--- title: B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (06/06/2022 - 10/06/2022) description: In this week's news roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. image: https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Tech%20%26%20Telecom%20News%20(2).gif --- [![](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ilex%20Content%20Logo_High%20Res%20copy-1.png?width=2048&height=1229&name=Ilex%20Content%20Logo_High%20Res%20copy-1.png)](http://www.ilexcontent.com) - [Home](https://www.ilexcontent.com) - [Our Services](https://weare.ilexcontent.com/our-services) - [Blog](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog) - [Contact Us](https://www.ilexcontent.com/#contact) # B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (06/06/2022 - 10/06/2022) [![](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Tech%20%26%20Telecom%20News%20(2).gif)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20Tech%20%26%20Telecom%20News%20(2).gif) In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including:  Data, SMEs, Networks, Subsea Cables, Quantum Technology, Mobile Signals, SDWAN and Infrastructure. Here are our highlights:   # Monday:   # Virgin Media O2 reports largest-ever year for data use  [Virgin Media O2](https://www.virginmediao2.co.uk/) has revealed it's customers have smashed previous data usage records - with 39 billion gigabytes of data used across their fixed and mobile networks since June 1, 2021. Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3aLZHqR](https://bit.ly/3aLZHqR)      ![HSBC-1](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HSBC-1.png?width=318&name=HSBC-1.png) HSBC to invest £500m in UK tech SMEs Multinational bank [HSBC](https://www.hsbc.co.uk/) is investing £500m in the UK tech sector through its 2022 £15bn lending fund for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs).   Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/395wfLY](https://bit.ly/395wfLY)    # Tuesday: # ![Singtel monetises partial stake in Airtel Africa - TelecomDrive](https://telecomdrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/airtel-logo.jpg) Airtel Africa acquires $42m worth of spectrum in DRC [Airtel Africa](https://airtel.africa/) has bought an additional spectrum worth around US$42 million in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The company revealed it had acquired 58MHz of additional spectrum spread across the 900, 1800, 2100 and 2600MHz bands. Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3zt4nvI](https://bit.ly/3zt4nvI)    ![Elettra](https://leaps-initiative.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Elettra_blue.jpg) Elettra to link 21 Italian islands with subsea cable The subsidiary of Orange Marine, [Elettra](https://www.elettra.trieste.it/), has been selected by Infratel Italia to supply and install a new subsea cable that will connect 21 Italian islands. This project, known as Piano Isole Minori (minor islands plan) is forms part of the wider Strategia Italia 2026 plan. Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3aua8is](https://bit.ly/3aua8is)    # Wednesday: ![Editorials | Best Tech Guru](https://www.besttechguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/nokia-logo-logga.jpg)Orange Poland signs 10-year network expansion deal with [Nokia](http://nokia.com) The improved deal, which will cover 50 percent of [Orange’](http://orange.pl)s network in northern Poland and run until 2036, will see the modernization of the operator’s existing radio network infrastructure as well as enhance its 5G capabilities   Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3zoZX99](https://bit.ly/3zoZX99)     Deutsche Telekom Taps 700 MHz Frequency for its 5G Network Deutsche Telekom announced that it is now using a new frequency in its 5G network: 700 megahertz (MHz). With this, [Deutsche Telekom](https://www.telekom.com/en) is improving mobile communications coverage in rural areas. More customers can now surf the internet faster at the same time.   Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3Nqk3El](https://bit.ly/3Nqk3El)    # Thursday: At least 1,400 rural phone boxes protected from closing [Ofcom](https://www.ofcom.org.uk/home) has brought in new rules to protect rural phone boxes from closure. The UK telecoms regulator said it will stop [British Telecom (BT)](https://www.bt.com/) from closing down phone boxes in areas with poor mobile signals if they are needed by local communities. Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/39dfPBh](https://bbc.in/39dfPBh)   Ministry of Defence acquires government's first quantum computer [The MoD](https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence) will work with British company [Orca Computing](https://www.orcacomputing.com/) to explore applications for quantum technology in defence.    Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3xw1U2r](https://bbc.in/3xw1U2r)   # Friday:   ![Screenshot 2022-05-10 at 10.30.25](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202022-05-10%20at%2010.30.25.png?width=318&name=Screenshot%202022-05-10%20at%2010.30.25.png)Telefónica Tech and Cisco strengthen collaboration around converged networks and security [Telefónica Tech](https://telefonicatech.com/), Telefónica's digital business unit, and [Cisco](https://www.cisco.com/c/es_es/index.html)® have announced a strategic alliance and an innovative global managed service, which includes SD-WAN, security and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architectures.   Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3mC3n0K](https://bit.ly/3mC3n0K)  ![Globe to scale up data center capacity - Captain Of Success](https://captainofsuccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/GLOBE-LOGO-2D-BLUE-2-KGTc1N.png) Philippines’ Globe Telecom Seeking $1.5 Billion for Towers [Globe Telecom Inc.](http://www.globe.com.ph/) is weighing selling around half of its telecommunications tower portfolio in a deal that could be worth as much as $1.5 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.   Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3NHaDEr](https://bit.ly/3NHaDEr)      Posted on 10th June 2022 in [Data](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/data), [SME](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/sme), [Mobile](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/mobile), [Network](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/network), [Subsea Cable](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/subsea-cable), [SDWAN](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/sdwan), [Quantum Network](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/quantum-network), [Digital Infrastructure](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/digital-infrastructure) - [Data](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/data) - [SME](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/sme) - [Mobile](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/mobile) - [Network](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/network) - [Subsea Cable](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/subsea-cable) - [SDWAN](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/sdwan) - [Quantum Network](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/quantum-network) - [Digital Infrastructure](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/digital-infrastructure) [B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (13/06/2022 - 17/06/2022)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/b2b-tech-telecoms-news-13-06-22) [B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (30/05/2022 - 01/06/2022)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/b2b-tech-telecoms-news-30-05-22) ### Recent Posts ### Recent Comments [![Ilex Content](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/ilexcontent_April2019/Images/logo-small.png)](https://www.ilexcontent.com/) [Email](mailto:info@ilexcontent.com) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ilexcontent) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ilex-content-strategies) Copyright 2023 © Ilex Content Strategies Ltd.