The Digital Digest: Corruption and cables make the telco headlines; Europe launches green data centre pact; and open RAN is open for business

In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest
stories of the week from across the ICT infrastructure industry.


Natalie explains the latest events in telecoms, which span an
installation update for the OAC system, corruption charges at
Samsung, a new member for the AMITIÉ subsea consortium, and some
good news for Cisco.


Over in the world of data centres, Abigail brings breaking news
from Europe, where an industry pact has committed to a "climate
neutral" future by 2030. Over in Hong Kong, HGC is delivering new
capacity, and Swiss operator Green has allocated US$560 million
to a new project.


Meanwhile, Digital Fortress has acquired Atmosera Inc and
EdgeConnexlaunched a new edge facility in Chile.


Also in this episode, Alan explains the importance of Open RAN
developments in Europe following the news this week that four
telcos with a combined 1.4 billion customers are joining forces
to promote the roll-out of open-source mobile technology.


And in the US, the industry has a wish list for President Biden.