In this week's roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover topics including: Cybersecurity, UCaaS, Network, 5G, Data Centre and Telecom.
Here are our highlights:
monday:
Nokia and MEXT rollout 5G private wireless in Turkey
Nokia and MEXT, the Turkish Employers’ Association of Metal Industries Technology Center, are working together on 5G private wireless in the country. As part of the collaboration the two will also work to advance the digital transformation of the Turkish industrial sector and enable the local ecosystem to jointly work on 5G private wireless.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3RgJ1qQ
Stack partners Hafslund Oslo Celsio for data centre heat reuse
Stack Infrastructures and Hafslund Oslo Celsio confirm that excess heat from Stack’s OSL01 data centre now provides heat and hot water 5,000 Oslo homes. The news follows a one-year ramp-up collaboration between the two and started as an idea back in 2018.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3E5fH3O
Tuesday:
Verizon, Ericsson to construct private 5G network for US DoD
Verizon and Ericsson will build a private 5G network in an aircraft hangar on Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam after the former was awarded US$11.5 by the US Department of Defense (DoD).
Read the full story here:https://bit.ly/3SpCcEG
Philippines' Globe sells telecoms towers for $340 million
Philippines' Globe Telecom Inc GLO.PS said on Tuesday it has signed a deal to sell more than a thousand telecoms towers for 20 billion pesos ($340 million) to fund expansion and pay off maturing debts.
In a disclosure, Globe said it will sell 1,350 towers located in central and southern Philippines, and will lease them back from Phil-Tower Consortium.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3dPDrOG
Wednesday:
Telefónica Tech, HPE Aruba to Develop Fully Managed Network & Cybersecurity ServicE
Telefónica Tech , the strategic digital business unit of Telefónica, and Aruba , a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company and a leader in networking solutions, announced their partnership to jointly evolve their service linked to the workspace of the future (flexSITE) and help companies accelerate the adoption of the hybrid work model in the most secure way.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3fsHZuv
Microsoft, Zoom make strong gains in UCaaS market
Microsoft and Zoom’s UCaaS subscriber base grew by 40% compared to last year, according to new research from Synergy Research group.
They both now have market shares of around 10% compared to 2109 when Microsoft was only a minor player and Zoom first launched as a service.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Cd6PaS
Thursday:
TELECOMS COULD BENEFIT FROM CHANGES TO SHORTAGE OCCUPATIONS LIST
The government is set to review the “shortage occupation list” which will enable certain industries more freedom to employ staff from overseas – including, as widely reported, broadband engineers.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3xX04Yf
GlobalNet unveiled two new PoPs in Copenhagen and Hamburg
DATAIX, a Dutch Internet exchange network, and GlobalNet, a network backbone provider, is expanding into Northern Europe with two new points of presence (PoPs) in the region. The two new PoPs, located in Copenhagen and Hamburg, have enabled a connectivity triangle that spans Stockholm-Amsterdam-Frankfurt.
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3SM8mdz
