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title: B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (01/06/21-04/06/21)
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 (01/06/21-04/06/21)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/b2b-tech-telecoms-news-04-06-2021)

 Written by [Ilex Community Manager](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/author/ilex-community-manager) | 04-Jun-2021 09:33:48

In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including fintech, datrecentres, cloud, blockchain and 5G.

Here are our highlights:

 

 

# Sandwell Bitcoin mine found stealing electricity

A suspected [Bitcoin](https://bitcoin.org/en/) "mining" operation illegally stealing electricity has been found by police who were searching for a cannabis farm.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3i43am9](https://bbc.in/3i43am9) 

 

# Apple opens its $1bn data centre in China

[Apple](https://www.apple.com/) has officially opened its first Chinese data centre, in the south western province of Guizhou, reports state press agency [Xinhua](http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/).

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3g3Kdxn](https://bit.ly/3g3Kdxn) 

 

# Data analytics player Cloudera goes private in $5.3bn deal

Cloud data analytics services firm [Cloudera](https://www.cloudera.com/) is being bought for $5.3 billion and going private. Entities related to [Icahn Group](https://www.ielp.com/investor-relations), collectively holding around 18% of the company, have backed the deal, which represents a 24% premium.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/34DIwRJ](https://bit.ly/34DIwRJ) 

 

 

# Huawei operating system coming to smartphones in Asia

An update of HarmonyOS, the operating system developed by [Huawei](https://www.huawei.com/uk/), means it will now be installed in a wider range of products, including its smartphones.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3i7gMwV](https://bbc.in/3i7gMwV) 

 

 

# Only 17% of organisations encrypt at least half of their sensitive cloud data

New research by [Thales](https://www.thalesgroup.com/en) found that about 50% of businesses say that they store more than 40% of their data in external cloud environments, but only 17% have encrypted at least half of their sensitive data in the cloud.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3fLz9Gb](https://bit.ly/3fLz9Gb) 

 

# American Tower completes first tranche Telxius Tower acquisition 

[American Tower Corporation](https://www.americantower.com/) confirms the completion the first tranche of its [Telxius Towers](https://telxius.com/en/towers/) acquisition.

 

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3ph88gS](https://bit.ly/3ph88gS) 

 

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# orange poland backs blockchain of things for smart cities

[Orange Poland](https://www.orange.pl/) and [SmartKey](https://smartkeyplatform.io/) have announced a new partnership aiming to create a universal standard that will allow blockchain-IoT SIM cards to operate various parts of future smart cities, from smart bikes to utilities.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3uR12AI](https://bit.ly/3uR12AI) 

 

# Aviva and Darwin partner for autonomous vehicles using O2 5G

The five-year partnership will make use of [O2](https://www.o2.co.uk/) and Darwin Innovation Groups’ 5G and satellite communications commercial laboratory.

 

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/2S0YtyZ](https://bit.ly/2S0YtyZ) 

 

 

 

 

 

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