In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: Telecom, Technology, 5G, Cloud, Satellite, MXIE, Business.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
CHINA MOBILE AND ERICSSON DEVISE 5G DISASTER RELIEF SOLUTION
Ericsson is teaming-up with China mobile Zhejiang and other partners to deploy 5G technology in public-safety-focused natural disaster in China.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3cQN6DR
META INCREASES PARTNERSHIP WITH QUALCOMM TO MAKE METAVERSE A REALITY
The partners say they will work together to develop premium metaverse experiences, with meta's meta quest platform leveraging Qualcomm's snapdragon chip's extended reality (XR) capabilities.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3D2zkc3
Tuesday:
Qatar reportedly buying a stake in Egypt’s largest telecom company
A Bloomberg report revealed that the Qatar Investment Authority is negotiating with the government-owned Telecom Egypt to buy a stake in Vodafone Egypt.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3KOEWIG
GCX lives again as 3i Infrastructure announces $512m acquisition
UK investment company 3i Infrastructure has completed its US$512 million acquisition of 100% of the formerly bankrupt carrier Global Cloud Xchange (GCX).
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3TNUO2v
Wednesday:
BT secures key ScottishPower contract
TELECOMS giant BT has won a major multi-million pound contract to bolster ScottishPower connectivity across its network of windfarms and offices.
The partnership will see BT deliver a wide range of solutions to the energy giant by securely connecting its hard-to-reach rural green energy sites.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3wXJUNN
VODAFONE DEVELOPING SATELLITE TECH FOR PRECISION POSITIONING
Vodafone and Topcon Positioning Group are developing a new mass-market precise positioning system that will locate Internet of Things (IoT) devices, machinery, and vehicles with a greater degree of accuracy than using only individual global navigation satellites systems (GNSS).
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3KZNz3l
Thursday:
Nokia extends MX Industrial Edge capabilities
Nokia has announced new platform capabilities and applications for its on-premise Mission Critical Industrial Edge (MXIE) solution.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Rs3SIA
AWS Launches Cloud-Based Machine Learning Service for Data Analytics
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) has announced the availability of Amazon HealthLake, a cloud-based health IT solution that leverages machine learning to extract, organise, and store structured patient health data.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3qt2pFW
Friday:
Cogent acquires T-Mobile’s wireline business
T-Mobile has sold its wireline business to Cogent Communications for an initial US$1 but will take a US$1 billion charge on the deal.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3DgILVp
Bell to Acquire Canada's Independent Telecoms Operator Distributel
Bell and Distributel together announced that Distributel intends to join the Bell group of companies to support its growth strategy in the residential and business segments for Internet services.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3RQxdMJ
