This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: Aerospace, Open RAN, Data Breach, 6G, Edge, Data Centres, Satellites, Fibre and IoT.
Here are our highlights:
Monday _____________________________
Aruba secures €500m in funding for two data centres in Italy
Aruba has secured €500 million in funding for expanding its Global Cloud Data Center (GCDC) campus. Through this new investment, the IT3 technology campus in Ponte San Pietro, Italy spans 200,000m² will also become home to two further data centres and a large ultra-technological event space, the Aruba Auditorium.
Read the full story here:https://bit.ly/3HbxEiz
US–CUBA SUBSEA CABLE LINK IN JEOPARDY OVER NATIONAL SECURITY FEARS
This week, the US DoJ’s special purpose committee known as ‘Team Telecom’ has urged the FCC to reject an application that would see a submarine cable route link the USA directly with Cuba for the first time. The ARCOS-1 spans roughly 8,400km in a ring across the Caribbean Sea, connecting 15 countries in the region, but notably not Cuba.
Read the full story here:https://bit.ly/3F5vUVt
Tuesday_____________________________
NASA's Orion spacecraft heads home to Earth - after one last swoop of the moon
The capsule uses lunar gravity as a slingshot to head home after a successful three-week mission. But the biggest challenge still lies ahead: hitting the atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound and surviving the fiery re-entry.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3BcyjN4
Open RAN pace beating expectations
Open RAN continues to move at a faster pace than expected, with its revenues more than doubling on a year-on-year basis, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3HcUkyO
Wednesday___________________________
Meta to partner with Airtel and stc to extend 2Africa Pearls
Bharti Airtel will team up with Meta to invest in global connectivity infrastructure and CPaaS-based new-age digital solutions to support customers and businesses in India. Bharti says foundational connectivity infrastructure such as subsea cables are crucial in supporting the rising demand for high-speed data and digital services as India prepares to roll out 5G networks later this year.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3HhKPPc
dtac, Telenor & Google Cloud to Help Thai Businesses Accelerate Digital Transformation
Total Access Communication (dtac) has entered into a strategic partnership with Telenor and Google Cloud to help Thai businesses accelerate digital transformation.
Together, the organizations have developed and launched dtac B-LAB – a one-stop solutions platform – to help businesses connect, learn, and grow.
Wales' highest house gets fastest broadband
A farmhouse halfway up Wales' highest mountain now has some of the fastest broadband speeds in Britain. The isolated property on the slopes of Yr Wyddfa, also known as Snowdon, has been connected to ultrafast fibre optic cable.
Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3VEU6oM
SpaceX to launch 40 satellites for OneWeb rival on Thursday
SpaceX is due to launch 40 satellites for its rival, OneWeb, tomorrow – the first time the UK-based company has used Elon Musk’s launch services. SpaceX will use a Falcon 9 rocket in the biggest launch yet for OneWeb, which has previously relied on Russian and, more recently, Indian services.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3PbWPDE
Friday______________________________
US $1.5bn investment to boost Open RAN adoption
The US federal government plans to invest US$1.5 billion to help rural carriers replace Huawei equipment and boost Open RAN adoption. The Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund will be administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and will kick off with a public comment period set to run through until January 23.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3FmrycO
BT TARGETS £65M SAVINGS BY DECOMMISSIONING LEGACY TECHNOLOGY
BT Group has struck a deal with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to manage the decommissioning of over 70% of the Digital Units legacy technology estate to deliver annualised savings of £65 million by the end of FY25. The deal forms part of BT’s modernisation and simplification programme and will achieve £3bn in gross annualised savings by the end of FY25.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Y6VwtD
