In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including satellites, data centres, cybersecurity, 5G and ransomware.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Flubot: Warning over major Android 'package delivery' scam
A text-message scam that infects Android phones is spreading across the UK, experts have warned.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/2QYKl8a
Portugal to get $4.2bn 450MW data centre
US and UK investment firms have joined forces to build a $4.2 billion hyperscale data centre campus in Portugal. The five-building campus will eventually have a power capacity of 450MW from renewable sources.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3dS3TnT
tuesday:
Huawei and China Mobile ‘to launch 6G satellites’, says Communist Party paper
China Mobile and Huawei are planning to launch two 6G test satellites in July, according to sources close to the Chinese state.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3aZMFmT
OneWeb launches sixth batch of internet satellites
The London-based satellite operator OneWeb has just put up its sixth batch of broadband internet spacecraft. Thirty-six new platforms were launched from Russia's Far East, bringing the total in-orbit constellation to 182.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3gHNFQ3
wednesday:
Canadian edge data centre firms merge
Toronto's Canada15Edge Data Center has merged with Alberta's Whipcord to form Whipcord Edge Data Centers. The deal will allow Whipcord Edge to support the “continued growth of its customers” in both eastern and western Canada, said the new firm.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3e08Z1e
Internet access: 1.5m UK homes still offline, Ofcom finds
About 1.5 million homes in the UK still do not have internet access, a report by Ofcom has found. The regulator has released its annual snapshot of online and media habits in the UK, which this year spans all three lockdowns.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3xt4cgF
thursday:
Nokia powers Telefonica Spain's ip network upgrade for 5g and ftth
Nokia on Wednesday announced it has been chosen by Telefonica Spain to bring 5G and FTTH connectivity to more people in Spain by upgrading the operator’s IP network.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3sXIGwZ
Edgeconnex expands data centres across six us cities
EdgeConneX is adding an extra 20MW of capacity across six of its US data centre markets to help address demand from customers, and is promising to up capacity in other areas too. Initially, EdgeConneX will add around 20MW of new capacity across its existing sites in the Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Miami, Detroit and Chicago markets.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ntIFQu
friday:
The ransomware surge ruining lives
A global coalition of technology companies and law enforcement bodies is calling for "aggressive and urgent" action against ransomware. Microsoft, Amazon, the FBI and the UK's National Crime Agency have joined the Ransomware Task Force (RTF) in giving governments nearly 50 recommendations.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3eXx4FB
Amazon hopes pandemic habits stick after profits triple
Amazon continued to cash in on our new shop-work-relax-from-home habits in the first three months of this year, reporting a huge rise in sales and a tripling of profits.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3gV4hUv
