Elon Musk’s move to bring Starlink to Greece, will place the country at the top of the list of countries with the fastest internet in the world, next to South Korea (which holds the first spot), followed by Norway, Singapore and Canada, while the US holds the 11th position, the UK the 14th, and Australia the 43rd position.
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For over a year, SpaceX’s previously-flown Falcon 9 rockets have deployed sixteen batches of internet-beaming Starlink satellites. To date, there are approximately 960 satellites in orbit out of over 4,000 that will…
According to an announcement by the National Commission for Telecommunications and Post, Greece on Thursday launched a tender to award frequencies to operate 5G networks in the country. The auction concerns the…
Anonymous, a decentralised hacktivist group that is well known for its cyber attacks against the Church of Scientology, the Westboro Bapticist Church, Mastercard and even ISIS, has an infamous reputation, especially with…
Greece’s National Intelligence Service has hired 80 new hackers at a time when the cyberwar with Turkish hackers has intensified, Ethnos reported. The last time hackers were recruited was in 2009, but…
Turkish hackers initiated a “cyberwar” with Greece days ago, when the website of Chalkidona Municipality was downed. Ayyidiz Tim, the “cyber soldier of Turkey,” took responsibility for downing the website of the…
Turkish hackers initiated a “cyberwar” with Greece, and it is likely they are regretting it now, as Greek hackers have completely compromised the security of important Turkish government websites and recovered personal…
Yesterday Turkish hackers initiated a “cyberwar” when they took down the website of a small municipality of about only 30,000 people called Chalkidona in the Thessaloniki regional unit. Ayyidiz Tim, the “cyber soldier…
In response to the cyberattack on a Greek website by a Turkish hacker group, Anonymous Greece brought down the page of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier today, Turkish hackers managed…
In a major network modernisation deal, telecommunications company Ericsson has been selected by Greece’s largest mobile communications service provider Cosmote, as its sole 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) vendor. Cosmote said its…
On the 199th anniversary of the Eastern Mediterranean country declaring its independence, today’s Google Doodle celebrates Greece’s National Day. After nearly 400 years as part of the Ottoman Empire, the push for…
Greece’s Ministry of Digital Governance on Monday, issued a set of recommendations for the responsible and rational use of telecommunications networks and the internet, while coronavirus physical movement restrictions are in force.…
According the latest data from Eurostat, Europeans who did not shop online cited security and privacy concerns as one of the drivers of their decision, with Portugal ranking first, followed by Spain,…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday met with representatives with German telecoms and energy giants interested in investing further in Greece. Mitsotakis held separate meetings with Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hoettges,…
According to an announcement by Greece’s Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Digital Governance, schools nationwide are expected to gain faster internet connections. The upgrade process is expected…
On Saturday, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos declared the commencement of the final round of the Panhellenic and Balkan World Robot Olympiad 2019, declaring it as the “end of an exciting journey of five…
According to Wikipedia, its Greek page version received more than 358.8 million visits in 2018, with “Greece”, “Macedonia”, “Alexander the Great” and “Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” being the most popular searches.…
The Greek government has received the green light from the European Commission for its plan to subsidise broadband services with 50 million euros. The initiative, through which the Greek government hopes to…
According to the results of a survey conducted by The Association of Business and Retail Sales of Greece (H.R.B.A), ELTRUN and the e-commerce laboratory of the Economic University of Athens, Greek digital…
A Greek designed shipping application is proving popular amongst shipping companies and is on its way to dominating the global shipping market. Named ‘Metis’ and developed exclusively by Greek scientists the programme…