In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: 5G, Satellites, Cloud Edge, Networks, Cryptocurrency, Sustainability, Partnerships and Data centres.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Singtel, Intel to Establish 5G MEC Incubator
Singtel announced its collaboration with Intel to establish a 5G Multi-access Edge Compute (MEC) incubator that will enable enterprises to adopt 5G seamlessly, deploy applications that need low latency processing at the edge, drive innovation and accelerate their digital transformation.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3L62l8F
SPACEX Launches 34 more starlink satellites
On Saturday, September 10, SpaceX launched 34 Starlink satellites and AST SpaceMobile’s BlueWalker 3 satellite to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3d4zLrV
Tuesday:
Kaloom Raise $21 million for cloud-native edge networking
Kaloom, a start-up based in Montreal, has secured an additional US$21 million for its programmable and automated cloud-native edge center networking software solution.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3qETgdv
World Bank’s IFC to invest $160m in Safaricom Ethiopia
The World Bank is investing US$160 million into the Safaricom project to build a new network in Ethiopia.
Safaricom Ethiopia started services two weeks ago in one city and the company plans to roll them out across 25 cities between now and April 2023.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3L7A6GT
Wednesday:
Airtel and IBM to Work Together to Bring Secured Edge Cloud Services to Indian Enterprises
IBM and Bharti Airtel, today announced their intent to work together to deploy Airtel's edge computing platform in India, which will include 120 network data centers across 20 cities.
Read the full story here: https://prn.to/3BEh5IZ
Ethereum Merge: How one big cryptocurrency is going green
The second biggest cryptocurrency, Ethereum, is about to switch over to a new operating model that uses 99.9% less energy. Ethereum currently uses as much energy as a medium-sized country. Other cryptocurrencies, including the biggest, Bitcoin, will remain as energy-intensive as before.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3xmebWH
Thursday:
Google loses appeal over record EU anti-trust Android fine
The €4.125bn (£3.5bn) penalty is the largest anti-trust fine ever handed down by the European Commission. It said Google had breached its laws by forcing Android phone-makers to carry its search and web browser apps in order to access the Google Play Store in 2018.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3xrA7Qi
Samsung to invest billions in new environmental strategy, more sustainable chips and smartphones
Samsung has announced a new environmental strategy to address carbon emissions and energy use worldwide, make better use of resources, and expand investments into innovative and sustainable products.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3QJWJSH
Friday:
BT AND ATOS STRIKE COMPUTER VISION PARTNERSHIP
As part of a multi-million pound partnership, BT and Atos today launch Digital Vision — a new computer vision solution that will help revolutionise industries, including manufacturing and logistics among others.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Uit5XZ
Enet pledges €50m for fibre in Ireland
The expansion will see Enet’s fibre network connect major commercial, retail and industrial zones to increase the availability of high-capacity data transport for data centre connectivity, mobile data traffic and mission-critical business traffic.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Uf2Kdf
