In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including data centres, 5G, social media, cloud and open RAN.

Here are our highlights:

monday:

Dell and Equinix strike major data centre storage services deal

Dell Technologies has struck a deal with Equinix  to deliver its new storage as-a-service globally through its data centre network.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2R7bk1V 

Twitter adds 'tip jar' to pay for good tweeting

Twitter has launched a new "tip jar" feature that lets people send money to others on the social network.

Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/33vehvQ 

tuesday:

Huawei to build largest solar-powered data centre in the Middle East

Moro Hub has signed an agreement with Huawei to build the largest solar-powered data centre in the Middle East and Africa.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/33vEKJx 

Crypto miner HIVE sells off Norway data centre site at a loss

Canada-headquartered digital currency miner HIVE Blockchain Technologies has sold off its Norwegian data centre project at a big loss - a project that was once billed as the world's biggest.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3uEhqFE 

wednesday:

Tiny 5G satellite to put a tiger into IoT services

Lithuanian satellite company NanoAvionics has recruited OQ Technology to build a tiny satellite for 5G internet of things services.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3tI30mx 

Digital Edge acquires another two data centres in Japan

Singapore's Digital Edge has acquired two further data centres in Tokyo, Japan from ARTERIA Networks, which will continue to use them to provide its own communications services.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3w0Jpzv 

THURSday:

EkkoSense gets seven-figure funding to take DC energy solution global

EkkoSense says it has received a “seven-figure” private equity cash injection to help take its data centre cooling and energy management system global.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3feptm2 

Sprint acquisition pushes Deutsche Telekom revenue up 32% 

Last year’s acquisition of Sprint by its T-Mobile US has pushed Deutsche Telekom’s group revenues up by almost a third in the year, the company announced today.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3tGDRIL 

Friday:

ORACLE OPENS SECONS CLOUD REGION IN BRAZIL

Oracle has opened its second cloud region in Brazil to deliver a full disaster recovery solution in the country. The opening marks Oracle's 30th cloud region worldwide.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/33HTWU5 

Big five mobile operators to start open RAN next year

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM and  Vodafone say they will start large-scale open RAN rollout next year.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ydS1EL