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• London Underground orders 94 new tube trains for the Piccadilly line

  20-11-2018 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  London Underground has formally signed a contract with Siemens Mobility to buy 94 new tube trains which will be used on the Piccadilly line.The trains will replace the current fleet of aging trains which date back to the 1970s and are proving increasingly problematic to keep running. A programme of modest upgrades to the old trains is underway at the moment to keep them running until the new trains start to arrive in passenger service from 2024.
  The fleet of new trains will also enable increased
  
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• Three UK and Ovum reckon 5G FWA is a great idea

  20-11-2018 18:20
  Research from Ovum, commissioned by Three UK, has concluded 5G-powered fixed wireless access could replace fixed connections for most UK households.
  The report, entitled 5G Wireless Home Broadband: A Credible Alternative to Fixed Broadband, was commissioned to assess the potential of 5G as a substitute to fixed wired broadband in the UK. The bandwidth promised by 5G rivals what is currently available to most UK households via traditional fixed lines and it doesn’t involve digging up the pa
  
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• KCom shares slide after new chief cuts growth outlook

  20-11-2018 16:11
  Dividend halved as telecoms group forecasts earnings will be lower than expected
  
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• It’s Museum Shop Sunday this, erm, Sunday

  20-11-2018 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This coming Sunday (25th Nov) is the second annual Museum Shop Sunday, where we are encouraged to shop in a museum shop.
  Their gift shops are an important revenue stream for museums, and this Sunday many of them will also be laying on discounts and special events to promote the opening of wallets.
  Whether it’s Dam Raider gin (yes, really), branded cups, teatowels, or books a plenty, there should be something available.
  Or you could buy a membership pack for the museum as a present.
  The Lon
  
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• 40% of the world’s population on 5G by 2025, says GSMA

  20-11-2018 12:34
  GSMA’s Director General spoke at Huawei’s MBBF 2018 event, talking up the prospect and promises of 5G and artificial intelligence
  Mats Granryd, the Director General of the telecom trade organisation GSMA made a keynote speech themed on “intelligent connectivity” at Huawei’s MBB 2018 event at London’s ExCel today. Granryd put spotlight on 5G and AI as the key enablers to what the telecom industry has to offer in the years to come.
  In addition to predicting that
  
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• Operators stress the need to collaborate over 5G

  20-11-2018 12:32
  At Huawei’s MBBF 2018 event some of its operator partners talked up the need for greater collaboration, including among themselves, to make a success of 5G.
  Howard Watson, CTIO of BT, said “we truly need interoperability,” when detailing all the many moving parts that need to work with each other in order to make all this 5G hype a reality. He identified the TIP initiative as an example of operators collaborating towards a common goal and was careful to stress that he thinks ve
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER joins NGMN Alliance as partner to meet the challenges of the impending 5G future

  20-11-2018 11:16
  Vancouver, Canada, 20 November, 2018 – HUBER+SUHNER, a leading manufacturer of components and systems for electrical and optical connectivity, has announced it has joined the industry body the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance.The NGMN Alliance advocates and seeks to encourage expansion of the communications experience by providing an integrated and cohesively-managed delivery platform that brings affordable mobile broadband services to the end user. The Alliance has a partic
  
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• ProLabs presents roadmap to 400G at LINX 103

  20-11-2018 11:00
  London, 20 November – The road to 200G and 400G is set to become clearer after LINX103 in London today, as Ambroise Thirion, Technology Solutions Specialist at ProLabs presents the company’s roadmap towards achieving 400G.The past few years has seen ProLabs, industry leader in compatible optical transceivers, support its customers in data centres with bitrates of 25G, 50G and 100G. This trend of expansion to meet consumer demands is set to extend throughout 2019 and...Source: RealWir
  
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• Huawei hyperbolises about 5G at its 2018 mobile broadband fest

  20-11-2018 10:57
  At its Global MBB Forum 2018 event in London, Huawei hoped to whip up the large audience into a frenzy of 5G anticipation.
  No expense was spared as the main presentation was preceded by an acapella group apparently serenading Huawei, followed by a cute little girl, squeaking out the many ways in which 5G will improve everyone’s life.
  We then heard from Huawei Rotating Chairman Ken Hu, who served up a list of Huawei’s 5G achievements and then went on to expand on the little girl&
  
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• IMImobile SA joins Google's Early Access Program for RCS Business Messaging in Africa

  20-11-2018 10:29
  Cape Town, South Africa, 20th November 2018 - IMImobile SA, part of IMImobile PLC - a leading global cloud communications software and solutions provider - has joined Google’s Early Access Program for RCS (Rich Communication Services) business messaging offering in Africa. RCS will allow millions of businesses in Africa to make use of more interactive messaging features such as branding and business verification, suggested reply buttons, rich card carousels and end-to-end payments.IMImobil
  
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• Keeping Staff Safe During Adverse Weather with SMS Text Messaging

  20-11-2018 10:11
  Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – November, 20th, 2018 – HSL Mobile, a leading provider of SMS text messaging to organisations, have today announced that they will be providing free subscriptions to their emergency SMS communications tools in response to the Scottish Government’s new Fair Work Charter for Severe Weather which was published on Friday, 16th November 2018. HSL Mobile will provide services for free to organisations signing up over the winter period as part of their...Sourc
  
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• Liverpool Street station’s little noticed subway

  20-11-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  When people are waiting to cross the road at the Bishopsgate entrance to Liverpool Street, few know there’s a subway entrance right next to where they’re standing.That it’s little known is not a massive surprise as while the entrance is easy to spot, it’s not signposted as being an entrance to the railway station, so why would anyone expect it to be one.
  To find it, head to the pedestrian crossing, and look to your left, at this late 1980s postmodern office block, New Cha
  
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• Telia and Nokia launch live 5G network in Finland

  20-11-2018 01:00
  Telia and Nokia have joined forces to launch Finland's first live 5G network in the town of Oulu. The network will allow industrial companies and logistics operators to develop new new digital operating models…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei: 5G is ready to go

  20-11-2018 01:00
  The era of 5G is upon us, with network technology and architecture "ready to go", according to Huawei's rotating chairman Ken Hu Speaking at the Huawei World Mobile Broadband Forum in London this week, Hu said that the time for planning and preparation was coming to an end…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom reveals ambitious plans for 5G rural coverage

  20-11-2018 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom has announced its ambitious plans for 5G coverage across the country, claiming that it will deliver comprehensive 5G coverage to 99…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT's new converged smart network will have 5G at its heart

  20-11-2018 01:00
  BT will put 5G at the heart of its fully converged smart network, when it launches the next generation technology next year, according to the company's chief technology officer, Howard Watson. Speaking exclusively at Huawei's Global Mobile Broadband Forum in London on Tuesday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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