In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: Satellites, Solar Energy, Data Centres, Flying Cars and 5G.
Here are our highlights:
Monday:
Musk’s Starlink to disrupt ISP market as hope rises for 25m unserved Nigerians
• SpaceX gets six licences from NCC, may spend $30b on coverage
• To battle MTN, Airtel, Globacom, 9mobile, others for market share
• Rural-Urban telecoms service to witness new growth
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3N2633g
€230m Spanish data centre to be 100% solar powered
The €230 million project will be powered 100% by photovoltaic energy generated by solar cells, and it will also be eco-sustainable, say the developers, “since it has large-scale batteries to reduce the energy cost in peak hours, aerothermal for cooling and will use construction materials with a neutral carbon footprint”.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3awdLEH
Tuesday:
SKT's entry sets up 3-way race to flying car business in Korea
The race for leadership of South Korea's flying car market intensified on Tuesday, with SK Telecom announcing its bid by forging a consortium with local companies.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3wXL4rR
Iceland trials green hydrogen for data centre backup
Iceland's national powerco has teamed up with Verne Global to trial and deploy hydrogen fuel cells as a sustainable back-up option for its Icelandic data centre campus.
Iceland's grid is already almost 100% green with the country's government confirming it has the highest share of renewable energy in any national total energy budget. However, for data centre backup, fossil fuels are still required.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3GG7LVW
Wednesday:
BT and Ericsson Enter Private 5G partnership
BT and Ericsson announced a multi-million-pound new partnership to provide commercial 5G private networks for the UK market.
Under a multi-year contract, BT will sell Ericsson's mobile network technology products to businesses and organizations in sectors such as manufacturing, defense, education, retail, healthcare, transport and logistics.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3wZGTvA
Satellite IoT companies Astrocast and Hiber merge
Swiss-based satellite company Astrocast has bought Netherlands rival Hiber for an undisclosed sum, in a deal that sees an extra €10.45 million invested in Astrocast.
Both Astrocast (pictured), which has a market capitalisation of €71.9 million, and Hiber specialise in satellite-delivered internet of things (IoT) services.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3GGD6YE
