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Written by Ilex Community Manager | 15-Oct-2021 09:12:40

In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including 5G, fibre, security, broadband, cloud, data centres, IoT and cables.

Here are our highlights:

monday:

Facebook unveils fibre-deploying robot bombyx

Facebook Connectivity thinks it has developed an alternative in the form of a cable-crawling robot called Bombyx. Named after the Latin word for ‘silkworm’, Bombyx operates by being attached to existing overhead power cables, which it then craws along, wrapping fibre optic cables around them in the process.

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

76% of manufacturers plan to use private 5g networks by 2024

Accedian's new analyst research on the future of 5G in manufacturing, conducted in partnership with Analysys Mason, found that while 76% of manufacturers plan to use private 5G locally by 2024, key barriers to adoption include management complexity, difficulty of deployment and high costs.

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

tuesday:

Tim heads to space to deliver broadband to rural Italians

Customers in remote areas of Italy will be able to connect to TIM’s broadband services from today thanks to a deal with Eutelsat. TIM, says customers outside its fibre or fixed wireless access areas will be able to get up to 100Mbps download and 5Mbps upload via the satellite service.

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

google gives security keys to 10,000 high-risk users

Google is giving free physical USB security keys to 10,000 users at high risk of being hacked, such as politicians and human rights activists. The USB keys provide two-factor authentication.

Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3AvTGpb

Wednesday:

Zella DC takes micro edge telco solution to Japan

Zella DC has deployed its first micro data centre in Japan as part of an edge computing solution aimed at telecom operators. The Zella Hut, an outdoor version of the Zella Pro will be part of an edge computing solution developed by Internet Initiative Japan Inc.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3p5FG3g

Ericsson, nokia and t-systems back google's distributed cloud launch

Google is announcing its distributed cloud portfolio of hardware and software that the giant says will extend infrastructure to the edge. Ericsson and Nokia executives gave their approval to the development.

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

thursday:

vantage announces $1bn Johannesburg campus

Vantage Data Centers has begun construction of its first African campus, a carrier-neutral, 12 hectares plot due to open from summer 2022.

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

Fujitsu, trend micro collaborate for connected car security solution

With this collaboration, Fujitsu will provide a security countermeasure solution for connected cars, the V-SOC (Vehicle-Security Operation Center) service, and Trend Micro Cloud One will protect the backend cloud infrastructure.

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

friday:

Djibouti Telecom breaks ground on new cls

Djibouti Telecom has begun construction of a new cable landing station (CLS) in Djibouti City.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3p5ueEQ

iot to overtake cloud computing as primary industry technology

Investment in the Internet of Things (IoT) is set to overtake cloud computing, next-generation security, big data analytics and other digital transformation technologies in the near future, research from Inmarsat has revealed.

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

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