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Streaming giant Netflix has moved to reduce the
pressure on Egyptian telecom networks while maintaining
streaming quality. The company has managed to provide
some relief to Internet Service Providers amid unusual
demand by cutting Netflix traffic by 25%, allowing the
Internet to continue to function well during the current crisis
without sacrificing streaming quality. The step has initially
been applied in Egypt for a period of 30 days. Netflix says it
was able to move quickly to reduce data usage due to its
long investment in adaptive streaming technology and
its Open Connect programme, which involves Netflix
partnering with local Internet Service Providers to
deliver content more efficiently.
KSA
Stc has sent out more than 1.6 billion awareness
messages about COVID-19 in 44 days, in 10 different
languages. stc has communicated its messages in Arabic
and English and eight other languages to millions of citizens
and residents, in co-operation with a number of government
agencies, such as the Ministries of Health, Interior, Education,
Hajj and Umrah, in addition to the Communications and
Information Technology Commission. The awareness
messages were also sent out in Chinese, German, Malay,
Persian, Spanish, Korean, Tagalog and Urdu, and
contribute to raising awareness of the prevention of
the Coronavirus epidemic.
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