In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: eSports, Fibre, Cyber Security, Social media, Infrastructure, Cloud, 6G, Cable Networks, Scam and 5G.
Here are our highlights:
Commonwealth Games takes big step towards esports
A trial took place at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham last weekend to see whether esports could take their place alongside traditional sports like swimming and athletics.
A hundred players representing 20 different Commonwealth nations fought for medals in three different video games: Rocket League, Dota2 and eFootball.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3AnMoar
Google Fiber will bring its high-speed internet service to several cities in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nebraska and Nevada as it expands its network.
The expansion is the biggest since it spun out as an independent Alphabet Inc unit in 2015.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3JUloSN
The rise in cyberattacks, increasing demand for a hybrid working model, and ensuring data privacy and regulatory compliances are tailwinds to investment. Effective threat management has become increasingly important as enterprises move toward digital sovereignty. *Excludes Japan.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3C9SPz1
Chinese internet giants hand algorithm data to government
Chinese internet giants including Alibaba, Tiktok-owner ByteDance and Tencent have shared details of their algorithms with China's regulators for the first time.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3JYvlin
Philippines-based Globe Telecom has agreed to sell and lease back over 5,700 of its mobile towers.
Last week, Globe revealed it had signed two major tower sales deal which is set to raise around US$1.28 billion, most of which will be put toward its network expansion.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3pr15Di
Acumatica, the cloud ERP company, has provided SEACOM, the Pan-African telecommunications provider, with the tools necessary to realise its ambitious growth plans and deliver high-speed internet connectivity around the world.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3PwMsc5
Thursday:
Today, the 5G Automotive Association and the 6G Smart Networks and Services Industry Association (6G-IA) have announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), agreeing to collaborate on the development of V2X and CAD technologies and their respective ecosystems.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3K53xsp
PLDT has fired up the US-Transpacific Jupiter Cable system, which is the Philippines’ fastest direct data cable link to the US and Japan.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3pr5xls
UK operator EE is using a new AI infused anti-spam firewall to bat away a flood of scam calls and texts from fraudsters, and has blocked 11 million calls since it spun up in July.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3wgfsOy
According to a report the adoption of 5G is outpacing all previous generations of mobile technology, and it will create $7 trillion worth of economic value in 2030.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3AbpSzU