LATEST REGIONAL PROJECT UPDATE
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EUROPE
Ascendas Funds Management has announced the proposed acquisition of a portfolio of data centres located across Europe for US $ 904.6 million from subsidiaries of Digital Realty Trust . The portfolio comprises 11 data centres located across the United Kingdom ( four properties ), the Netherlands ( three properties ), France ( three properties ) and Switzerland ( one property ). The 11 data centres have a total net lettable area of 61,637 m 2 .
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GERMANY
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Nokia has announced it has been selected by Deutsche Telekom as a long-term strategic partner to transform the operator ’ s optical network into a service-centric platform that can easily scale to meet Industry 4.0 demands . The transformation will enable Deutsche Telekom to deliver an enhanced service quality experience to its customers by upgrading the existing network to a more scalable and automated one . Deutsche Telekom will also benefit from automation to simplify and streamline operational tasks to make more efficient use of network resources .
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TURKEY
Nokia has announced that it has achieved a 5G speed record during a trial with Turk Telekom in the Turkish capital city , Ankara . The record , which reached over 4.5 Gbps , is the first to be achieved on 5G New Radio ( 5GNR ) only , utilising Nokia ’ s AirScale 5G RAN solution on 26 GHz mmWave spectrum , 800 MHz bandwidth and a single user device . During the trial , Nokia ’ s AirScale Base Station connected with a mobile device to transfer data across Turk Telekom ’ s 26Ghz mmWave spectrum at a peak speed of 4.5 Gbps .
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RUSSIA
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UnionPay International ( UPI ) has announced a co-operation with Credit Europe Bank . This will allow UnionPay to continue the expansion of its acceptance network , which already covers over 95 % merchant terminals and ATMs , in the Russian Federation . This partnership between UPI , one of the world ’ s largest bankcard schemes , and Credit Europe Bank , a new credit organisation with more 6 million clients , will start from the acceptance of UnionPay cards , allowing customers to use UnionPay cards at an increasing number of ATMs and merchants .
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