Internet services down in Iran prior to elections

Iran lifts ban on Gmail, YouTube will remain banned

According to different reports from users and internet experts in the country, internet services are facing a downtime in Iran as it seems that the government is tightening control of the internet ahead of next month's presidential election. The … [Read more...]

Second internet blackout hits Syria in two weeks

Internet goes down in Syria

nterAnother internet blackout hit Syria as informed by Syrian residents and a U.S. internet monitoring company. This is the second blackout in Syria in two weeks.The U.S. internet monitoring company Renesys Corporation informed that Syria went … [Read more...]

Internet goes down in Syria: Disrupting rebel communication?

Internet goes down in Syria

Syria seems to be suffering from another internet blackout similar to a two-day outage that happened late last fall, as per internet traffic monitoring companies.The chief technology officer at Renesys, Jim Cowie reported that his firm saw an … [Read more...]

Internet connectivity to suffer as SEAMEWE 4 is repaired

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One of the undersea cables connecting Pakistan to the world; South East Asian Middle East Western Europe 4 (SEAMEWE 4) is scheduled for a repair this month as mentioned in the latest update from Internet Service Providers to their … [Read more...]

HP and Dell PC shipments decrease by 14% and 11%

pc market share

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has released its first quarter report of PCs for the year 2013 and things look pretty demoralizing for the entire technology. The top five vendors in PC manufacture are seen to take quite a downturn in … [Read more...]

Mobilink Internet Ballay Ballay : TVC critic

mobilink-ad-internet

Mobilink Internet Ballay Ballay is the new catch phrase the company is getting their customers hooked on to. The latest Mobilink TVC with its brand ambassador Ali Zafar singing the new jingle of Mobilink Internet Ballay Ballay and Nargis Fakhri with … [Read more...]

IMEWE Undersea Internet Cable repaired, internet restored

seamewe cables

Recent reports indicate that the fault located in the India-Middle East-Western Europe (IMEWE) undersea internet cable has been repaired and the cable has been powered up for traffic use. The fault located in Segment 1A of the undersea internet cable … [Read more...]

ECP site blocked by PTCL due to massive traffic

PTCL wins prestigious ESRI Special Achievement in GIS Award 2012

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), in addition to having dealing with the most important task of scrutinizing candidates seems to be dealing with another plethora of problems related to connectivity and internet usage. As reported by the … [Read more...]