Li, Tecno Mobile's Turkey manager.

A mobile tourism app, Visitİzmir, covering 30 districts, 11 categories, and 2,300 locations in the western province of İzmir, is now accessible to the public.

İzmir Mayor and İzmir Foundation President Tunç Soyer said the aim of the app, realized with the "Another Tourism is Possible" goal, is to holistically raise the prosperity levels of both the city and urban areas of the city.

By Periklis Dimitroulopoulos

Daily life without having to send an sms to state authorities in order to leave one's home has returned. But who was actually using the system? Who was heeding public health restrictions that were abolished in practice before they were officially eliminated?

Now, the girls, Ana and Dana, get their schooling through the cracked screen of Birca's mobile phone. The family does not own a computer, nor does it have Wifi at home.

Ljubljana – The Agency for Communication Networks and Services (AKOS) concluded on Friday a wireless spectrum auction as part of which it also offered frequency bands for 5G mobile networks. It has fetched EUR 164.2 million as all four bidders – A1 Slovenija, Telekom Slovenije, Telemach and T-2 – have been awarded frequency bands.

However Cosmote will retain its 2G network for voice and text services