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title: B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (22/08/2022 - 26/08/2022)
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 (22/08/2022 - 26/08/2022)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/b2b-tech-telecoms-news-22-08-22)

 Written by [Ilex Community Manager](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/author/ilex-community-manager) | 26-Aug-2022 09:23:22

In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: Power, Tech, 5G Slicing, AI, Electric Vehicles, Microchips and Satellites. 

Here are our highlights:

 

# Monday:

 

Rolls-Royce and AVK provide over 3.5 gigawatts of emergency power capacity in the UK

[Rolls-Royce](http://Rolls-Royce.com) has delivered 200 mtu emergency generators to [AVK](http://avkuk.co.uk), UK’s leading provider of critical power solutions, in just three years. AVK has already installed and commissioned the majority across Europe, and in total has already provided more than 3.5 gigawatts of power to data centers, the financial, telecommunications and healthcare industries in the UK and Ireland.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3dMYnW6](https://bit.ly/3dMYnW6) 

 

 

# [Microsoft](http://Microsoft.com) reveals Janet Jackson song had the power to crash laptops

An investigation into the mysterious system failures found that playing the music video didn't just crash the laptop it was on, but also caused laptops nearby to fail.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3T7ybFD](https://bit.ly/3T7ybFD) 

# Tuesday:

 

Nokia and Safaricom trial Africa’s first 5G FWA network slicing

[Nokia](http://nokia.com) and [Safaricom](http://Safaricom.co.ke) have trialled Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) network slicing on a live 4G and 5G network in Africa.

Network slicing enables operators to divide their networks into multiple virtual slices that can be optimised for a specific application or service. Each slice can be given its own priority in addition to different levels of security.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3wnKpk2](https://bit.ly/3wnKpk2) 

 

EE Upgrades to New AI-powered Firewall to Block International Scam Calls

Continuing its mission to keep customers safe, [EE](http://ee.co.uk) has launched upgraded technology which is blocking up to one million international scam calls a day and 11 million since its inception in July 2022.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3dOfgj4](https://bit.ly/3dOfgj4) 

# Wednesday:

# Candela and Polestar team up in battery deal to ramp up production of flying electric boats

Two Swedish electric mobility companies are teaming up in the first ever battery deal between an electric car company and an electric boat maker. [Polestar’s](http://polestar.com) powerplants will find their way into two models of [Candela’s](http://candela.com) flying electric boats, marking an industry first.

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3ch8Jgp](https://bit.ly/3ch8Jgp) 

 

# Indonesia's Telkom to merge fixed, mobile businesses

Indonesia's biggest operator, [PT Telkom](http://telkom.co.id), is planning to merge its fixed and mobile businesses – the latest in a series of Asian telco restructures.

 

 

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

 

Thursday:

# Brookfield signs $30bn chip partnership with intel

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has signed a US$30 billion partnership agreement with [Intel](https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/homepage.html) to fund its under-construction semi-conductor fabrication facility in Chandler, Arizona.

 

 

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3At2oH0](https://bit.ly/3At2oH0) 

 

 

Singtel to sell 3.3% stake in Bharti Airtel for $1.6 billion

Singtel said on Thursday it would sell a 3.3% stake in India's Bharti Airtel Ltd to Bharti Telecom Ltd for an aggregate consideration of about $1.61 billion.

 

Read the full story here: [https://reut.rs/3dPhezH](https://reut.rs/3dPhezH) 

 

Friday: 

Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites and T-Mobile join forces to bring internet service to remote areas

Mobile phones will connect to [SpaceX'](http://spacex.com)s new [Starlink](http://starlink.com) satellites next year, providing around 2 to 4 Megabits per second connection (total) across a given coverage area,[T-Mobile](http://tmobile.com) CEO Mike Sievert and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have announced.

 

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

 

California to ban sales of petrol-only vehicles by 2035

California is to ban the sale of new petrol-only vehicles by 2035, marking a historic step in the state's attempts to tackle climate change.

The new rules are aimed to force car makers to accelerate the introduction to the market of cleaner vehicles.

Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3Te0wdL](https://bbc.in/3Te0wdL) 

 

 

  

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