India, June 19 -- Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT opens SOC in Paris; HMD Global sends user data to Google's cloud; Nokia beefs up leadership team, negotiates eco-loan.

Switzerland's Kudelski Group is teaming up with US chipmaker Sequans on a new connectivity offering for LTE-M and NB-IoT devices. According to the companies, when combined with a SIM card or eSIM personalized with Kudelski's "Root of Trust" software, the joint offering, which is based on Sequans' Monarch chip, protects the "device, data, decisions, commands and actions in ultra-small and power-efficient connected devices." BT has opened a new cybersecurity operations center in Paris and upgraded facilities at equivalent centers in Madrid and Frankfurt. The Paris a...