This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover One New Zealand, Texts, Wireless, Verizon, Oracle, Nokia, Lenovo, BlackRock, Data Centers, AI, BT, Ericsson, GenAI, 5G, Carbon Savings and Data Laws.
Here are our highlights:
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One New Zealand Sends First Text Message to Space
One New Zealand has reported that field testing for its new Satellite to Mobile service is going well in Christchurch, with network engineers successfully sending and receiving SMS messages through the Starlink Direct to Cell constellation.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/40dYFvo
Researchers shatter wireless speed record with 938 Gb/s transmission
Researchers at University College London (UCL) have achieved a new wireless transmission record, sending data at speeds over 9,000 times faster than average 5G download speeds.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4eLtZWC
UScellular to sell off spectrum assets to Verizon for $1 billion
UScellular will sell Verizon 663 million MHz POPs of its Cellular (850 MHz) spectrum licenses as well as 11 million MHz POPs of its AWS and 19 million MHz POPs of its PCS licenses, assuming all the usual regulatory lights go green.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4083RRo
Oracle wins four UK Gov't contracts worth $1bn
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3YiN1MS
Nokia, Lenovo Collaborate to Advance Data Center Solutions for AI
Nokia has announced a partnership with Lenovo to create comprehensive data center networking and automation solutions that support the compute, storage and transit needs for AI, ML and other compute-intensive workloads.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3UIlu6X
BlackRock taps into AI frenzy with two new ETFs
Asset management giant BlackRock on Tuesday launched two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) aimed at giving investors exposure to the booming market for artificial intelligence.
Read the full story here: https://reut.rs/48iLPhc
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BT turns on its first self-powering mobile site
BT has switched on its first self-powering mobile site, which it expects will get around 70% of its energy from on-site solar panels and a wind turbine.The site was built in the Shropshire Hills after an environmental assessment calculated the viability for renewable power, and will pump out 4G and 5G to EE customers in the area.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/48AT5FD
Ericsson Hackathon 2024 Aims to Empower Smart Manufacturing with Gen AI & 5G in Indonesia
The focus of this program integrates advanced technologies such as IoT, big data analytics, robotics, and AI.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3A9qtGC
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The green software that could make big carbon savings
Although the hardware was running smoothly, Samsung ended security updates for the phone in 2020. “I just wish there was a way to get more life out of this old bit of tech.”
How new laws may affect the way your data is handled
The revamp of data laws has the potential to boost the economy, benefit patients, police and parents.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3NEvMAT
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