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MGA introduces exemption for Fantasy Sports
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
The Malta Gaming Authority has announced that through a newly issued legal notice, Fantasy Sports are being exempted from requiring a gambling license.
"The Authority stated that in view of the element of skill and knowledge involved in fantasy sports, such an activity should be differentiated from games of chance in terms of licensing and regulation. This relates specifically to fantasy sports where players choose virtual representations of real-life athletes, where the value and points attributed to an athlete reflect the athletes’ performance in actual sporting events, and where the outcome i...
Melita Data Centre registers 100% growth in 12 months - Further growth expected by the end of 2016
Tuesday, July 05, 2016
Melita Data Centre is registering exponential growth in hosting of business clients at its facility in Madliena. When compared to June 2015, the number of client data racks hosted at the purpose built, state-of-the-art facility has increased by 100% and similar growth is expected by the end of this year.
Since completing the tenfold expansion of its data centre footprint in 2015, Melita Data Centre has witnessed unprecedented demand for data centre services fro...
Melita Data Centre sponsors Finance Malta annual conference
Thursday, June 02, 2016
Melita Data Centre extended its support to Finance Malta through a gold sponsorship agreement in connection with the organization of the annual industry conference.
Melita Data Centre and Melita Business are the dedicated service lines offered by Melita to all businesses working out of Malta and Gozo.
Melita’s state-of-the-art data centre facility in Madliena was designed to offer top tier security features and Tier III specifications on Malta’s largest footprint of its kind, including perimeter fencing, solitary buildings on high grounds, away from flight paths and redundant ...
Melita announces new senior appointment
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Melita has announced a new appointment within its senior management team as part of its continuous drive to support the company’s growth.
Mr. Malcolm Briffa has been appointed to the position of Director of Business Services. In his experience with Melita he previously occupied various roles including Director of Customer Experience and PR, Director of Strategic Projects and Head of Marketing.
In this new role, Mr Briffa will be responsible for the development of telecommunications services and solutions for business customers, ranging from traditional telecommunications services to ...
Successful opening of new Melita Data Centre
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Less than two months after Melita launched its new co-location data centre in Madliena, the market’s response has been so encouraging that it is already running at almost full capacity and the operator is planning an expansion.
The new centre provides essential infrastructure to data-hungry companies in the financial services sector, i-gaming, IT companies and systems integrators among others, and exploits the infrastructure used by Melita in its role as an internet service provider (ISP) with its own international submarine data cable.
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Melita inaugurates a new colocation Data Centre
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
50% of available data storage space already committed
Melita has welcomed its first clients in its new state-of-the-art data co-location centre housed in the company’s technical control centre in Madliena. The new data centre is part of of a multi-million Euro investment that the company is rolling out over a five year period, amounting to a total of Eur60 million.
Melita’s data centre was inaugurated by Dr Chris Cardona, Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business who praised the company for its commitme...
