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FRANCE
Digital Secretary Matt Hancock has visited Paris to announce a package of measures to strengthen ties between the UK and France ’ s digital industries .
The aim is to boost both countries ’ digital economies and forge closer links between cutting-edge companies from both nations .
Mr Hancock addressed a landmark bilateral conference on data and the digital economy alongside his French counterpart , Mounir Mahjoubi . He confirmed that the UK ’ s world-leading centre for AI and data , The Alan Turing Institute , is signing an agreement with the French institute , DATAIA , to promote collaboration between the French and British sectors .
SPAIN
Intracom Telecom , a global telecommunication systems and solutions vendor , has announced the signing of a strategic agreement with the National Association of Local Operators of Telecommunications ( AOTEC ) of Spain , that represents the interests of the industry , to supply ultra-fast broadband services for the next two years to AOTEC members .
More specifically , through this agreement the members of AOTEC can take advantage of Intracom Telecom ’ s innovative ultra-fast broadband Point-to-MultiPoint ( PtMP ) solutions for the licensed band of 28 GHz that provides capacities of more than 200 Mbps to their residential and business subscribers . Furthermore , members of AOTEC will have the option to source more value for their subscribers , using Intracom Telecom ’ s Smart City , IoT , Big Data and IPTV solutions .
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