UK incumbent operator BT is about for a £2 billion (US$2.7 billion) “windfall” over the following ten years from the sale of its undesirable copper, in response to a Guardian report. Copper costs have gone by way of the roof in current instances, says the report, partly because of the proliferation of electricity-guzzling AI knowledge facilities. BT has struck a “ahead sale” recycling cope with EMR and has already reportedly acquired £99 million ($134 million) upfront for 1000’s of tons of surplus stripped copper. The ahead sale agreements, says the report, are every thought to cowl the supply of about 20,000 metric tons of copper over a four-year interval. BT recovered practically 10,000 tons of copper within the 12 months to the top of March 2026, virtually thrice the quantity it managed within the 12 months to the top of March 2024. (See Greenwatch: Can telcos strike gold with circularity? and How and why telcos are spinning gold out of copper.)
Ericsson recycles in Saudi Arabia
In not unrelated territory, Ericsson says it has recycled greater than 1,000 metric tons of end-of-life telecom gear in Saudi Arabia over the previous two years by way of its E-Waste Administration Program, which is offered in 180 international locations and has been working in Saudi Arabia since 2008. The tools collected by way of this system, which varieties a part of Ericsson’s broader ambition to realize internet zero throughout its “worth chain” by 2040.
Lava bursts into UK smartphone market
Indian smartphone vendor Lava Worldwide is coming into the UK market with launch of its Agni 4N mannequin on Amazon for £499 ($675). The corporate guarantees “a clear software program expertise with zero bloatware and energy AI capabilities.” Even higher, each Agni machine apparently “embodies the spirit of latest India.” The Agni 4N is an Android machine powered by a MediaTek Dimensity 8350 chip, boasting 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
DE-CIX doubles up with Azure
Germany-based Web trade firm DE-CIX has launched what it calls “georedundant” connectivity to Microsoft Azure in varied cities throughout North America, Europe and Asia, together with Frankfurt, Madrid and Amsterdam. The Azure ExpressRoute Metro connectivity providing includes “dual-homed” connections to 2 distinct ExpressRoute areas throughout the identical metropolis. Azure ExpressRoute Metro, says DE-CIX, permits personal, devoted connectivity between enterprise infrastructure and the Azure cloud.
OVHcloud’s cyberseal of approval
France’s OVHcloud has obtained the SecNumCloud certification for its SNC Cloud Platform public cloud providing from ANSSI, France’s nationwide cybersecurity company. The accreditation, which is the corporate’s third beneath the SecNumCloud benchmark, comes as necessities for safeguarding delicate knowledge are being strengthened in France, says the corporate. The brand new platform is billed on a pay-as-you-go foundation. OVHcloud is now getting ready to roll out the platform in different elements of Europe. (See Eurobites: Orange provides ‘sovereign’ collab instruments to hedge towards hyperscaler lock-in.)
EE advises on back-to-school tech ways
UK cell operator EE is internet hosting one-to-one “dad and mom night” classes in-store to to assist households handle younger folks’s on-line security and social media use as hundreds of thousands of British pupils put together for the dreaded return to high school this week. In response to EE’s analysis, 87% of secondary college lecturers within the UK have seen focus spans shorten in current, smartphone-dominated years, whereas two in 5 lecturers say re-establishing telephone guidelines with pupils within the first few weeks of time period is considerably more durable than at another level within the college 12 months.
