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Data centres provider Digital Realty has partnered with fibre optic network infrastructure owner EXA to activate a point of presence (PoP) in Crete to make the Greek island a major connectivity hub.

Telecoms equipment vendor Nokia and Madrid-based fibre-optic infrastructure provider Islalink claim to have set a capacity-reach record for unrepeated transmission of 800Gbps over 330km with Nokia’s PSE-6s photonic service engine on Islalink’s IONIAN submarine network connecting Crotone, Italy, with Preveza, Greece.

Australia is ranked fourth in a global list of countries with the most cybercrime, with 102 victims per one millon internet users - roughly eight times less than the United States.

Fixed wireless access subscriptions, both 4G and 5G, will reach 473 million globally by 2030, the technology analyst firm Counterpoint Research predicts, which means that it will service 36% of fixed broadband users across the globe.

Swedish telecommunications equipment vendor Ericsson has signed a five-year deal with Greek mobile network firm WIND Hellas as its latest client for both standalone and non-standalone 5G technology.

Shipments of traditional PCs — notebooks, desktops and workstations — in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will come to 82.7 million units this year, a 12.7% increase year-on-year, the technology analyst firm IDC says, adding that with the effect of the pandemic not expected to lessen in any way, the demand for devices that could be used for working from home would be strong through 2020 and into the first half of 2021.

Nine European Union countries have supported a move to tax big multinational technology companies on their revenue, and not profits.

National demand for ICT executives has risen for the first time in July after three consecutive monthly losses.

Hong Kong based satellite telecommunications provider SpeedCast is acquiring European maritime communications service provider SAIT Communications.

Along with the rest of the country, the Greek telco market is in a mess. But telco analyst Paul Budde thinks it will prove more resilient than much of the economy.

Global satellite operator Inmarsat has completed construction of its final four satellite access stations for its Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band network which is scheduled for worldwide commercial service and delivery of high-speed mobile and fixed broadband services early in the second half of next year.