In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: DevOps, Internet Connectivity, IoTs, Tech Giants, Subsea Cable, Quantum Computing and AI.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Fitbit sued in Australia for misleading consumers on faulty devices
Australia's competition regulator has begun court proceedings against Fitbit LLC for allegedly making false or misleading claims to consumers about their guarantee rights on faulty devices, it said on Monday.
Read the full story here: https://reut.rs/3TULRU8
Amazon could pay UK shoppers £900m compensation
Amazon shoppers in the UK could receive a share of £900m in compensation, once a legal claim is submitted against the technology giant. The proposed claim alleges the company breached competition law and caused customers to pay higher prices.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3U0ToRA
Tuesday:
Vodafone Oman enhances Netcracker partnership with added capabilities
Netcracker Technology confirms that Vodafone Oman has added analytics, DevOps processes and an integration layer to its network. These enhanced capabilities form part of the latest expansion to their partnership and will enable Vodafone Oman to grow its business.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3zhsVau
THE MISSING 3.2 BILLION…
The latest GSMA annual State of Mobile Internet Connectivity Report has highlighted that 4.3 billion people were using mobile internet at the end of 2021 – an enormous number in anyone’s estimation, but still only slightly above half (55%) of the world’s population.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3SEse1q
Wednesday:
DT, Ericsson Join DeltaTrak's Drive to Reduce Food waste
Ericsson’s Internet of Things (IoT) business and DeltaTrak, a leading innovator in cold chain management and end-to-end supply chain solutions, announced a collaboration that will drive cold chain traceability enhancements powered by the Ericsson IoT Accelerator platform.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3D8Ey4B
WhatsApp back online after worldwide outage
The messaging platform WhatsApp has come back online after an outage that affected users around the world. Meta, which owns WhatsApp, said the problem had been fixed but did not give a reason for the disruption.
Thursday:
Google and Microsoft hit by slowing economy
Sales at the tech giants Alphabet and Microsoft have slowed sharply, adding to fears of a downturn in the economy. Alphabet, which owns Google and YouTube, said sales rose just 6% in the three months to September, to $69bn, as firms cut their advertising budgets.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3gFhouR
Arctic cable plans warm up as Japan-US-European group is formed
Three companies, in Europe, the US and Japan, have formally created the company they hope will build the first Arctic cable. The newly set up Far North Fiber (FNF) will promote a system that aims to build a faster and more secure route directly connecting Japan, North America, and Ireland and Scandinavia.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3NeFLvU
FRIDAY:
ARQIT TO PROVIDE SECURE CLOUD SERVICES FOR UK GOVERNMENT
Arqit Quantum Inc., a leader in quantum-safe encryption, has signed a contract with Nine23 Ltd, a cyber security solutions provider for UK regulated and compliant sectors, to deploy Arqit’s QuantumCloud™, a symmetric key agreement software, on Nine23’s UK Sovereign Secure Private Cloud infrastructure – Platform FLEX – to provide the highest level of assurance for its customers.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3gOMJv9
Infobip develops chatbot for Uber via WhatsApp
Infobip has developed an AI-powered chatbot for Uber that enables customers to order rides via WhatsApp.
The chatbot has been built and deployed on the WhatsApp for Business platform using Infobip's chatbot building platform called Answers.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3W7PnMR
