Amazon
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AWS sustainability director Chris Walker on achieving ambitious goals while scaling responsibly -
Amazon just about scraped by projected earnings but investors still soured on the tech giant after a less-than-stellar performance from its cloud business.
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Ofcom has greenlit Amazon’s satellite broadband service to provide connectivity to households, businesses, and government agencies in the UK.
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Amazon is investigating the possibility of creating a transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable that would stretch from Ireland to the US East Coast.
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AWS is set to invest $5 billion in Thailand with the launch of a new cloud infrastructure region.
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Amazon is looking to take on Starlink with newly unearthed regulatory filings suggesting it plans to launch a satellite broadband service in the UK.
Forthcoming events
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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.
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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.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
