Deutsche Telekom expands data sharing in automotive and smart city Deutsche Telekom has upgraded its projects around data sharing across the automotive supply chain and smart cities sectors in Europe. The telco said that membership of its Catena-X Automotive Network (Catena-X) project, announced late 2020 to facilitate secure data sharing across the German automotive industry, has been expanded. New recruits include Mercedes-Benz, BASF, Henkel, Schaeffler, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Fraunhofer Society, and the ARENA2036 research factory, among others. Besides DT, other leaders in the project include Bosch, BMW, SAP and Siemens, aiming to identify production bottlenecks or parts shortages, and avoid production outages of the kind experienced during Covid-19 lockdowns. Nokia wins five-year C-band equipment deal with AT&T…