Information and communications technology

Greeks are showing little interest in the fiber optic internet connections being offered under the SuperFast BroadBand (SFBB) program.

The number of mobile subscribers in Turkey increased to 82.9 million as of the third quarter of 2019, rising from 80.1 million at the end of 2018, data from the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK) have shown.

The mobile subscriber penetration rate also climbed to 101.1 percent as of end-September from 99 percent in 2018.

Four in 10 middle and high school pupils in Greece have never had a conversation with their parents about how to use the internet safely and the majority have not been set any limits in terms of the time they can spend online or the content they're allowed to watch, according to a new study conducted by the Safer Internet Center of the Crete-based Foundation for Research & Technology and pu

Safer Internet Day (SID) is an international event taking place in February every year, which promotes a safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones by children and young people across the world.

In 2019, 87% of people aged 16-74 in the European Union (EU) reported they had used the internet during the previous three months. This share ranged from 98% in Sweden to 68% in Bulgaria, Eurostat data showed.

Internet use has grown rapidly over the years - in 2007 it stood at 57% and in 2013 at 75%.

Facebook has collapsed in a number of countries, Downdetector the website, which monitors crashes and interruptions in the work of popular Internet resources, including all social networks reports.

Iran's authorities have restricted mobile internet access in several provinces, an Iranian news agency reported on Dec. 25, a day before new protests were expected to kick-off following calls for demonstrations on social media.

Some 44 percent of Turkish children aged 9 to 14 face cyberbullying on the internet, a new survey conducted by the Turkish Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) showed.

Public schools in Greece will get faster internet service, the Education and Digital Governance ministries said Monday, announcing a program to convert existing ADSL lines to VDSL.
About 1.37 million students and 142,000 teachers at 11,400 schools across the country are expected to benefit from the changes.

He told N1 that if the FON's (Faculty of Organizational Sciences) Ethics Commission did not declare this doctorate a plagiarism, he would continue his current activities through social networks and present new evidence in favor of claiming that the dissertation was not the original work of the Serbian Finance Minister.