Seattle: The last of Egypt's main Internet service providers, the Noor Group, has gone dark. The Noor Group had remained online even after Egypt's four main Internet providers - Link Egypt, Vodafone/Raya, Telecom Egypt, Etisalat Misr - abruptly stopped shuttling Internet traffic into and out of the country Friday morning. At about 11 PM local time Monday, the Noor Group became unreachable, said James Cowie, chief technology officer of Renesys,...
New Delhi: The customers are a happy lot post the nation-wide launch of mobile number portability (MNP) on Thursday -- a scheme that allows subscribers to switch operators without changing their existing number. "I am happy that the scheme is finally here. I have been using Idea for the past one year but I am facing problems like bad network. I am now planning to switch to Airtel due to...
MNP helps in "increasing competition between the service providers. ...
The move will permit calls from personal comps to fixed lines and cell phones. ...