The Digital Digest: EdgePoint is open for business; Liquid is building with Facebook; Quantum computing is now available as-a-service; and Ciena has insights on sustainable networks

In this episode of the Digital Digest we roundup the biggest
stories of the week from the latest on DigitalBridge's EdgePoint
to the dawn of quantum computing as-a-service.


Natalie covers AT&T and Google Cloud's 5G and edge
collaboration and the breaking news that EdgePoint Infrastructure
is open for business. Meanwhile in Africa, in the DRC Liquid
Technologies and Facebook have partnered to build an extensive
long-haul and metro fibre network and in Ethiopia Anwar Soussa
has a new job.


After a challenging week in Myanmar, Alan bring us the latest
news from Telenor. In Europe, it's all eyes on the UN's
Sustainable Development Goals for Telefónica, and in the US the
Pentagonhas gone multi-cloud.


In the weekly quantum round-up, there's a security first from
KPN, a QCaaSplatform launching in Oxford and a post-quantum
cryptography breakthrough from ADVA.


In data centres, Natalie covers the big news from DigiPlex. Over
in Russia, IXcellerateand MTSare making headlines, and in India
Ascendashas invested $162 million in its first facility.


Season 2, episode 23 is presented by editor Melanie Mingas and
features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray and deputy editor
Natalie Bannerman. Joining us for the last episode in this series
we also welcome Jürgen Hatheier, CTO Europe, the Middle East and
Africa, at Ciena.


The Digital Digest returns for series 3 on 2 September. Until
then, don't forget that the latest issue of Capacity magazine is
online featuring the 2021 women's power listing.