The Digital Digest: Corruption and cables make the telco headlines; Europe launches green data centre pact; and open RAN is open for business

The Digital Digest: Corruption and cables make the telco headlines; Europe launches green data centre pact; and open RAN is open for business

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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from across the ICT infrastructure industry.

In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from across the ICT infrastructure industry.

Natalie explains the latest events in telecoms, which span an installation update for the OAC system, corruption charges at Samsung, a new member for the AMITIÉ subsea consortium, and some good news for Cisco.

Over in the world of data centres, Abigail brings breaking news from Europe, where an industry pact has committed to a "climate neutral" future by 2030. Over in Hong Kong, HGC is delivering new capacity, and Swiss operator Green has allocated US$560 million to a new project.

Meanwhile, Digital Fortress has acquired Atmosera Inc and EdgeConnex launched a new edge facility in Chile.  

Also in this episode, Alan explains the importance of Open RAN developments in Europe following the news this week that four telcos with a combined 1.4 billion customers are joining forces to promote the roll-out of open-source mobile technology.

And in the US, the industry has a wish list for President Biden.



This episode features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, deputy editor Melanie Mingas, and senior reporters Abigail Opiah and Natalie Bannerman.

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