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The 2020 Tokyo Olympics was set to take place in July of last year but the pandemic has caused the postponement of this major sports event. This year, however, Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto said that he is 100 percent certain that the Games will be…
The rearranged 2020 summer Olympic games are scheduled to begin in Tokyo in July. Postponed 12 months due to the coronavirus epidemic and resulting lockdowns, the opening ceremony will be staged on 23 July, with the closing ceremony bringing the curtain down…
McDonald’s has ended its longtime Olympic sponsorship dating back to 1976, the International Olympic Committee announced today. The fast food giant has supported the Olympics since the Montreal Games and although the split takes place with immediate effect…
Across the road from the pentagonal arena which will host South Korea’s Winter Olympics opening ceremony a year from Thursday, bundles of dead fish dangle from a wooden frame outside Lee Yong-Oon’s shop. Most venues for the 2018 Pyeongchang Games are…
Nokia has secured a contract to deploy the world’s first LTE-R (LTE-railway) LTE network in South Korea. The vendor will deploy the network on a railway line between Wonju and Gangneung as part of a line extension to prepare for next year’s Winter Olympics in…
The vast majority of companies (85%) plan to more closely monitor the performance of their applications and networks, including Wi-Fi, because of potential strain due to employees accessing Olympic content. A survey conducted by Riverbed Technology revealed…
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