In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including cloud, data centres, voice services, connectivity, GPS technology and mobile.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Amazon again has a third of the global cloud market
Despite its size and leading cloud market position, Amazon Web Services managed a 37% annual growth rate in its latest quarterly results, helping to increase its overall share of the market to boot.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3A2dkcu
Afterpay: Jack Dorsey's Square in Australia's biggest buyout
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's digital payments platform Square has agreed to take over the Australian 'buy now, pay later' firm Afterpay. The $29bn (A$39bn; £21bn) deal is set to be Australia's biggest-ever buyout.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3iicN01
tuesday:
Vantage Data Centres sets global carbon target
Vantage Data Centers says the company will achieve net zero carbon emissions globally by 2030. The company says it will not only actively work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but will also invest in technologies and projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jhKNsP
BT to Enhance Managed Voice Services with Microsoft Team
BT and Microsoft last week announced a new strategic partnership to accelerate innovation across enterprise voice, cyber security and industry-focused services.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3lmcrHP
wednesday:
Ministry of Defence makes first ever bounty payments to hackers
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has for the first time paid bounties to hackers for finding vulnerabilities in its computer networks before they could be exploited by the UK's adversaries.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3CaazIh
STL partners Facebook Connectivity on O-RAN radio units
Network integrator STL, has partnered with Facebook Connectivity to design and develop 4G and 5G radio products.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ytpBGE
thursday:
WhatsApp 'view once' brings disappearing photos and videos
WhatsApp is rolling out a feature that allows users to have photos or videos vanish after they are seen. After the recipient opens the image for the first time, "view once" deletes it, without saving it to a phone.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/2WZ1n9p
gangs on e-scooters targeting gps farm equipment
Gangs are using e-scooters to sneak on to UK farms and steal high-value GPS technology, an insurer has said. NFU Mutual said the cost of replacing the stolen equipment that forms an "essential part of modern farming" nearly doubled in a year to £2.9m.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3inONbP
friday:
google maps warns drivers about emission charges
Google Maps will now warn drivers in London and other cities if they are going to enter a low-emission zone with fees or fines. Several major cities have such schemes to keep polluting traffic out of their busiest areas.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3s1yMLZ
1&1 partners with Rakuten to build Germany's fourth mobile network
Back in 2019, Germany’s only virtual mobile network operator, 1&1 Drillisch, was notably allocated spectrum in the country’s 5G spectrum auction, signalling its intention to deploy its own mobile network infrastructure for the first time. Now, the operator has partnered with Japan’s Rakuten to build out a new Open RAN network, becoming the first operator in Europe to rely entirely on the new technology for its mobile network.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3jzupnQ
