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:
Rolls-Royce has delivered 200 mtu emergency generators to AVK, 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
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
Nokia and Safaricom trial Africa’s first 5G FWA network slicing
Nokia and Safaricom 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
EE Upgrades to New AI-powered Firewall to Block International Scam Calls
Continuing its mission to keep customers safe, EE 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
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 powerplants will find their way into two models of Candela’s flying electric boats, marking an industry first.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ch8Jgp
Indonesia's biggest operator, PT Telkom, 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
Thursday:
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners has signed a US$30 billion partnership agreement with Intel to fund its under-construction semi-conductor fabrication facility in Chandler, Arizona.
Read the full story here: 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
Friday:
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites and T-Mobile join forces to bring internet service to remote areas
Mobile phones will connect to SpaceX's new Starlink satellites next year, providing around 2 to 4 Megabits per second connection (total) across a given coverage area, T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have announced.
Read the full story here: 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