In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including 5G, IoT, cloud, cybersecurity, partnership, fibre and investment.

Here are our highlights:

Monday:

Open RAN market to reach $10bn by 2025, forecasts dell'oro group

A recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the worldwide sales of Open RAN revenues are forecasted to grow at double-digit rates over the next six years with cumulative Open RAN investments.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2N3hj5u 

IBM announces Hybrid Cloud Build Team

IBM has unveiled its Hybrid Cloud Build Team to support the migration and modernisation of ecosystem partner products, services, and other offerings across open hybrid cloud environments.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3tB0zmU 

tuesday:

Colt DCS says European operations now 100% green

Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced that its operations across the UK and Europe are fully powered by 100% renewable power.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2NaT2KI 

Bell Canada pledges $1.2bn fibre investment

Bell Canada, the telecoms subsidiary of BCE, has pledged to spend between $1 billion to $1.2 billion on the acceleration of its broadband network over the next 2 years.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3rC8gHO 

Wednesday:

Cyberpunk 2077 makers CD Projekt hit by ransomware hack

CD Projekt Red said hackers had accessed its internal network, digitally scrambled some of its data servers and tried to blackmail it.

Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3cXim1E 

Deutsche Telekom Selects Nokia to Transform Optical Core Network

The transformation will enable Deutsche Telekom to deliver an enhanced service quality experience to its customers by upgrading the existing network to a more scalable and automated one. 

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

thursday:

Vero internet picks sparkle for international connectivity

Sparkle has been selected by Vero Internet, emerging internet service provider in Brazil, to provide high-speed international connectivity.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2NbfZ0t 

Softbank invests $10m in adapdix for edge platform

Adapdix Corporation has received funding from SoftBank’s Opportunity Fund, pushing its total investment amount secured by Adapdix up to $10 million.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2LE77Qw 

friday:

Nokia working with brazil r&d centre on open RAN for 5g

Nokia is linking up with a Brazilian government research body to work on open radio access network (open RAN) solutions for 5G edge applications.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/376e9Fj 

telia launches global iot connectivity solution

Telia releases a new solution that it claims can save companies on average 28 percent of the cost of global IoT connectivity.  

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jL6FNc