In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including cloud, satellite, acquisitions, spam and scam messages, 5G and fibre networks.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Alaska community first to get broadband via one web satellite
The first community in the US to install a OneWeb satellite terminal for broadband is Akiak in southwestern Alaska. The Akiak Native Community has worked with Pacific Dataport and Microcom to install the first OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) user terminal in the state.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jyOZFx
Nvidia intros next-gen cloud gaming platform
NVIDIA has announced its next-generation cloud gaming platform — delivering GeForce RTX 3080-class gaming on GeForce NOW — available exclusively in a new, high-performance membership tier.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3nsWmiS
tuesday:
Telstra to acquire Digicel Pacific for $1.6bn
Digicel Group has entered into an agreement to sell its subsidiary Digicel Pacific, to a subsidiary of Australian telco Telstra Corporation, at a purchase price of $1.6 billion.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2XJJQ5J
ee's new anti-spam filter stops 42 million spam and scam texts
EE's anti-spam filter prevents messages reaching customers by blocking them from the network. The filter has also identified and terminated over 18,000 scamming SIM cards, reducing even more scam texts at the source.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/30WAViB
Wednesday:
Verizon, amazon to integrate Leo satellites with 5g
Verizon and Amazon said they would work to combine Verizon's 5G wireless network with Amazon's planned Project Kuiper constellation of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The first offering from the new partnership will backhaul Verizon's cell sites through Amazon's LEO satellites, allowing Verizon to offer fixed wireless Internet services in unconnected rural areas.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3CeOFDb
Verizon brings private 5g network to ford ev manufacturing facility
Ford Motor Company and AT&T are enhancing the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center on Ford’s historic Dearborn Rouge site –the future of EV production – by outfitting it with highly secure, next-generation 5G cellular connectivity to help build the new all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning pickup.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jIrnyh\
thursday:
Seacom acquires Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network
Seacom, the pan-African telco, has completed the acquisition of Hirani Telecom’s metro fibre network in Kenya. The metro fibre network formerly belonging to Hirani Telecom will now be incorporated into Seacom’s existing metro network in Nairobi.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jLnc4H
LinkedIn rolls out its freelance services marketplace globally
LinkedIn is taking the wraps off its Service Marketplace, a new feature that will let people advertise themselves for short-term engagements to those looking to hire people for such roles.
Read the full story here: https://tcrn.ch/3biPnDv
friday:
Facebook changes its name to Meta in major rebrand
Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta as part of a major rebrand. The company said it would better "encompass" what it does, as it broadens its reach beyond social media into areas like virtual reality (VR).
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3bkxzIn
Liquid and Orange strike deal for mutual network access in Africa
Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Orange, today announced a new partnership to leverage each other's existing international networks in Africa, allowing them even greater access and opportunity to build their businesses throughout the continent.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/2ZzIZoF
