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Batelco boosts Internet speed standards in Bahrain
Bahrain-based telco Batelco, has
announced that fibre speeds will be
boosted by up to five times for all fibre
Internet customers with no additional
charges till the end of October.
The initiative is in line with Batelco’s ongoing
support for the efforts against the
spread of the Coronavirus and with summer
and school holidays on, the company
decided to enhance its fibre Internet speeds
for all exciting and new fibre customers to
enjoy additional speeds starting from two
times up to five times of their current speed,
depending on their selected package.
Batelco said through this scheme, it is
enabling customers to benefit from the full
potential of the Internet and enjoy all kinds
of digital entertainment including games,
movies, video calls and social media at
speeds never seen before in the Kingdom.
Mikkel Vinter, CEO, Batelco, said: “We
continuously monitor Internet usage and
listen to our customers’ feedback and
respond to their needs. We are fully aware
of the importance of having a good Internet
experience specially during these summer
months for all users. Accordingly, we have
decided to raise the bar of fibre speeds and
provide an unprecedented experience by
offering speed enhancements of up to five
times the current speed to all existing and
new fibre customers.”
Egypt’s government readies to launch an applied
technology communication school
The El-Shaheed Amr Moustafa Industrial
Secondary School for Girls in Egypt’s Nasr
City, will be developed and renamed the
WE Joint School of Applied Technology for
Communication and Information Technology.
The school’s development was put into
effect recently by a joint co-operation
protocol signed by the Ministry of Education,
Ministry of Communication and Information
Technology, and Telecom Egypt.
Egypt’s Minister of Education Tarek Shawky,
said that the system of applied technology
schools was launched in September 2018
by his ministry with the aim of creating an
integrated educational system capable of
developing Egypt’s technical education to
match the best technical education systems
in the world.
HE Shawky said the protocol signed will see
the launch of the first applied technology
school in the academic year 2020–2021. In
addition, the agreement will also establish
an extended partnership between the
Ministry of Education and Telecom Egypt.
Minister of Communication and Information
Technology Amr Talaat, said that the
protocol comes under the ministry’s strategy
of Digital Transformation aimed at building
a digital enabled Egypt.
HE Talaat explained that professionals will
in turn, receive international certificates to
ensure that they meet the needs of the local
market and competition at regional and
global levels.
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