Apple are to Invest €1.7 Billion in New European Data Centres
State-of-the-art facilities in Ireland and Denmark will run on 100 percent renewable energy
Apple have announced a €1.7 billion plan to build and operate two data centres in Europe, each powered by 100 percent renewable energy. The combined footprint of the two data centres will equal some 332,000 square metres (3.5+ million square feet), the facilities, located in County Galway, Ireland, and Denmark’s central Jutland, will provide Apple’s online services including the iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri for customers across Europe.
Apple are moving further and further towards green technologies and cooling techniques, both sites are expected to operate on 100% renewable energy.“We are grateful for Apple’s continued success in Europe and proud that our investment supports communities across the continent,” Said Tim Cook. “This significant new investment represents Apple’s biggest project in Europe to date. We’re thrilled to be expanding our operations, creating hundreds of local jobs and introducing some of our most advanced green building designs yet.”
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Worldwide Smartphone Shipments Top 1.3 Billion for 2014
Strong end-user demand and an ever growing release of models have propelled smartphone volumes to new record levels this quarter and for the year. According to preliminary data from the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 375.2 million units during the fourth quarter of 2014 (Q4 2014), resulting in 28.2% growth when compared to the 292.7 million units shipped in Q4 2013 and 11.9% sequential growth above the 335.3 million units shipped in Q3 2014. For the full year, the worldwide smartphone market saw a total of 1,301.1 million units shipped, up 27.6% from the 1,019.4 million units shipped in 2013.
CLX partners with major mobile operators in France
CLX Networks, a global enterprise messaging company has partnered with all the major mobile operators in France to strengthen its mobile messaging service in one of Europe’s key markets. Enabling its client base access to the whole of France, adding cross carrier short-codes to its existing service portfolio for both outbound and inbound messaging services in France.
France currently has 4 mobile networks, Orange, SFR, Bouygues Telecom and Free all of which are licensed for GSM and UMTS. Before the launch of Free Mobile in January 2012, the number of physical mobile phone operators was very limited.
The average number of received enterprise SMS per subscriber in France is around four text’s per month. The French enterprise text market has a double-digit growth so France is one of the biggest potentials in Europe in terms of market growth.
Top Connect Completes Acquisition of TravelSIMshop.com
Telecoms firm Top Connect today announces that it has completed the acquisition of Austrian-based TravelSIMshop and has transferred its users to the TravelSim brand, a subsidiary of Top Connect.
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The acquisition adds more than 120,000 customers to TravelSim's growing customer base, offering a roaming service, TravelSim claims more than 5 million regular users comprising travelling business executives and holidaymakers.
Most of TravelSIMshop.com's customers are based in Western Europe, and the company's headquarters is based in Vienna, Austria.
"We are delighted to welcome TravelSIMshop into our family of companies and this has been a very natural transition for both organizations," said Max Rivshin, CEO of Top Connect.
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18-24 year olds Completely Lost with out Smartphones
A study of 2,000 smartphone users has revealed that the younger demographic struggle the most when without an internet connection, with 50 per cent of 18-24 year olds admitting that they would feel “completely lost” if they are out and about and could not get online.
According to a new survey conducted by Telenav GMBh, the German developer of Scout - a free sat nav app which includes offline functionality, nearly a third of respondents in the 18-24 age bracket say that they would have little use for a smartphone that didn’t have an internet connection, which is not surprising considering that they were born in the digital age and 37 per cent say they use an internet connection on their handheld more than any other feature, including making calls this however did not distinguish between 3G, 4G and WI-FI.
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