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Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of SpaceX and Starlink, Tesla, X and xAI will have a role in the upcoming second Trump administration, having been appointed to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). -
BT has reportedly put its global division up for sale as part of the company’s ongoing attempts to shave costs
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Veon Group shareholders have expressed concern to the board about the company’s current strategy, citing the underperformance of its share price.
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Singtel has agreed to sell its stake in cybersecurity firm Trustwave for US$205 million.
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Since returning to telecoms in June 2020 as Ribbon Communication’s EVP and CFO, Miguel ‘Mick’ Lopez has had a lot to deal with. He talks to Saf Malik about how the company adapted and stabilised its operations during the pandemic.
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Cellnex Telecom is talking to Deutsche Telekom about taking over its tower business, the CEO confirmed at a meeting of investors and analysts.
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Cloud data management vendor Cohesity has appointed Kevin Delane as its new global chief revenue officer.
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Proximus and HCL Technologies are partnering on the provision of cloud services for enterprises through Proximus' data centres.
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Equinix, Inc. has won a contract to host the gaming platform operated by i3D.net on Platform Equinix.
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ImmuniWeb has made available a free cloud security test that “rapidly identifies” unprotected cloud storage.
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PCCW Global's network-as-a-service platform Console Connect has been integrated with the DCConnect platform in Hong Kong, to offer businesses connectivity to data centres across mainland China.
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TeleGeography has found that global internet bandwidth increased by 29% in 2021, bringing it back to "normal" levels compared to 2020's COVID-driven levels of 34%.
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will open a $1.9 billion programme to reimburse mostly rural telecoms carriers for removing network equipment from Chinese companies.
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Ericsson's Bhutan deal; EA's winning buy; GTT chapter 2.0 and 5G speeds in Europe
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Cyber security services firm SenseOn has sealed a $20m Series A funding round to scale its AI-driven platform globally.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is opening a new data centre design facility in Zagreb, Croatia.
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Russian web services giant Yandex plans to launch a new cloud region in Germany in 2022, at an initial cost of $30 million.
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Civo has unveiled a new region in Germany for its Kubernetes-focused cloud services platform, adding to the existing regions in the US and the UK.
