Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (04/05/2026 - 08/05/2026)
This week’s roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
The stories cover topics including data centres, global logistics networks, processing chips, fibre broadband, small cells, sovereign cloud networks, telecommunications, and digital twin technology.
Here are our highlights:
monday
Bright idea? UK firm pioneers data centres using lampposts
There have been many attempts to put data centres in unusual places over the years - Microsoft put a data centre under the sea, Elon Musk has suggested putting them in space.
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Amazon opens up its global logistics network to all businesses
Amazon is opening its global logistics network to all businesses, the company announced on Monday. The new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services, pits the e-commerce giant directly against UPS and FedEx
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tuesday
Apple holds talks with Intel, Samsung for US chipmaking, Bloomberg News reports
May 4 - Apple has held exploratory discussions about using Intel and Samsung Electronics to produce the main processors for its devices, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the deliberations.
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Crown Castle Completes $8.5B Sale of Fibre and Small Cell Businesses to Zayo & EOT Unit
Crown Castle announced the successful close of the transaction to sell its Fiber Solutions business to Zayo Group and its Small Cell business to Arium Networks, an EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund (EQT) company for $8.5 billion, or approximately $8.4 billion net of preliminary adjustments under the stock purchase agreement.
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Wednesday
Telenor to Launch Sovereign Cloud Company for Norway’s Critical Digital Infrastructure
Increased geopolitical uncertainty and growing dependence on global hyperscalers have made the need for nationally controlled cloud solutions urgent.
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Vodafone to take full ownership of UK mobile operator, with £4.3bn Three buyout
Vodafone has confirmed this morning that it will take full ownership of its UK joint venture VodafoneThree.
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thursday
Anthropic to use all of SpaceX-xAI's Colossus 1 data centre compute
Anthropic plans to use all of the compute capacity at xAI's Colossus 1 data centre as part of a partnership with the company's owner SpaceX.
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Verizon uses digital twins to defend against storm damage
US operator Verizon has started using digital twin technology which uses drone-captured 3D imagery and AI to identify the exact location of network damage after a storm.
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Friday
UK's BT re-focuses on its core brand, with BT Mobile for consumers
May 7 - Broadband and mobile company BT is bringing back its BT Mobile brand for consumers as part of its biggest marketing campaign this decade that will spotlight its historic BT brand.
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Vodafone signs German sovereign cloud deal with AWS
Vodafone is beefing up its sovereign cloud services for German businesses and public authorities courtesy of a new deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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