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title: B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (14/03/2022 - 18/03/2022)
description: In this week's news roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry.
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# [B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (14/03/2022 - 18/03/2022)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/b2b-tech-telecoms-news-14-03-2022)

 Written by [Ilex Community Manager](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/author/ilex-community-manager) | 18-Mar-2022 10:02:00

In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: Ukraine crisis, robotics, AI, cryptocurrency, networks, 5G, Cloud, marketing, digital infrastructure, metaverse and semiconductors.

Here are our highlights:

# monday:

# tsf sets up bases to help ukraine refugees from russian attacks

[Télécoms Sans Frontières](https://www.tsfi.org/en/home) (TSF), the telecoms industry’s global aid organisation, has set up an operational base in the Polish city of Rzeszów, just 80km from the border with Ukraine.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3w4kzlq](https://bit.ly/3w4kzlq) 

 

# skt invests in leading ai vision robotics firm cmes

[SK Telecom](https://www.sktelecom.com/index_en.html) recently announced that it invested KRW 10 billion in [CMES](https://www.cmesrobotics.com/)and signed a business agreement with CMES to cooperate in the AI robot-based logistics business. CMES is a leading AI vision robotics company. It has been innovating robotic process automation for many companies around the globe through advanced AI and 3D vision technologies. 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3MPhYlm](https://bit.ly/3MPhYlm) 

 

# tuesday:

# bitcoin cash machines ordered to shut down in the uk

All UK crypto-currency cash machines (ATMs) are operating illegally and must be shut down, the [Financial Conduct Authority](https://www.fca.org.uk/) has announced. Crypto-ATMs look like regular cash machines and let people buy crypto-currency, such as Bitcoin, using their bank cards.

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3I7l1Sl](https://bbc.in/3I7l1Sl) 

 

# Neutral Networks to deploy 40 miles of fibre in mexico

The new infrastructure will bolster Mexico's digital growth, as well as attract investment from global players. Once completed, the new fibre ring will bring [Neutral Networks](https://www.neutralnetworks.mx/) network to a total of more than 96 miles in Queretaro.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3Igm4PY](https://bit.ly/3Igm4PY) 

 

# wednesday:

# Telefónica, Pente to Simplify 5G Edge Transformation for Enterprises

[Telefónica](https://www.telefonica.com/en/) and [Pente Networks](https://pentenetworks.com/), developer of a revolutionary enterprise cellular 4G/5G platform, are working on a managed 5G Cloud service to enable advanced transformation use cases for enterprises.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3CO8UIM](https://bit.ly/3CO8UIM)

 

# Companies fined for marketing calls targeting elderly

Five companies who made thousands of unwanted marketing calls to "older, vulnerable people" must pay fines totalling £405,000.

Some of those targeted suffered from dementia, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) said.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3qwke7R](https://bbc.in/3qwke7R)

 

# thursday:

# millions of nigerians do not have access to  telecom services, says ncc

[The Nigerian Communications Commission](https://www.ncc.gov.ng/) has revealed over 35 million Nigerians have not taken up telecommunications services, pointing the blame to lacklustre infrastructure in the country.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3669fLc](https://bit.ly/3669fLc) 

 

# meta invests in spain to build out the metaverse

[Meta](https://about.facebook.com/meta/) has announced plans for significant infrastructure and people investment in Spain, as part of its plans to deliver the next phase of the internet, also known as the Metaverse. The company is putting Spain at the heart of its Metaverse plans through the creation of "new, high skilled jobs, support for local entrepreneurs and tech businesses and investment in vital digital infrastructure".

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3wktH5T](https://bit.ly/3wktH5T) 

 

### FRIday:

# intel makes initial €33bn investment in eu semiconductor development

The news forms part of [Intel's](https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/homepage.html) wider plans to invest up to €80 billion in the European Union over the next 10 years in semiconductor value chain. This includes everything from research and development (R&D) to manufacturing all the way to packaging technologies.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3ImJ53G](https://bit.ly/3ImJ53G) 

 

# startup quadric secures $21m to advance its disruptive edge ai platform

[Quadric](https://bit.ly/3wivLLl) handles both neural backbones and classical dynamic data-parallel algorithms in a unified architecture is helping to create AI for everyone, everywhere.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3qgNkb2](https://bit.ly/3qgNkb2) 

 

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