Amazon
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Amazon has agreed to purchase Talen Energy’s data centre campus, located next to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
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Huawei has signed global patent agreements with both Amazon and Vivo.
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Vodafone and its African subsidiary Vodacom plan to use the service as part of Project Kuiper’s 2024 Beta testing of the network
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Verizon, T Mobile and DISH have all been in talks with tech giant Amazon for weeks, as it explores launching wireless services for Prime Subscribers.
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The US telecoms regulator has approved Amazon’s $10 billion plan to start work on its 3,236 Project Kuiper satellites.
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Online platforms in the European Union have until three months today to report their number of users.
Forthcoming events
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Since 2017, European service providers have grown their cloud revenues by 167%, but their market share has declined from 27% to 13% according to research from Synergy Research Group.
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Virginia still has more hyperscale data centre capacity than both Europe and China, a new report from Synergy Research Group has revealed.
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Amazon has set up a centre in California to develop quantum-secure networking.
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Five hyperscalers make up the world’s five most valuable brands, according to the latest brand-value survey, and two others are also in the top 10.
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Satellite company Iridium has reduced its quarterly loss to US$5.9 million, compared with $7.9 million in the previous year, and $107.9 million in the same quarter the year before.
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AWS has announced a WAN network service that will make it easier to connect geographically complex networks to the cloud.
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In news that will surprise almost nobody, Meta has confirmed it will continue to use AWS as its long-term cloud provider as it scales R&D, drives operational efficiency... and looks for more acquisitions.
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Project Kuiper launch dates; telco negotiation tactics; and GSMA's Stephanie Lynch-Habib
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Amazon will launch its first two Project Kuiper satellites at the end of 2022, in preparation for its new 400Mbps network.
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Only four telcos from around the world have signed Amazon’s Climate Pledge, which the data centre, streaming and delivery company started in 2019.
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Amazon has started up its first Scottish windfarm, just 60km from Glasgow, where the global COP26 climate conference starts this weekend.
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Verizon is poised to become the anchor tenant of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite network, with a deal to use it for 4G and 5G distribution.
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The use of PUE in measuring data centre efficiency has been called into question by Cundall, the international multi-disciplinary consultancy that has delivered a portfolio of green buildings, including the Facebook Odense Data Centre.
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The industry is moving to the cloud, says Adolfo Hernandez of AWS, which is working with a raft of operators to move away from traditional infrastructure. Interview by Alan Burkitt-Gray
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Facebook and Amazon have sought US government approval to operate a new subsea cable connecting Philippines and California.
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Intel has set out its growth roadmap for Intel Foundry Services (IFS), as it looks reclaim share from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) and Samsung.
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President Joe Biden is threatening to copy action by previous administrations to break up monopolies – and to undo approvals given for past mergers.
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Amazon Web Services grew its business 32% in the first quarter ended 31 March, beating growth in the fourth quarter and almost matching the sales growth it saw a year ago, which stood at 33%.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week, and from Chanel vs Huawei to DCs for Bees, it's been a surreal seven days.
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Amazon has announced nine new “utility-scale” wind and solar energy projects in North America and Europe.
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Amazon has taken the next step in its plan to build its Project Kuiper satellite broadband network, but still hasn’t given a start date.
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have come closer to facing regulation in the US following approval of a report by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
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A Wichita Falls, Texas man has been charged by the US Department of Justice for conspiring to blow up an Amazon Web Services data centre in Virginia.
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Canadian satellite company Telesat has joined the MEF industry organisation in preparation for launch of its services from 2023.
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Nathalie Trenaman, routing security programme manager for the regional Internet registry RIPE NCC, explains why stronger routing security by ISPs will create a safer internet for all.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the appointment of Adam Selipsky as CEO just over a month after Andy Jassy left the position to take over from Jeff Bezos as Amazon CEO.
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The chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel has unveiled a new strategy to take on big tech.
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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced the withdrawal of the US safe harbour proposal, paving the way for a digital tax on the likes of Google, Amazon and Facebook.
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Jeff Blackburn, who has served as Senior Vice President at Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) for 22 years, will be leaving the company according to an internal note that the online retailer shared with Reuters.
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Two separate launches within a few hours are set to boost SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service this evening, as the company expands its sales to more parts of the world.
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US senator Amy Klobuchar is taking on Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) in an anti-trust reform bill that she has introduced into Congress.
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As the number of data centres continues to climb, new research has confirmed what many suspect: Amazon, Microsoft and Google are saturating the hyperscale market.
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Chinese messaging, social media and e-commerce service WeChat is one of the world’s strongest tech brands, according to ratings released today.
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The European cloud market has grown more than threefold since the start of 2017, reaching €5.9 billion ($6.9 billion) in the third quarter of 2020.
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It’s going to be a decade when satellites become vital to the development of high-speed broadband, according to a number of forecasters.
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Japanese incumbent telco NTT and vendor NEC are working together to compete with US-based internet giants in future wireless and optical networks, and to wrest control away from largely English-speaking companies.