In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: Investments, Networks, Crypto, Cloud, Data Centres, Advertising, Online Safety, and 5G.
Here are our highlights:
Monday:
Tango teams with BT for EE network partnership
Tango Networks has partnered with BT to use the EE network as it looks to deliver MVNO business mobile services in the UK.
The agreement combines Tango Networks’ Mobile-X Extend service offering using EE’s network.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3OTR78q
Digicel ‘aims to complete $1.6bn Pacific sale’ by end of July
Digicel’s US$1.6 billion sale of its Pacific business to Telstra is likely to close by the end of July, according to reports from Ireland, the home of Digicel’s owner Denis O’Brien.
Tuesday:
South Korea’s largest telco to launch crypto wallet
SK Telecom plans to offer a digital crypto wallet for its users, Forkast reported. The South Korea-based telco has named AhnLab Blockchain Company and Atomrigs Labs as its partners for the project.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3IsZaqt
EE to block pirate music mobile sites and apps
EE is to become the first UK mobile network to block access to pirate music websites.
Music-industry body the British Phonographic Institute successfully petitioned the courts to block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in 2012.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3AGz2X4
Wednesday:
AWS Cloud WAN connects on-prem data centers, branches, regions
Amazon Web Services introduced AWS Cloud WAN, a new managed wide area network (WAN) service that connects on-premises data centers, colocation facilities, branch offices, and AWS Regions into a single, unified global network with just a few clicks in a central management dashboard.
Stonepeak to buy $2.5bn stake in American Tower's US data centre business
Stonepeak, on behalf of certain affiliated investment vehicles, confirms that it is to acquire a 29% stake in American Tower’s US data centre business.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3RuA4LX
Thursday:
Netflix and Microsoft team up for cheaper plan with adverts
The streaming giant says the service will be an "addition" to its existing plans, which do not include adverts. The company has not yet revealed how much it plans to charge subscribers for the new service.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3PvD5tH
Online Safety Bill put on hold until new prime minister in place
Plans for new internet safety laws have been put on hold until a new prime minister is in place in the autumn. The Online Safety Bill aims to lay down rules in law about how platforms should deal with harmful content.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3O4KqiD
Friday:
O2 Telefónica's 5G Coverage Reaches 50% of Population
Telecommunications provider O2 Telefónica is making rapid progress in its 5G network rollout and has reached an important milestone early: since June, the telecommunications provider has been providing 50 percent of the population with its fast O2 5G network.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3aK0f0I
DigitalBridge strikes surprise $17.5bn deal for Deutsche Tower unit
DigitalBridge Group has reached an agreement with Deutsche Telekom to acquire 51% of its tower unit for US$17.5 billion.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3z4xbu6
