This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover 5G, Cyber Attacks, Sustainable Energy, Subsea Cables, NaaS, Space and AI.
Here are our highlights:
Samsung and KDDI will form a 5G Global Network Slicing Alliance after signing a Memorandum of Understanding. Through the partnership, the companies will work together to introduce commercial 5G network slicing services and assess new business models based on 5G slicing.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3PETmyb
The royal website was taken offline by a denial of service attack on Sunday. The royal website has been hit by a cyber attack. The denial of service attack, or DDoS, is when an excess of traffic is directed to a website, overwhelming its server and disrupting its functioning.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3rIw2Y9
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As one of the pillars of digitalization, operators play an important role in supporting the carbon neutral and green sustainable development of the whole society.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ZEXDGd
NEC Corporation confirms the completion of the Patara-2 subsea cable system linking multiple islands across Indonesia.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3rA4hRG
Speaking last night at a media briefing at its first global network as a service (NaaS) event, MEF, an industry association for network, cloud, security, and technology providers announced its first NaaS blueprint. The document helps service providers deliver NaaS offerings.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3RKLgX9
The US government has issued its first ever fine to a company for leaving space junk orbiting the Earth.
The Federal Communications Commission fined Dish Network $150,000 (£125,000) for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from others in use.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3rHoiFO
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The UK's cloud computing market is to face a competition probe over concerns it is being dominated by Amazon and Microsoft.
Media watchdog Ofcom said the two make up 70-80% of the sector in the UK, while closest rival Google has 5-10%.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/46g1CvD
The UK's cloud computing market is to face a competition probe over concerns it is being dominated by Amazon and Microsoft.
Through this partnership, GBI is bolstering Iraq’s relationships with the GCC nations.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3RLCbNO
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Police and private companies should "immediately stop" the use of facial recognition surveillance, says a group of politicians and privacy campaigners.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3tdPYCE
Nasa astronauts will be flying in style, with luxury fashion designer Prada helping design space suits for the 2025 Moon mission. The Italian fashion house will work to design the suits alongside another private company, Axiom Space. In a press release, Axiom said Prada would bring expertise with materials and manufacturing to the project.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3FaG736