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Bernard Looney, former CEO of oil and gas giant BP has joined sustainable data centre startup Prometheus Hyperscale as chair of its Board of Directors. -
Microsoft has hit back at Google Cloud's claims that its licensing terms “restrict” customers from moving to competitors, claiming the hyperscale rival is secretly funding a group trying to discredit the company.
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Investment firm KKR has formed a partnership with power generation investors Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to create a $50 billion fund to invest in digital infrastructure opportunities aimed at supporting AI and cloud workloads.
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Telecom Italia’s Sparkle has expanded its agreement with media delivery company Mainstreaming to support distribution of video content.
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Google’s 2024 environment report revealed that the tech giant’s green house gas (GHG) emissions rose by 13% year over year in 2023, while scope 2 emissions rose by 37%.
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APAC-focused hyperscale data centre operator AirTrunk will expand its MEL1 campus in Melbourne, according to CEO Robin Khuda
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TIM Brasil has announced the appointment of Alberto Mario Griselli as CEO of the company.
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Vodacom has partnered with Amdocs to create an African Centre of Excellence (COE).
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Telstra and the National Hockey League (NHL) have signed a five-year agreement to distribute up to 1,400 games per year using Telstra’s Global Media Network (GMN).
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Saudi Telecom is to establish a $1 billion (SAR3.8 billion) connectivity company specialising in data centre hosting as well as international and regional connectivity.
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AT&T has changed its position again on its WarnerMedia stake – by deciding to offload all of its remaining shares to shareholders.
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India’s finance minister has confirmed that a 5G airwaves auction will take place in the country later this year.
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Vodafone shares rose 4% on Monday after several reports emerged that activist investor Cevian Capital had bought a stake in the company.
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T-Mobile has achieved its plan to source 100% of its total electricity usage with renewable sources.
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Speaking at the Huawei webinar "5Grows Together: Innovation for a 5Gigaverse Society" on 13 January, Daisy Zhu, VP of wireless marketing, outlined how 5G is rapidly on the rise around the world, growing to over half a billion users since mobile operators started launching the technology two and a half years ago.
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Softbank Group has a new leadership line-up and speculation is mounting that further appointments – and departures – could be confirmed in the coming weeks.
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Vodafone will work with IntelCorp and other silicon vendors to design its own chipsets in OpenRAN technology.
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T-Mobile will fire corporate employees who are not full vaccinated against Covid-19 by April 2, the company announced in an internal memo.
