In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: tech, telecom, data centre, fibre, infrastructure, 5G, CPaaS.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Scores of Google rivals want EU tech law used in antitrust case
More than 40 European rivals to Google's shopping service urged EU antitrust regulators on Monday to use newly adopted tech rules to ensure the Alphabet unit complies with a 2017 EU order to allow more competition on its search page.
Read the full story here: https://reut.rs/3MDWs3f
Airtel Africa buys additional spectrum in Tanzania
Airtel Africa’s Tanzanian subsidiary Airtel Tanzania has purchased 140MHz of additional spectrum spread across the 2600MHz and 3500MHz bands from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) for a cash sum of US$60.1 million.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ESgVjj
Tuesday:
Austria and Hungary closer together again with new fibre link
A1 Telekom Austria and Hungary’s Invitech ICT Services have built a new fibre connection from Vienna to Budapest to improve international links.
The two companies said the successful development was a joint network upgrade project of the two leading carrier service and ICT provider companies of the region.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3yNTW4Z
Cube IM to acquire firstcolo data centre business
Infrastructure investor, Cube Infrastructure Managers (Cube), is to acquire first colo datacenters GmbH (firstcolo) for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is to be financed by the Cube Infrastructure Fund III, which had its first close in September 2021, reaching €1 billion.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3yJSRLh
Wednesday:
Nokia selected to bolster nbn upgrade in Australia
Nokia has been selected by nbn to supply 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) mmWave customer premises equipment (CPE) for nbn’s fixed wireless network upgrade. The programme is set to deliver faster speeds to thousands of homes and businesses across semi-rural, regional and remote Australia.
Read the full story here:https://bit.ly/3CHxgo1
Netflix: Big hits reverse subscriber losses
Netflix has stopped losing customers, after struggling to hold on to them in the face of competition and pressures from the rising cost of living. The streaming giant said it added 2.4 million households to its subscriber base over the July to September period.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3ENDhlU
Thursday:
BT DEMOS AUTOMATED AGRICULTURE USING ROBOTS AND IOT
Today, BT has announced the successful deployment of a robotics platform and management system to support the agricultural project Robot Highways, enabling a fleet of robots to help automate the farming process.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3SbWHUw
Globe Teleservices launches flash call blocking solution
According to the company, flash call usage is on the rise particularly for enterprises and MNOs have started experiencing an exponential increase in this activity within their network.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3CHwzek
