Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (14/07/2025 - 18/07/2025)
monday
stc Lands 2Africa Pearls Cable in Bahrain, Boosting Global Connectivity
Marking a significant milestone in global connectivity, stc has announced that the 2Africa cable system - Pearls, the world’s longest submarine cable, has successfully landed in Bahrain.
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SpaceX to invest $2 billion in Musk's xAI startup, WSJ reports
SpaceX has committed $2 billion to xAI as part of a $5 billion equity round, deepening the ties between tech billionaire Elon Musk's ventures as his artificial intelligence startup races to compete with rival OpenAI.
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tuesday
CityFibre secures £2.3bn investment FOR next phase of UK full fibre rollout
CityFibre has secured a major £2.3 billion financing deal to turbocharge its next phase of growth, accelerate customer connections and drive forward the consolidation of the alternative network (altnet) sector.
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Indosat, Cisco and Nvidia launch AI hub in Indonesia
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Cisco and Nvidia are collaborating on an AI Centre of Excellence in Indonesia. Led by the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs, called Komdigi, the setup has the aim of developing new tech, cultivating local talent and collaborating with startups.
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Wednesday
Improved mobile coverage to unlock £230 billion in economic benefits, says BT
The study issued by the British telco says improving the UK’s mobile coverage could unlock up to £230 billion in economic benefits by 2035.
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Amazon accelerates US’ leadership in AI with $20bn data centre investment
Amazon will invest $20 billion in Pennsylvania to boost its data centre infrastructure, as it looks to accelerate US’ leadership in AI.
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thursday
Nvidia reaches 100 percent renewable energy target
In its recently published Fiscal year 2025 Sustainability report, covering the last 12 months, Nvidia said all of the energy it purchased during this period was from renewable sources, on-site solar generation, or purchased fuels. The company set itself a 2025 100 percent renewable energy target in 2023.
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Singtel, AWS, Microsoft to develop new submarine cable across East Asia
A consortium of companies have signed a contract to build the Asia United Gateway East submarine cable system connecting Singapore and Japan, with Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Friday
Perplexity sees India as a shortcut in its race against OpenAI
While OpenAI has cemented its lead in the U.S., Perplexity is taking a different route — quietly expanding into India to compete in the next phase of AI adoption.
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Meta investors settle $8bn lawsuit with Zuckerberg over Facebook privacy
Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to settle a multibillion dollar lawsuit with a group of shareholders over how top executives and directors at Meta handled repeated privacy violations by Facebook.
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