Financial
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Fivetran is acquiring data replication firm HVR in a deal valued at $700 million and has announced a $565 million Series D funding round.
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Edge data centre firm Proximity Data Centres has announced the opening of another facility.
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Orange Middle East and Africa is to deploy Ericsson's Mobile Financial Services solutions across fourteen of the countries in its Orange Money footprint.
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AT&T has teamed up with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to explore and develop 5G and edge computing-based maritime solutions primarily for national defence and homeland security.
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Colt Technology Services (Colt) confirms the appointment of two new senior roles completing the company’s executive leadership team (ELT).
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Vodafone Group Plc and the International Telecommunication Union are to address the global digital divide through a new working group.
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American Tower has launched its Data Center Channel Partner Program, to expand its market reach for its colocation and carrier-neutral data centres.
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More than 12 global tech companies and organisations have agreed to collaborate to increase diversity and equality in the technology industry, as part of the #ChangeTheFace Alliance.
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Ooredoo QSC (Ooredoo) and CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (CK Hutchison) have signed a $6 billion definitive agreement for the merger of their telecoms businesses in Indonesia.
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ST Telemedia Global Data Centres in Thailand has officially opened its hyperscale data centre in Bangkok.
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Geneva, Switzerland – 16 September, 2021, Huawei became a founding member of the Equipment Vendor Program (EVP) of the Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS), in an effort to actively improve global Internet security.
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Schneider Electric has kitted out a new, on-premise facility for the University of Birmingham Dubai’s new campus, creating energy savings of up to 15% while operating at peak performance.
