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Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (28/11/2022 - 02/11/2022)

Written by Ilex Community Manager | 02-Dec-2022 09:48:33

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 Internet. 

Here are our highlights:

 

Monday _____________________________

Rolls-Royce tests a jet engine running on hydrogen

In a windswept corner of a military site on Salisbury Plain a small aircraft jet engine is undergoing tests that could one day lead to huge changes within the aviation industry. The engine itself is almost completely conventional. It is a Rolls-Royce AE-2100A gas turbine, a design used widely on regional aeroplanes around the world.

 

Read the full story here:https://bbc.in/3GRLE0Q 

Orange signs roaming agreement with 1&1

Orange has concluded a long-term agreement for the provision of international roaming services with Germany’s 1&1 mobile network. 1&1 has already launched Europe’s first fully virtualised mobile network based on the Open RAN technology and will now add roaming services to its repertoire.

Read the full story here:https://bit.ly/3GMo3i2 

 

Tuesday_____________________________

EU HITS META WITH €265M FINE OVER GDPR BREACH

The €265 million fine comes in response to a data breach that Meta announced in April last year, which immediately sparked an investigation from DPC, the regulatory body in charge of overseeing Meta’s EU operations.

 

 

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3FkDddn 

 

Nokia to open 5G and 6G R&D centre in Portugal

Nokia plans to open a new 5G and 6G research and development centre in Amadora, Portugal. The centre will create 100 new jobs within the next two years and will advance research in technologies that are vital components of current 5G and future 6G networks.

 

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3VCsjVm 

 

Wednesday___________________________

 

Vodafone Opens UK’s First Edge Innovation Lab

Vodafone has opened a new Edge Innovation Lab in MediaCity, Salford – the first of its kind in the UK. The lab will support the development of Manchester, and the surrounding region, into a Northern digital powerhouse.

 

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3VERAyo 

 

Iron Mountain Data Centers Expands EMEA and North America footprint

The first investment saw Iron Mountain acquire of XData Properties, one of the largest data centre parks in Madrid. The site has enough power to develop 79MW over the coming years. In addition to the existing 3MW data centre on site, the first 20MW data centre is due to be completed by 2024.

 

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3GXA4kB 

 Thursday____________________________

NTT DOCOMO CALLS IN SAMSUNG FOR OPEN RAN

Samsung Electronics today announced the company is supplying a variety of 5G radios to support NTT DOCOMO’s Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) expansion. Samsung will now provide a range of Open RAN-compliant 5G radios covering all of the Time Division Duplex (TDD) spectrum bands held by the operator.

Read the full story here:https://bit.ly/3imHR1b 

 

SpaceX plans giant satellite antenna to enable cellphone services

SpaceX is strengthening its programme to introduce satellite-to-cellphones services by stepping up recruitment. The Elon Musk company, which is building the Starlink network of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, is advertising for mechanical engineers to help develop “the largest deployable antenna array designed at SpaceX to date”. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3ioFqLE 

 Friday______________________________

Fibrus: Belfast broadband firm wins major GB contract

The Belfast-based broadband company Fibrus has won its first major contract in Great Britain.
The £108m scheme will upgrade broadband for more than 60,000 hard-to-reach homes and businesses across Cumbria in north-west England.
It is part of the UK government's Project Gigabit, which aims to improve broadband across the UK.

Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/3VO7mHl 

 

2.7bn people still shut off from online world, says ITU

The price of internet access is going down, but 2.7 billion people – roughly one-third of the global population – remain unconnected to the internet.
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a United Nations agency, says the global median price of mobile-broadband services dropped from 1.9% to 1.5% of average gross national income (GNI) per capita.

Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3VpcQbK