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Written by Ilex Community Manager | 04-Jul-2025 08:49:48

This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.

The stories cover topics including broadband mapping, data centre upgrades, live TV from space, AI healthcare, airline data breaches, Glastonbury connectivity, digital safety for teens and subsea cables across the Mediterranean.

Here are our highlights:

monday_____________________________

FCC Modernises Broadband Mapping Requirements to cut costs

The Federal Communications Commission eliminated an unnecessary barrier to providing reliable broadband data for inclusion on the FCC’s National Broadband Map.

Read the full story here.

Nokia to upgrade data centres in Philippines for AI

Nokia will soup up Philippines based Converge ICT Solutions’ data centres with its Data Centre Fabric solution. The Data Centre Fabric solution is a hardware and software switching platform, which the release says will future-proof the data centres in the Philippines by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation technology. Read the full story here.

tuesday___________________________

Tech firms face demands to stop illegal content going viral

Tech platforms could be forced to prevent illegal content from going viral and limit the ability for people to send virtual gifts to or record a child's livestream, proposed by Ofcom.

Read the full story here.

Netflix teams up with NASA to boost its live TV offering

Netflix and NASA announced a new partnership on Monday that will bring live space programming to the streaming service later this summer. Subscribers will be able to watch livestreams of rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, and live views of Earth from the International Space Station.

Read the full story here.

Wednesday___________________________

Microsoft’s new AI diagnoses complex medical cases better than doctors

Known as the Microsoft AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI‑DxO), the system was tested on 304 real-world clinical scenarios sourced from the New England Journal of Medicine.

Read the full story here.

Qantas data breach exposes up to six million customer profiles

On 30 June, the Australian airline detected "unusual activity" on a platform used to store the data of six million people, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers.

Read the full story here.

thursday____________________________

OpenAI confirmed to be behind $30bn-a-year Oracle cloud deal, 4.5GW expected in data centers

OpenAI is behind a recently announced $30 billion-a-year cloud deal with Oracle. Read the full story here.

Glastonbury 2025: Festival becomes a battleground for UK mobile networks

For mobile network operators, the event serves not just as a technical challenge but as a branding and performance showcase, testing their ability to deliver high-speed, high-capacity mobile service under extreme conditions. Read the full story here.

Friday______________________________

Orange Strengthens Digital Safety with New SaferPhone Offering for Teens

Orange is launching a SaferPhone offering for teenagers, with a new low-cost mobile plan. Read the full story here.

Telecom Egypt and SubCom Complete Egypt Landings for SEA-ME-WE-6 Cable System

Telecom Egypt facilitated the connection between the two coastal landing points. Read the full story here.

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