The Digital Digest: Altice takes BT stake; Colony Capital rebrands; QTS breaks records, and Ivo Ivanov talks Space-IX

In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest
stories of the week from billion-dollar deals to space
interconnection.


Natalie covers the news that Superloopis to acquire Exetel for
$110 million and Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK has taken a 12% stake
in BT. However, it was subsea has dominating  headlines this
week following the news that installation for the NO-UK cable
 has begun; Infinera's ICE6 solution has been selected by
PEACE Cable International Network and PCCW Global; while SubCom
has been selected by Google to design, manufacture, and deploy
its Firmina cable.


Alan talks about Colony Capital's name change, Veon'smove to
separate its services and investment unit, and Reliance
Foundation's pledge to financially support the families of
employees who lost their lives to Covid. Also in telecoms,
Huawei's fortunes could be about to change following events in
the US and the launch of its cyber security centre.


In data centres, Natalie covers the news that Australia's DCIis
building its first facility in New Zealand; Alibaba Cloud has
opened its first data centre in the Philippines; FiberLighthas
completed its fibre expansion in El Paso; and Blackstone's
acquisition of QTS Realty Trust  has put the industry on
tack for a new M&A record in 2021.


Joining this week's conversation, we also welcome Ivo Ivanov, CEO
of DE-CIX International who talks about Space-IX, the growing
role of satellite and CDNs.


Season 2, episode 19 is presented by deputy editor Melanie
Mingas, and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior
reporter Natalie Bannerman, and special guest Ivo Ivanov, CEO of
DE-CIX International.





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