In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including tech, telecoms, internet, mobile, cybersecurity, bitcoin, network, market trends, AI and 5G.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
china telecom must quit us by early January after appeal fails
China Telecom must cease all operations in the US by early January, after it lost a bid to appeal against revocation of its licence.The company had applied to the US Court of Appeals for the District Columbia against a decision in October by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to cancel its 20-year-old licence to operate in US territory.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3EsVceL
swisscom offers free surfing on trains to its postpaid and prepaid cusotmers
The free Internet on trains will be available from the timetable change on 12th December 2021. To ensure optimum mobile reception throughout all routes, Swisscom is working on the continued expansion of its mobile network.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3do2fJD
tuesday:
SPAR: SUPERMARKET CHAIN FORCED TO CLOSE ITS STORES DUE TO CYBER ATTACK
The supermarket chain SPAR has been forced to close a number of stores following a cyber attack. The spokesperson explained that the cyber attack had impacted all of the company's IT systems and left staff without access to emails.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3EznnbE
mobile money transaction in emerging markets to exceed $870B BY 2026
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of mobile money transactions in emerging markets will exceed $870 billion in 2026, up from $555 billion in 2021; representing growth of almost 60%.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3rIIzZl
wednesday:
Nokia Deploys Private 5G SA Wireless Network for Volkswagen
Nokia has deployed a private 5G standalone wireless network for Volkswagen at the car maker’s main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3pzBtnq
Bitcoin 'founder' wins right to keep billions of dollars
A computer scientist who claims he invented Bitcoin has won a court case allowing him to keep a cache of the cryptocurrency worth billions of dollars.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3DxMcDx
thursday:
MCM TELECOM PARTNERS WITH TELIA CARRIER IN MEXICO
MCM Telecom has announced a regional partnership with Telia Carrier in Querétaro, Mexico. Through the collaboration customers in Querétaro will now has access to Telia Carrier’s global backbone.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3lQvYQ1
meta: facebook and instagram parent company hails new ai system to detect harmful content
Meta has announced a new AI system called a "Few-Shot Learner" that can be used to detect harmful content without months of training.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/31BLad4
Friday:
new zealand's 2degrees tests 5g ahead of launch in 2022
Ahead of the scheduled Q1 2022 customer launch, the 2degrees 5G network, has been switched on in central Auckland and Wellington for testing and optimisation. The network is humming at speeds that will shake up the market and new sites are coming on-line every week.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3IAa9ht
amazon fined $1.2bn by italian regulators
Amazon has been fined $1.2bn by Italy's anti-trust regulator. It said the tech giant had abused its market dominance by promoting its own logistics service, Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA).
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3EInbqX
