Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange and Oracle team up in West Africa; Sky integrates Apple TV+; MTS does private networks with Ericsson.
EE, the UK mobile operator owned by BT, is to deploy recently acquired 700MHz spectrum at more than 50 sites in what it is describing as the next phase of its 5G rollout: the switching on of "indoor 5G." EE was the first UK operator to launch 5G services and says it has seen a more than seven-fold increase in people using its 5G network in the last 12 months as folk upgrade their devices.
Meanwhile, back in ye olde 4G worlde, EE has completed the rollout of the last-generation technology on Glasgow's subway network, which is good news for commuters and, more importantly, the emergency services, who will use the 4G network to access the long-delayed Emergency Services Network (ESN) when it finally arrives. The project has been completed just in time for COP26, the climate-change talking shop that is coming to town on October 31.
Orange is teaming up with Oracle in West Africa to jointly offer cloud services for businesses and public sector organizations, with Orange planning to use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to bolster its range of managed cloud services. Senegal and Ivory Coast are the first two countries on the list. The two companies are also planning to collaborate on healthcare, focusing – understandably given the current context – on vaccination.
Sky, the UK-based purveyor of pay-TV and more, has reached a deal with Apple to bring the Apple TV+ streaming service onto two of its TV platforms, namely the Sky Q set-top box and its new Sky Glass telly, which does away with the need for a satellite dish. Sky already has deals with rival streaming services Netflix and Disney+ in place.
Belgian operator Proximus has set up a 5G lab in Charleroi to serve the Wallonia region. The lab has been developed by the A6K 5G consortium, made up of various industrialists and research centers, to test out industrial applications of the technology.
A local authority in London is trialing the use of Vodafone's IoT technology to tackle the increasingly bothersome issue of illegal dumping, or "fly-tipping," as the locals call it. Internet-connected cameras will be deployed at various fly-tipping hotspots across the London borough of Sutton, only activated when the technology's artificial intelligence deems there may be nefarious activity afoot.
— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading
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