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Maybe the three scuba divers were just idiots. Or spies. Or saboteurs. It’s hard to tell from the Egyptian military’s statements about the men it arrested this week for allegedly cutting an undersea fiberoptic cable carrying vast amounts of Internet traffic between Europe, the Middle East and Asia. But whatever the motive, the incident underscores once again just how vulnerable global communications really are. According to the official Egyptian news agency, the three divers said they were doing underwater salvage work less than a kilometer off the coast from the city of Alexandria. There have been violent protests there in recent days, raising the question of a possible link. Religious zealots often rage against the openness of the Internet. (Saudi Arabia is threatening to shut down Skype and other encrypted services.) And there are always many Egyptians who see the hand of Israel in supposedly nefarious plots. But according to the Egyptian news report on this incident, these three were basically just diving for junk. And when they saw a cable about the diameter of a garden hose on the floor of the Mediterranean they decided to take a chunk of that, too.
Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast More : http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/30/what-were-egypt-s-divers-up-to-with-underwater-cables.html?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=t.co
Ces jeunes nés pendant les années 1980 ont porté le flambeau de la révolution du 25 janvier. Profitant du progrès technologique, ils ont créé leur propre univers et leurs armes de lutte. Portrait de ces jeunes qui ont gardé leur charme et leur singularité. (...) Une génération qui s’est inspirée d’idées, de tendances et d’opinions émanant de tous les horizons grâce à Internet. Assoiffée de connaissances, cette génération a relevé le défi d’accéder à l’information. « Au début, le prix de la connexion Internet était élevé et les ordinateurs n’étaient pas à la portée de tout le monde. Mais on n’a pas baissé les bras car c’est cet espace virtuel qui nous permettait de rêver. On se rassemblait pour payer le prix d’une connexion et on utilisait un mot de passe en commun. Nombreux sont les jeunes qui se sont procuré des ordinateurs d’occasion pour en avoir un à un prix modéré », relate Hazim, ingénieur de 32 ans. Autour de ce monde qui tourne autour de l’ordinateur et du Net, de nouveaux métiers ont vu le jour comme graphiste, designer, webmester et bien d’autres. Certains jeunes ont même tenu tête à leurs parents pour ne pas exercer des métiers traditionnels.
Dina Darwich / Al-Ahram Hebdo Plus : http://hebdo.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/967/7/133/2130/Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9--Une-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ration-qui-fait-parler-d%E2%80%99elle.aspx
Waseem Arsany, CEO of LinkdotNet, one of the leading internet solutions and service providers (ISP) in Egypt, has revealed that the number of internet users have increased during the past two years between 30% and 35% of the total number of subscribers to all service providers in the market.
He added that LinkdotNet acquires the second rank of market share of internet services in the Egyptian market, noting that LinkdotNet eyes to increase its network’s users in 2013 through providing new services that cater to the aspirations of users for higher speeds and lower prices. Moreover, Arsany emphasized that LinkdotNet cooperates now with Telecom Egypt in order to resolve the problems faced by the customers in some Telephone Centrals such as Nasr City, Maadi, and Heliopolis, explaining that they witnessed some bottlenecks in the last period due to the increasing demand for internet services and the relatively low capacities as compared to the volume of use. Furthermore, he asserted that the internet service providers in Egypt are looking forward to make Telecom Egypt finalizes the replacement of current copper cables with optical fiber cables that provide higher speeds so as to be in line with the government’s target to offer high-speed internet, achieve broadband strategy and keep up with global internet speeds by 2020. More on: http://amwalalghad.com/en/investment-news/technology-news/14724-arsany35-increasing-of-internet-users-within-last-2-years.html
Egypt's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has appointed Sherif Hesham on Tuesday as new vice president with the mandate of monitoring Egypt's booming cyberspace Al Ahramonline reported. "Internet usage is increasing year by year in Egypt; thus, my position has become of utmost importance," said newly-appointed Sherif Hesham, NTRA's vice president for cyberspace security.
The increase in Internet users means a higher possibility of cybercrimes. For this reason, vital information is at a higher risk of being breached, especially now that the government is currently depending on the Internet to provide online services to individuals and institutions alike, explained Hesham. "My main goal is to secure government telecommunications and technology infrastructure, creating a better environment for growth in the field Egypt will most certainly depend on in the future," asserted Hesham. More on: http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/2119368.html
Par Alexandre Buccianti/RFI En Egypte, La Toile continue à vibrer après le séisme provoqué par le spectacle d’un manifestant déshabillé et sauvagement battu par la police aux abords du palais présidentiel. Si les télés privées continuent à repasser les images plusieurs fois par jour, elles sont disponibles sur internet en permanence. La vidéo a fait le buzzsur la Toile à tel point que l’on peut désormais se demander si internet joue-t-il aujourd’hui le rôle que l’opposition n’arrive pas à jouer à cause de ses hésitations et de ses divisions ?
One in five women in India and Egypt believe that the internet is not appropriate for them to use, according to a new study looking at female web use in the developing world.
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A cut to the largest internet cable that connects Europe and Asia caused severe service disruption that stretched from from Africa to Pakistan. Chief technology officer at internet connectivity measuring company Renesys, Jim Cowie, said that parts of Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and India have been in "very tough shape" since the cable was severed. These internet customers get most of their internet service routed from Europe and the US and when the cable was cut, some lost internet connectivity entirely. Cowie said: "When a cable like that gets cut, a lot of the paths between networks get radically changed and we see that within a few seconds." Seacom, a submarine cable network that provides broadband to Africa and owns the cut cable, said Wednesday that the cable had suffered a cut off the coast of Egypt. Following reports that three men had been arrested for cutting the cable, Seacom said Thursday that it could not confirm what was responsible for the damage. The disruption comes days after reports of what some touted as the "biggest cyber attack in history." This attack occurred when a group,reported by the New York Times to be hosting site Cyberbunker, launched a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against spam-filtering company Spamhaus. The Guardian More : http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/mar/28/damaged-undersea-cable-internet-disruption
Souq.com, the largest internet-based marketing platform in the Arab world, working in conjunction with the Education for Egyptian Employment foundation, has announced plans to establish the country’s first training academy for youth working in internet-based commerce. Shahinaz Ahmed, Executive President of Education for Egyptian Employment, announced that his organisation and Souq.com had recently run a special training program for 120 students on internet-based commerce. A number of these students, he said, have now been hired by Souq.com. Electronic commerce is one of the largest contributors to economic development in Egypt, particularly in terms of job creation and growth. The sector has seen high growth rates as larger numbers of consumers begin to rely on internet-based commerce and trade. This has been partly driven by soaring numbers of internet users since the 25 January revolution. Statistics show that nearly 31m Egyptians, or 27% of the country, are currently online. A number of retail companies have ranked Egypt 12th in the world in terms of best places to invest in internet based commerce. Amr Sududi, General Director for Souq.com in Egypt, said that he considered improving social and economic development in the sector to be one of the company’s duties. “We do not only view our social and economic commitments as an attempt to lend a helping hand to the nation’s youth, but rather as part of our business strategy that looks to encourage and improve development efforts throughout the country,” he said. (Daily news Egypt) More : http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/02/24/souq-com-and-education-for-egyptian-employment-establish-the-countrys-first-internet-based-commerce-training-academy-for-youth/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DailyNewsEgypt+%28Daily+News+Egypt%29 Those interested in learning more about the program can do so by going to:http://www.efeegypt.org/.
La compagnie de téléphonie mobile Vodafone Egypte vient de mettre un nouveau service à la disposition de ses clients. Il s’agit d’un paquetage promotionnel (ou bundle) de produit concernant l’accès à internet. Ce paquetage comprend des tablettes, des modems USB pour l’accès à internet et des appareils MIFI . Un appareil MIFI est capable de transformer le signal 3G en réseau WiFI, sur lequel on peut connecter tout appareil Wifi. L’idée de ce bundle est de réduire les coûts de connexion pour les clients qui avaient connu une augmentation de 15 pour cent sur les taxes de recharge en janvier. Cette offre se présente comme suit : Vodafone Super 25 propose 1,2 Go pour 25 livre égyptienne (EGP), Vodafone 50 offre 3 Go pour 50 EGP, Vodafone Streamer 100 offre 7 Go pour 100 EGP, Vodafone Downloader offre 150 EGP pour 10GB, et Vodafone Super 250 Unlimited fournit 18 Go pour 250 EGP. Cette nouvelle offre de Vodafone permettra à la classe moyenne égyptienne de pourvoir utilise ce type d’appareil. (TechMissus)
At least 8 Egyptian government websites have been taken down by hacktivists after a videoshowing riot police officers beating a man came to light. The distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks have been launched as part of Operation Egypt (#OpEgypt).
According to EHN, the targeted websites are the ones of the Ministry of Culture (ecm.gov.eg), the Ministry of Information (moinfo.gov.eg), Cabinet of Egypt (cabinet.gov.eg), the country’s Information Portal (eip.gov.eg), the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (mic.gov.eg), and the Ministry of Interior (moiegypt.gov.eg).
The sites of the Center for Information and Decision Support Cabinet (idsc.gov.eg) and the one of the State Authority for New and Renewable Energy (nrea.gov.eg) have also been shut down. (Softpedia)
More : http://news.softpedia.com/news/8-Egyptian-Government-Sites-Attacked-by-Hackers-in-Protest-Against-Police-Brutality-326485.shtml
The number of internet users in Egypt reached 31.2 million in June 2012, a 21 per cent growth on June 2011, the latest data from Egypt's official statistical agency, CAPMAS, indicated on Monday. This brings internet penetration to 35.6 per cent in mid 2012, up from 26.4 per cent a year earlier. The social networking utility Facebook is the most popular website in Egypt, according to CAPMAS. It boasted 12.17 million users in December 2012, versus 9.4 million a year earlier and 4.2 million in 2010.
L’émission du nom de domaine en arabe, le « .misr », est entré dans sa troisième phase. Cela signifie, d’après l'Autorité nationale de régulation des télécommunications (ARNT), qu’il est désormais ouvert à tout le monde. La première phase de l’émission du nom de domaine en arabe a porté sur les entreprises, puis ce fut au tour des pouvoirs publics. Pour l’ARNT, ce nom de domaine devrait contribuer à l’enrichissement d’Internet en contenu en langue arabe. Des licences ont été accordées à Vodafone Data, TE Data et LINKdotNET pour l’enregistrement des détenteurs de nouveaux noms de domaine. Au Conseil suprême des universités, il a été accordé un permis spécial pour enregistrement des noms de domaine avec des caractères arabes pour les organismes gouvernementaux et ceux de l'éducation. .Misr veut dire .Egypte en arabe. Il a été lancé en marge du 4ème Forum de la gouvernance d'internet (IGF) qui s’est tenu à Charm el-Cheikh en Egypte du 15 au 18 novembre 2009. Il vient mettre fin, comme voulu par l’Icann, à l’omniprésence des caractères latins pour les noms de domaine. (ecofin)
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