Companies
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An African investment group has increased its stake in South African broadband internet provider MetroFibre Networx to 37%, making it the biggest shareholder.
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Twilio has invested US$750 million in Syniverse, in a completion of “plan B” of the messaging company’s plan following the collapse of a project to get it listed.
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The global video game industry is valued at over $300 billion - that’s more than the film and TV industries combined. But as revenues have grown, so too has the cost of creating these blockbuster games. Not only can development costs for AAA video game franchises such as Grand Theft Auto V, Call of Duty and Final Fantasy easily surpass the $100 million mark, but the video game industry has been slowly moving away from single-player games in favour of multiplayer experiences. Often because they’re easier to monetise, but also due to consumers favouring social gaming experiences.
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Cinturion Corp has entered into an agreement with Lightstorm as its landing partner in India.
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iQSTEL confirms the acquisition of Whisl Telecom, a US-based telecoms operator in Houston, Texas, for $1.25 million cash.
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Pharrowtech has closed a €15 million Series A funding round to continue to support the development of 60GHz wireless RF transceivers and antenna technology.
Forthcoming events
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Global Carrier Awards 2022
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Capacity Europe 2022
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Four intra-Asia telcos have partnered to build and operate the South-East Asia Hainan - Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X).
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Mark Ganzi’s DigitalBridge is to buy Switch, a Las Vegas-based data centre operator, for US$11 billion in cash.
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EdgeUno and Quad9 have announced their partnership where EdgeUno is supplying Quad9 with servers and network connectivity throughout Latin America.
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DE-CIX is expanding its presence in Frankfurt through a cooperation with data centre operator NewTelco.
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ColoHouse confirms its intention to expand the footprint of its fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (‘1547 CSR’) flagship Orangeburg, New York facility.
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AT&T has added a network point of presence (PoP) at the NJFX cable landing station (CLS) colocation campus in Wall, New Jersey.
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Sustainability and renewable practices are top of the agenda at this year’s ITW conference. Caban’s Alexandra Rasch speaks to Natalie Bannerman about why infrastructure is the centre of decarbonisation activities
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Symbio, a global digital services company, confirms the launch of its new A2P messaging solution.
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Tampnet has turned to Ericsson for the kit required for its most remote projects.
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Obaid Ur Rahman, Axiata Group’s head of wholesale, tells Melanie Mingas about the group’s first year as a GLF member, and what’s ahead for Asia’s subsea sector
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Arc Solutions and DCConnect have signed an agreement to simplify the way in which global users connect across the Middle East.
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Gold Data confirms that it is entering into the second phase of its Mexico network expansion.