In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: apps, sustainability, network infrastructure, microchips, cybersecurity, submarine cable, disaster relief, tracking and carrier billing.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
koo: india's twitter alternative with global ambitions
Can Indian microblogging app Koo beat Twitter? That's certainly the goal, according to co-founder Mayank Bidawatka, who says Koo expects to surpass Twitter's 25 million-strong user base in India this year.It had touched 20 million downloads in India by the end of 2021.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3rywtlb
climate change: top companies exaggerating their progress -study
Many of the world's biggest companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change, according to a study of 25 corporations. Google, Amazon, Ikea, Apple and Nestle are among those failing to change quickly enough, the study alleges.Corporations are under pressure to cut their environmental impact as more consumers want green products.
tuesday:
telstra to build two digital infra projects in australia for $1.6bn
Telstra will build two major telecoms infrastructure projects in support of Australia's growing digital economy. The two projects are comprised of building and managing the ground infrastructure and fibre network in Australia for Viasat.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3rv6FWV
uk chip firm arm sale by softbank collapses amid competition fears
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3oxAaWf
wednesday:
kT signs up for new apac submarine cable
KT has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with real estate consulting firm Savills to build a new submarine cable system for the Asia Pacific region. Savill’s will reportedly conduct asset management duties, such as contracting, licensing, and attracting investors, while KT will take the lead on the construction and operation of the new cable network.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3HIJvSD
foreign office target of 'serious cyber incident'
The UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) was the target of a "serious cyber-security incident", it has emerged. Cyber-security firm BAE Systems Applied Intelligence was called on for "urgent support". The BBC understands unidentified hackers got inside the FCDO systems, but were detected.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3guVebA
thursday:
tsf marks 30th anniversary as aid mission heads to madagascar
Télécoms sans Frontières, the industry’s charity focused on disaster relief, has sent a team to Madagascar, where Cyclone Batsirai has killed 96 people so far and damaged or destroyed the homes of 90,000. This week, working with close coordination with the Madagascan emergency response bodies, a TSF team landed in the capital, Antananarivo.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3gzfclB
yahclick to expand its africa network with clear blue
With well over a billion people unconnected in Africa, the economic need to provide telecommunication services to underserved populations remains a key driver across the continent.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3gIfqXj
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Apple moves to stop airtag tracking misuse
Apple plans to introduce a number of changes to make it harder to misuse AirTags to track someone. The button-sized devices are designed to work with Apple's 'Find My' network to locate lost items. Apple launched AirTags in April last year. The small, circular devices can be attached to luggage or keys - anything you could lose.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3GEEyJb
carrier billing spend to reach $73.8bn globally by 2024
End-user spend via carrier billing will increase to $73.8 billion in 2024, from $54.4 billion in 2021, with growth driven by 5G-based mobile gaming and video subscriptions, according to a new Juniper Research.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3uFYFnU
