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Orange reiterates commitment to reducing Africa's digital divide, by investing in KaiOS
2019-06-21 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Orange has made a significant investment in pan African app and operating system developer, KaiOS Technologies, as the pair look to build on their recent partnership. KaiOS raised $50 million from a number of investors at a recent series B funding round…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Orange commits to reducing Africa's digital divide, with KaiOS investment
2019-06-21 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Orange has made a significant investment in pan African app and operating system developer, KaiOS Technologies, as the pair look to build on their recent partnership. KaiOS raised $50 million from a number of investors at a recent series B funding round…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Bridging Britain's digital divide
2018-06-22 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
As the dust settled on Connected Britain 2018 this week, few who attended the event in London could be left in any doubt that the UK is sharpening its resolve to become a more inclusive and comprehensive digital society. While huge efforts are being made to speed up the rollout of full fibre fixed line networks and to prepare the ground for an ahead-of-schedule 5G launch next year, there is still much to do if the UK is to make up ground on its neighbours in mainland Europe. In her key note address on day one, the UK's Minister for Digital set the tone for the event…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Italian PM inaugurates Open Fiber digital divide rollout
2017-11-15 09:37:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has inaugurated the first FTTH construction site of phase one of the government's tenders to build and operate a national high-speed broadband network in digital divide areas throughout the country. The symbolic ribbon cutting event took place in the locality of Campli in the Italian region of Abruzzo, badly hit by recent earthquakes. The Open Fiber wholesale-only venture of Italian utility Enel and state lender CDP having been awarded the corresponding contract to roll out fibre cable in underserved parts of Abruzzo, Molise, Emilia Romagna, Lombardy, Tuscany and Veneto.
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2016-07-27 01:07:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
There are strong social divisions in how young people use digital technology at home, according to international research from the OECD.
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