This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover Tech, AI, Connectivity, Verification, Subsea Cables, Drones and Cloud Gaming.
Here are our highlights:
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Majority of the world’s population now owns a smartphone
A new study from the GSMA showed that 54% of the global population – roughly 4.3 billion people – now owns a smartphone.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3M2W53l
AI-driven technology could transform aneurysm treatment
PreSize has so far been used in operations involving 375 patients, including in seven hospitals in England and Scotland, and some in Germany, Finland and Ukraine.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ZQPX3Q
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RETN expands Milan-Marseille network connectivity
RETN, an independent Eurasian network services provider, has announced a new partnership with Retelit to use its spectrum sharing solution. RETN said that the spectrum sharing soluton is designed to provide significant and scalabel transmission capacity through Retelit’s physical network infrastructure.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Q2nbsD
Google lobbies against legally mandated age verification
Google is challenging proposed laws that would require online services to implement age checks in a new framework that theorises how technology companies should approach children’s safety online. Wednesday___________________________
Vodafone and Three deny merger will push up prices
Representatives from Vodafone and Three have told MPs their planned merger will not increase prices, despite it reducing the number of competitors in the mobile market. The firms plan to merge their UK-based operations, creating the biggest mobile network in the UK.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/46G2A4A
X begins charging users $1 a year in New Zealand, Philippines
Elon Musk's X, has started charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 (£0.82) a year to access key features, as part of a new trial. They include the ability to tweet, retweet, like posts and reply to posts.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3rZChHh
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Orange and EXA hook up new transatlantic subsea cables
Orange has switched on a new subsea cable connecting the US, UK and France called AMITIE, while EXA has laid down a fifth transatlantic route to its portfolio. Orange’s new transatlantic route is now ready for service, after almost four years of presumably quite damp installation work.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/45DJY3M
Amazon to relaunch delivery drones in the UK next year
Amazon will relaunch its delivery drones in the UK next year, the shopping giant has confirmed. The firm has also unveiled its newest drone technology that it will use to deliver shopping in the UK, which it says is quieter, can fly further, and withstand more diverse weather conditions.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Q5yBvs
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EU hands over €130 million for 6G research
The European Union has allocated €130 million worth of funding to 27 research projects linked to the development of 6G technology. The body making the award is the European Smart Networks and Services JU, with the aim of coordinating member states’ 6G research endeavours.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3S5u4Mg
Netflix’s cloud gaming service begins tests in US
Netflix is beginning to test its cloud gaming service in the U.S. after initially launching limited trials in Canada and the U.K. The service has seen the streamer picking up gaming studios and licensing titles from individual developers with the intention to make gaming another arm of its business.
Read the full story here: https://tcrn.ch/403piAR
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