Europe and Middle East Trends
Europe and Middle East Trends
Europe and Middle East market trend intelligence tracks cloud service, regional ISP, national telecom, data centre, and institutional infrastructure signals across European and Middle Eastern internet infrastructure markets. BTW.
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Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Tesla’s UK lawsuit for 5G patents licence thrown out by UK court
OUR TAKETesla’s efforts to secure favourable licensing terms for 5G technology patents have been blocked by a London High Court ruling that dismissed the company’s case against InterDigital and Avanci. The court’s ruling complicates Tesla’s plans to launch 5G vehicles in the UK…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
UK regulators to scrutinise Big Tech’s digital wallets
British financial regulators said they’ll examine Big Tech digital wallets’ impact on competition, consumer protection, and market integrity.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Alphabet eyes $23B Wiz cybersecurity buyout: Israel’s largest deal yet?
OUR TAKEIt’s the Fast and Furious of tech. Alphabet is ready to throw $23 billion to network security star Wiz into its arms, feeling that it is going to stage a realistic version of the “Matrix” acquisition drama; Wiz just two months ago announced the completion of a $1 billion…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
PayPal hit with $27.3M fine in Poland for ambiguous contract terms
Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) imposed a substantial fine about $27.3 million on PayPal Europe.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
SoftBank rescues Graphcore, sparks UK funding debate
SoftBank Group has acquired Graphcore for an undisclosed sum, putting an end to long-running speculation about the company’s future.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
EV giant BYD secures $1B plant deal in Turkey
Aiming to bolster BYD’s presence outside its home market, BYD makes a $1 billion deal to build a manufacturing plant in Turkey.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Microsoft settles cloud computing complaint for $22M
OUR TAKE CISPE, a cloud services organisation whose members include Amazon and dozens of small EU cloud providers, complains to the European Commission in late 2022 that contract terms imposed by Microsoft on October 1 are harming Europe’s cloud computing ecosystem.–Zora Lin, BTW…
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Bitcoin mining may enhance UK’s renewable energy gird
Bitcoin Policy UK promotes Bitcoin mining to enhance the UK’s renewable energy grid, stabilising and monetising energy supplies sustainably.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
China increases chip production as Europe hits shortage crisis
In a recent Handelsblatt interview, ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet discussed semiconductor industry trends between China and Europe.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Spain’s Acciona launches EV with interchangeable battery
Acciona, Spain, has launched an electric vehicle designed for city driving with the option of a subscription-based battery exchange service.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
LG acquires Athom to boost AI smart homes
LG acquires 80% of Athom to enhance AI-driven smart home solutions, with plans to buy the remaining 20% within three years.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
AI coding startup Magic seeks $1.5B valuation in new funding
OUR TAKE The Magic AI model is able to understand and process a large number of contexts simultaneously thanks to an innovative design that goes beyond the traditional Transformer model commonly used in large language models such as OpenAI’s GPT model.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
EU accuses Meta of violating digital competition rules
OUR TAKEDesktop browser users can pay about $10.5 per month, while iOS or Android users pay about $14 per month to avoid Meta’s AD targeting based on their personal data.–Zora Lin, BTW reporter What happened European Union regulators accuses social media company Meta Platforms on…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Israel plans to build an AI supercomputer
OUR TAKE Israel is widely considered to be one of the world’s largest technology hubs, with technology accounting for 20 percent of Israel’s economic output. Of the 9,000 startups in Israel, more than 2,200 use AI. Building supercomputers will help this country remain a global…
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Apple’s App Store rules breach EU tech rules, EU regulators say
OUR TAKE As the main app distribution channel on the iOS platform, the rules of the App Store have a significant impact on millions of app developers and billions of users. The EU’s action is not just a scrutiny of Apple’s case-by-case case, but also a holistic regulation of the…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Nvidia signs AI deal in Middle East, says Ooredoo CEO
OUR TAKE Through NVIDIA’s AI technology, Ooredoo will not only be able to achieve efficient AI deployment in data centres in countries such as Qatar, but also drive the adoption and development of AI applications across the region. This means that businesses and institutions in…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Amazon invests $11B in cloud and logistics in Germany
OUR TAKE Amazon, which has invested extensively around the world, has recently set its sights on Germany. Amazon will expand its logistics network this year, creating 4,000 new jobs at three distribution centers in Germany. This is supposed to give Amazon more than 40,000…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Amazon expands European market with generative AI products
OUR TAKE Amazon’s new generative AI capabilities for sellers are a different experiment, which puts higher demands on data definition and protection. Indeed, Amazon itself has been accused by EU regulators of misusing merchants’ non-public data, and just this month UK retailers…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Oracle to invest over $1B on AI, cloud computing in Spain
OUR TAKE These investments will help Spain to make better use of AI technologies in various sectors and drive the overall development of innovation and digital transformation. This marks Oracle’s important global contribution to advancing technology and data security, especially…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Onsemi to invest $2B in Czech Silicon Carbide facility
onsemi’s $2B Czech investment boosts Europe’s advanced semiconductor manufacturing, supporting EU’s carbon reduction goals.