In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including data centres, messaging, cryptocurrency, start-ups and cloud.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Google gets green light for new Sweden data centre
Google has been given outline planning permission for a new data centre in Horndal, Sweden, providing it does its bit for the environment.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3qz6Oqq
Binance: Financial watchdog FCA bans crypto-currency exchange
Binance, the world's biggest crypto-currency exchange, has been banned by the UK's financial regulator. It also issued a consumer warning about Binance.com, advising people to be wary of adverts promising high returns on cryptoasset investments.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3gY5OsE
tuesday:
Hurricane adds a second PoP in Hamburg business centre
Global connectivity services firm Hurricane Electric has deployed a new point-of-presence at Internet Port Hamburg (IPHH), its second PoP in the northern German city.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3A9SJnC
Infobip Enables Instagram Messenger in its Contact Center Solution
Global cloud communications company, Infobip has added Instagram Messaging to the broad portfolio of channels available through its global Communications-Platform-as-a-Service offering.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jqV3Rk
wednesday:
India's Bharti invests $500m in UK space start-up OneWeb
UK-based space start-up OneWeb has received a cash injection of $500m (£361m) from Indian firm Bharti Global.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/2TcItuj
$1.4bn start-up to launch ‘ultra-secure’ quantum telecoms
A start-up company that is expected to be valued at US$1.4 billion by the end of August is launching its quantum-based telecoms encryption service in the middle of July.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3w86NuH
thursday:
OneWeb rocket launch to enable commercial service
OneWeb, the London-headquartered tech company trying to develop a global internet service delivered from space, reaches a key milestone on Thursday. The firm is launching another 36 satellites, taking its in-orbit mega-constellation to 254.
flying car completes test flight between airports
A prototype flying car has completed a 35-minute flight between international airports in Nitra and Bratislava, Slovakia. The hybrid car-aircraft, AirCar, is equipped with a BMW engine and runs on regular petrol-pump fuel.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3dwpnX0
friday:
Microsoft to offer Azure telecoms after buying AT&T’s network cloud
AT&T is selling the network cloud on which it runs its 186 million mobile customers to Microsoft, for an undisclosed price.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3xfaWOy
Interxion creates higher-speed London data centre network
Eight London data centres owned by Interxion have been connected to form what the company bills as the capital's “largest and most highly connected data hub”.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3wbHl7E
