This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover 5G, Space, SRN, Remote Working, Electric Cars, China Tech, Messaging and Connectivity.
Here are our highlights:
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Ericsson kickstarts 5G production in Malaysia
Ericsson has chosen Malaysia as one of its 11 manufacturing sites where it will produce 5G radio equipment. The vendor will produce this equipment in Penang, marking its first 5G manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3YrAKW4
Mother and daughter first to go to space together
An 18-year-old Aberdeen University student and her mother will travel to space after winning a place on Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight. Anastatia Mayers and Keisha Schahaff will go to space later this week.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3qk1xai
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Three builds 100th SRN site
Three UK has built 100 new cell sites as part of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) project. The new sites are providing 4G connectivity to over 37,000 homes across the country, spanning 2,800km. The £1 billion project was signed by the four major UK operators EE, Vodafone, Three UK and O2 (now Virgin Media O2) in 2020.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/47zh3jA
Zoom orders workers back to the office
Zoom, the video communications company whose name became synonymous with remote work during the pandemic, has ordered staff back to the office. The firm said it believed a "structured hybrid approach" was most effective and people living within 50 miles (80km) of an office should work in person at least twice a week.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3Qrg0fp
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Second-hand electric vehicle sales soar to record levels
Boosting the second-hand market is crucial to increasing the reach and affordability of electric vehicles, however, the sales accounted for 1.7% of the total used car market. Sales of second-hand electric vehicles (EV) rose by more than 80% in the three months to June.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3QrDMI9
Zoom denies training AI on calls without consent
Zoom has updated its terms of service after a backlash over fears that it trained its artificial intelligence (AI) models on customer calls. The video-calling app acted after users noticed changes to the firm's terms of service in March which they worried enabled AI training.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/4419SO3
China tech further severed from US fundings after Biden ban
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order barring U.S. investments in certain tech sectors of China.
Read the full story here: https://tcrn.ch/3OO9cas
Minister defends safety law on messaging apps
The technology secretary has defended a controversial section of the Online Safety Bill which would force messaging apps to access the content of private messages if requested by the regulator Ofcom. She said it was a sensible approach in order to protect children from abuse.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/47uy9ij
BT, Ericsson make 5G breakthrough
BT and Ericsson have demonstrated the transmission of 5G services in a wideband frequency division duplex (FDD) radio carrier (over 20MHz) within a sub-3GHz spectrum band. The trial also evaluated an intermediate carrier bandwidth of 30MHz.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/45nIjzz
Telefonica teams with Starlink to connect remote users
Telefonica says it will join forces with Elon Musk-owned Starlink to provide connectivity to rural and remote customers.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3DPyoHl
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