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title: B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (01/08/2022 - 05/08/2022)
description: In this week's news roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry.
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# B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (01/08/2022 - 05/08/2022)

[![](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Tech%20%26%20Telecom%20News%20(6).gif)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Tech%20%26%20Telecom%20News%20(6).gif)

In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: 5G, Fibre, Open RAN, Satellites, Sustainability, Voice Traffic, and Subsea Cables. 

Here are our highlights:

 

# Monday:

![Saudi Telecom Company - Wikipedia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/STC-01.svg/1200px-STC-01.svg.png)

[stc](http://stc.com.sa) Bahrain to work with Huawei for 5.5G network

The company will become the first in the Middle East to adopt this network and comes as part of its strategy to establish and develop the next version of 5G infrastructure within the next three years.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3oQ1Jd7](https://bit.ly/3oQ1Jd7) 

# ![Liberty Global, Digital Colony Partner for European Edge Data Centers | TV Tech](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gEnqgJJkVhFkGbY787AzND-1200-80.jpg)

Liberty Global, Telefonica, and InfraVia set up UK fibre JV

The joint venture (JV) will be 50:50 owned by [Liberty Global](http://libertyglobal.com)–[Telefonica](http://telefonica.com) and InfraVia and see an initial investment of £4.5 billion to deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH)

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3QeUerY](https://bit.ly/3QeUerY) 

# Tuesday:

![5g network smart city background technology](https://img.freepik.com/free-photo/5g-network-smart-city-background-technology_53876-108516.jpg?t=st=1659515830~exp=1659516430~hmac=bf3df4690761045f5158b583b1aedaff0dfae45e5e51313ef021f0782ce12dd5)

Ambani and Adani: Asia's richest men battle to dominate 5G in India

India's largest auction for 5G airwaves has ended after seven days, potentially setting the stage for a battle of supremacy over India's digital future between two of Asia's richest men - Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani.

A total of 72 gigahertz of spectrum was on the block in the auction. Ashwini Vaishnaw, India's telecoms minister, said 71% of what was on offer was sold.

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3BDTsR9](https://bbc.in/3BDTsR9) 

 

# ![Dell'Oro Group | LinkedIn](https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C5622AQGjOqm8L5N7ig/feedshare-shrink_2048_1536/0/1657896511829?e=1661385600&v=beta&t=JkQSDlEGVnRc7UrfKk9MtWVecFtXq99FXoPpsiTjOqk)Open RAN Revenues to Approach $20 B over Next 5 Years, says Dell’Oro Group

According to a recently published report by [Dell’Oro Group](http://delloro.com), near-term Open RAN and vRAN projections have been revised upward to reflect the higher starting point and improved momentum. 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3SlpVl6](https://bit.ly/3SlpVl6) 

# Wednesday:

 

![File:SES logo.svg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/SES_logo.svg/1024px-SES_logo.svg.png)

# SES closes $450m DRS deal

[SES](http://ses.com) has closed its US$450 million acquisition of DRS’ satellite business.  
The satellite firm revealed it had obtained all the necessary regulatory approvals for the deal to be completed following an initial agreement.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3OVkdnb](https://bit.ly/3OVkdnb) 

 

![Vodafone | 17 & Central](https://www.17andcentral.co.uk/media/sptftlxq/vodafone.png)

# Vodafone and Ericsson launch support service for Hungarian 5G factory

[Ericsson](http://Ericsson.com) and [Vodafone](http://vodafone.co.uk) have launched a new preemptive support service for private 5G networks using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to ensure efficient operations at the Foxconn factory in Komárom, Hungary

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3BDsJEd](https://bit.ly/3BDsJEd) 

 

Thursday:

![Accenture logo and symbol, meaning, history, PNG](https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Accenture-logo.png)

# Accenture to Help Swisscom to Reduce Emissions by 1 Million Tons of Carbon by 2025

[Accenture](http://Accenture.com) collaborated with [Swisscom](http://swisscom.ch) on a climate strategy to reduce the telecommunications company’s emissions and help its customers reduce their emissions by one million tons of carbon by 2025 — equal to 2% of Switzerland’s total carbon emissions.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3Ss9vHy](https://bit.ly/3Ss9vHy)

 

![Company Profile for ABI Research | Business Wire](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/undefined-Aug-04-2022-08-16-30-06-AM.png)

# 5G Slicing Revenue Expected to Reach $24 Billion in 2028, says [ABI Research](https://abiresearch.com)

With 3G and 4G, connectivity has been a uniform offering independently of the device or target customer. 5G slicing, by contrast, holds the potential to offer varying levels of connectivity characteristics (e.g., SLAs, bandwidth, latency) for different devices, use cases, and applications.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3d5Xt6L](https://bit.ly/3d5Xt6L)  

# Friday:

 

![Deutsche Telekom – XX/YYYY - CDTM](https://www.cdtm.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Deutsche-Telekom-Logo.jpg)

Deutsche Telekom to run all Tele2’s international voice traffic

[Deutsche Telekom](http://telekom.com) has won the contract to be the exclusive gateway for all of[Tele2’](http://tele2.com)s incoming and outgoing international voice traffic.  
The German company’s Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier (DTGC) will use its voice aggregation solution United Voice, and a customised fraud protection package.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3zDb64G](https://bit.ly/3zDb64G) 

 

![Globe subsidiary Asticom plans IPO - BusinessWorld Online](https://www.bworldonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/GLOBE-LOGO-2D-BLUE.png)

Globe, Eastern Communications, InfiniVAN kickstart $150m subsea cable project

[Globe Telecom](http://globe.com.ph), [Eastern Communications](http://eastern.com.ph), and [InfiniVAN](http://InfiniVAN.com) have begun work on the Philippines' longest subsea fibre cable network.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3Q4e1KR](https://bit.ly/3Q4e1KR) 

 

 Posted on 05th August 2022 in [5G](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/5g), [Subsea Cable](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/subsea-cable), [Tech](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/tech), [Telecom](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/telecom), [fibre](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/fibre), [satellite](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/satellite), [Open RAN](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/open-ran), [Sustainability](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/sustainability)

- [5G](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/5g)
- [Subsea Cable](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/subsea-cable)
- [Tech](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/tech)
- [Telecom](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/telecom)
- [fibre](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/fibre)
- [satellite](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/satellite)
- [Open RAN](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/open-ran)
- [Sustainability](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/sustainability)

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