Number of mobile users up by almost 25,000 last year
The number of mobile phone users in Cyprus rose by 24,855 in the second half of 2021 compared with the same period in 2020, the...
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Should smartphones come with pre-installed apps?
by Kyriacos Nicolaou Both iPhones and smartphones using Google’s Android operating system come bundled with pre-installed applications, but is this beneficial to the consumer? An...
Mobile phone users near Nicosia prison warned of possible interference
Authorities on Monday announced that mobile phones signals in areas near the Nicosia prison might be affected because of tests to the jamming system installed...
Test of jamming system in prison causes Ayios Andreas phone shut down (Updated)
By Nick Theodoulou and George Psyllides Mobile telephony connectivity problems in the Ayios Andreas area of Nicosia were caused by a jamming system being installed...
Confidence building measures agreed (updated)
President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci agreed on Tuesday to link the two sides’ mobile telephony networks, a confidence-building measure (CBM) decided...
Number of households with internet now over 86%
By Lizzy Ioannidou This year saw a 6.8 per cent increase in the number of households with internet connection compared with 2017, the statistical service...
Like me in order to like you, love me in order to love you!
By Christos P. Panayiotides THE MOBILE telephone and all the applications or “apps”, which go with it, have compressed time and distance to negligible proportions,...
France hangs up: new bill would ban cell phones at school
France’s phone-addicted children will be obliged to do without their mobile devices at school under a bill the education minister on Thursday called a “detox...
Have smartphones taken over our lives?
It’s no secret that smartphones have taken over our lives – but have those lives really improved as a result? And could we live without...
Police to launch week-long campaign on using phones while driving
Police said on Sunday they would be conducting a week-long road safety campaign to clamp down on phone use by drivers. The campaign begins on...
