The UK’s ‘hidden middle’: 17m people lack sufficient digital skills
A new report published by FutureDotNow suggests that around a quarter of people in the UK lack the essential digital skills for work
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Author: Harry Baldock
AT&T eyes $150bn media merger with Discovery
The merger would create a new entity of news, TV, and video content positioned to take on the likes of Netflix and Disney+
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“A watershed moment”: South Korea ramps up semiconductor industry funding
Samsung has pledged to invest $150 billion by 2030, with the rest of the industry and the government set to provide another $300 billion in investment
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Starlink terminals to be placed at Google Cloud data centres
Yesterday saw Elon Musk’s SpaceX strike a deal with Google Cloud to use its Starlink constellation to deliver data, cloud services, and applications to customers at the network edge
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Singtel to rethink strategy as it prepares to book almost $1bn loss
The Singaporean telecoms company said it had begun a strategic review of its digital marketing arm Amobee and cyber-security business Trustwave
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Over half of European homes now have access to FTTH
New data from the FTTH Council Europe shows that France added the most fibre connections of any country in Europe in the year leading to September 2020, with Italy, Germany, and the UK hot on its heels
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BT raises FTTP target to 25m, will create 7,000 jobs
The operator said that a number of barriers to deployment had been removed, allowing them to increase their rollout target for December 2026
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In vino veritas: TIM’s 5G vineyards and the next steps for smart agriculture
We spoke with Umberto Ferrero, TIM’s VP of 5G and Digital Transformation, to discuss the ways in which 5G can help reimagine the agricultural sector, from inreasing efficiency to novel use cases
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Italy hits Google with €102m antitrust fine over app exclusion
The fine follows Google’s exclusion of utility company Enel’s JuicePass app from its Android Auto system, instead favouring its own Google Maps app
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New Proximus tech extends lifespan of copper networks
The new ‘ultra-dense vectorisation’ technology is set to double the copper networks’ speed and capacity, but could this lessen the urgency of the operator’s fibre rollout?
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5G conspiracy theories rife as India suffers Covid second wave
Unsubstantiated theories circulating on social media connect the second wave of the pandemic with the government giving the green light for Indian operator’s 5G trials
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Xiaomi removed from US blacklist
The Chinese company has been removed from the government blacklist after a legal battle which ended in a settlement
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Full fibre now reaches 1 in 5 homes in the UK
Ofcom’s Spring 2021 update shows that fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) coverage has grown from 18% in September 2020 to 21%
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Ethio Telecom launches mobile money services as new entrants miss out
The new service, TeleBirr, will allow customers to send and receive money, as well as deposit or withdraw cash from appointed agents
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Starlink in advanced talks for Nigerian operating licence
Elon Musk’s satellite broadband constellation Starlink is currently in advanced talks with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in order to attain the licences needed to offer internet services
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Indian telecoms industry seeks Covid vaccine priority for front-line staff
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has sent a letter to the Ministry of Health, arguing that frontline telecoms staff should be among the first first to receive the coronavirus vaccine
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SoftBank invests $60m into Axiata’s AI unit
The investment will give SoftBank 23% of Axiata’s digital analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) unit, Axiata Digital Advertising (ADA)
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FCC approves $7.17bn broadband fund
The Emergency Connectivity Fund Program aims to help schools and libraries across the country provide students and teachers with connected devices and access to the internet
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Huawei seeks amendments to Romania’s draft 5G law
The Chinese vendor argues that their exclusion from the Romania’s 5G infrastructure could cost the country billions of euros, as well as contravening EU law
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Telefonica swaps data centres for stake in Asterion’s hosting business
The company has announced the sale of four data centres to investment firm Asterion Industrial Partners in exchange for a 20% stake in Nabiax, the firm’s colocation and housing services business
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