After Ayia Napa recently started offering free wireless internet access to beach goers, now Paphos is following their example with a similar move. As a result of the the initiative taken by the Paphos municipality free WiFi is being offered since yesterday at two of its most popular beaches, the Municipal Baths beach and the […]
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Free Wi-Fi and safe boxes at Ayia Napa beaches
Free Wifi is being offered at Ayia Napa’s beaches since yesterday and starting from next week the safe box service will be also available. According to Ayia Napa’s Mayor Yiannis Karousos the safe boxes have already been installed on all municipality umbrellas. Beach goers can keep their valuables in the safe boxes while enjoying the […]
4G Mobile network now available from CYTA
Cytamobile announced that their 4G network is now operational and available to all subscribers, with monthly plans and pay as you go (soEasy) who use devices which support the technology. For the time being the 4G network only covers the urban centers of Nicosia and Limassol but will be progressively extended to cover all cities […]
End of anonymity for pay as you go mobile users in Cyprus
A new law has been proposed to the parliament and will be voted within the month which will enforce the collection of identification data from users of non-contract pay as you go mobile services by the operators in Cyprus. Under the new regulation operators are required to collect the name and identification number of subscribers. […]
Cyprus Digital Strategy Approved by Cabinet
Yesterday the plan for Cyprus’s Digital Strategy has been approved by the Cabinet. The plan covers 3 years starting with 2015 and its part of the wider plan to restructure the economy and create new jobs. 75% of the implementation costs will come from EU funds. The objectives of the plan include: Modernisation of the […]
Cyprus Attorney General’s office to buy 600000eu server
According to an article in today’s issue of Phileleftheros newspaper, the Attorney General’s office is planning to purchase a server which will cost more than 600,000 euro in order to analyse the thousands of documents relating to economic scandals. The purchase was proposed by a British expert on the field in order the “strengthen the […]
Warrant issued for arrest of CEO of Cyprus based Bitcoin exchange NEO
Police secured an arrest warrant for Danny Brewster, CEO of the recently established Bitcoin exchange ‘NEO’, after the initial investigation of complaints and finding that he is no longer in Cyprus. He is a suspect in 3 cases of theft, forgery, and extortion. According to the complaints he was given a total of 80000 euro […]